No room for an INTERNAL antenna????

[Jason-Houghton]

Really? I'm mean come on, a piece of wire.

 

[KameronBriggs]

ikr?
Maybe they thought it would be a good idea. Or maybe they wanted it to be super thin...which it is...

 

[dmelgar]

Many phones have flat antennas on the back cover. Apple could do that. But it would be a major redesign and would require getting recertified through the fcc.