Apple has included images and video from its R&D labs and manufacturing facilities in the recent past, but this video offers the public (and the competition, for what that’s worth) a look into how Apple spent some US$100 million in developing its antenna design and testing facilities.
“Apple never releases a product without thoroughly testing it first,” the company said on its page. “To do this, we built our multimillion-dollar antenna design and test labs. These labs feature 17 different antenna characterization chambers (or anechoic chambers) designed to accurately measure antenna and wireless performance.”
The video offers a look at several of those anechoic chambers, an explanation of how they’re used, and information about the materials used to construct them.
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This uncomfortable-looking chap is testing the phone as it it used when held by a person
Other chambers in the video test the phone being held in place by robots and brackets
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