What happened to the 8th stripe?

Hardware Librem 5
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I like the spartan looks of the L5. I also like the stripes at the corners of the phone.
But I have this nagging question: why are there only seven? Why is the eight (the one that should be on the upper right corner of the phone) missing?
Or do I have a ‘misprint’?

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These stripes are antenna spacers, they’re placed where they’re needed to be functional :wink:

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Ah! Nice. So they are not just goodlooking, they are functional aswell.
Thanks!

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I tell this to my wife all the time!

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Mine only has 6 stripes

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Are you sure?

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You must only be a sargent and not a captain? lol

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Number of stripes did vary between hardware revisions, so that’s not unexpected :wink:

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See also: https://source.puri.sm/dorota.czaplejewicz/developer.puri.sm/-/blob/master/Hardware_Reference/Distinguishing.rst

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Ah, Good to know.
Are they spacers gaps in a Faraday cage (I presume, they are)?

So, are there L5’s with eight spacers, ones with seven of them, and ones with only six?

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Huh, I guess now I have to finish up that document.

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I have a subscription on this feed of this page to follow the great work of the people working on the Librem 5. I noticed your work a few days ago!

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When you have done so, can you send me two more stripes, I feel discriminated :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: