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Stainless Steel Rim as Antenna

In Teardown of iPhone 4 Step 14, it mentions "The dual purpose stainless steel inner frame/antenna assembly addresses possibly the two biggest flaws concerning previous iterations of the iPhone: continuous dropped calls and lack of reception."

Does it mean the outer stainless steel rim is not the real physical antennas? Can outer and inner frame be further seperated? I really wonder on how Apple creates their "own stainless steel" as an antenna.

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The internal is just an assembly the exterior antennae are fixed to. They mainly regulate voltage and signal.

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