CES 2015: Reach79's iPhone 6 Case Claims to Double Signal Strength and Improve Battery Life
At CES 2015, Antenna79 announced a new brand of cases called Reach79 , which claims to boosts signal strength and performance up to two times for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

“We all want to get the most from our smartphones, and that’s exactly what Reach79 cases were designed to do,” said David Vigil, CEO, Antenna79. “Powered by patented antenna technology, Reach79 cases are the first performance-enhancing smartphone cases designed for speed. Each case is embedded with a micro-thin, gold-plated antenna that works to increase your smartphone’s signal strength so your phone can do more for you.”
Reach79 says that the stronger signal strength provided by its cases can improve battery life as the phone wouldn't have to work as hard to pick up a signal. Additionally, the company says it improves user experience with less dropped calls and faster download speeds and greater signal coverage. The cases also come with military grade drop protection.
The cases contain antenna technology that pairs with the antenna in the smartphone, granting increased signal strength for the device. Reach79 says the cases have been tested at CETECOM, a CTIA accredited facility that verified the cases can improve signal strength at an average of 1.6 times normal strength, with a peak performance of 2 times normal strength.
However, the company does warn that user experience also depends on device, carrier and location.
The Reach79 cases can be purchased starting today at the company's website. The iPhone 6 case is priced at $59.99 while the iPhone 6 Plus version is priced at $69.99. The cases currently come in black only, but Reach79 says additional colors are on the way in the first quarter of 2015.
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Top Rated Comments
You can NOT increase signal strength passively. You may be able to focus signal from a larger area to a smaller area but the shapes required are not present in this product.
Here's the tell: Nowhere on their web site do they talk about an average db increase of signal or S/N ratio.
Want further proof: look around in Amazon for any of the other snake-oil stick-on antenna boosters. Notice they almost all have 2 star reviews. Why? they don't work. They can't work.
I'll save you $50: put a $10 case on your phone. Line the inside of the case with a piece of aluminum foil that you've drawn some "T" shapes on.
Actually, I still use rabbit ear antennas. And I live in a weak signal area for both cell phones and televisions.
You do not have to have physical contact with an antenna to improve its signal. Otherwise my reception wouldn't improve when I actually enter the room with the antenna. Reception also changes depending on how I sit in the chair. Some channels come in better when I place my arms and legs certain ways despite not being next to the antenna.
It's weird, but true.
And yes there is foil on the antenna posts that I've shaped a certain way. I've also noticed that my reception will also improve when my neighbor comes home and parks their car outside my window. When their car is here, I can get channels that won't come in at all otherwise. It's annoying when my neighbor leaves in the middle of a good show.
So obviously placing things somewhere in proximity will help.
I've also used the antenna stickers for cell phone reception that others say don't work. With my reception, I had nothing to lose.
I haven't used them on every phone I've had, but I have used them on 3 phones. Those particular phones always dropped calls and never worked at my house. The reception was so terrible that if the phone did manage to ring when someone called, it would drop the call by the time you said hello.
After placing the stickers inside the phone's battery compartment, the phones were suddenly reliable and never dropped calls again.
I've used them on a flip phone, a HTC windows phone, and a HTC Android phone.
Sure I was skeptical. But when you have something that won't work, what have you got to lose by trying? $7 wasn't much of a gamble on a sticker.
So, I'll reserve judgement on this new case until after it is released and publicly tested.
Just like the stickers had mixed results depending on the user, the phone, the service provider, and the geographic area, these cases will likely help some people.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/reach79-rugged-iphone-6-case-boosts-signal-strength/
http://heavy.com/tech/2015/01/ces-2015-top-best-new-iphone-6-cases/
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