milan03
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The problem with iPhone 4 was that it had a single cell antenna at the bottom of the device, with small bands around the frame separating the cell, from wifi, from bt antennas.The FCC doesn't highlight the exact path the antenna takes. They highlight the general area that the antenna is in. If the antenna was in the back as you are trying to claim, any time you grabbed the phone in a way that your hand bridged the gap between the bottom "chin" and the middle of the phone, you would signifigantly reduce your cell signal (i.e. the iPhone 4 "grip of death" issue). The polycarbonate bands are in a u-shaped channel carved into the aluminium, there is one solid piece of aluminum, not multiple pieces as you are suggesting. I suggest actually watching the HTC announcement where they go into all this in detail before making any more incorrect claims based on FCC drawings that are only meant to show general locations, not exact paths.
HTC One has Antenna diversity, main antenna being at the bottom, secondary at the top left corner which is now a requirement for LTE MIMO, as well as CDMA/GSM operation. The antennas are actively tuned, and the plastic strips are insulating element between the antennas and the rest of aluminum unibody.