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How do you open a single hinge device wrong?

OP was referring to a meme from the iPhone 4 era, where users complained about a dropped signal, and Steve Jobs responded to one person saying to not hold it a certain way.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/iphone-4-death-grip

Jobs wasn't exactly wrong (the antenna worked OK if you didn't bridge it with your finger):

https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/

But the "fix" was also disappointing: an insulating bumper, or $15 if you didn't want one:

https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/antennagate-payout

I see people claiming that others are "closing it wrong". Something about you have to snap it using the edges, absolutely not push into the center?

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