Yes, apologies, I lumped you in with many others here - I am/was in the same position as you - I was holding out for a fix from Apple as I HAVE dropped calls or had very poor quality ones in area's my old 3G was fine - re-displaying the bars is unfortunately not going to help that so now I have to return the phone.
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Apple PR: Latest Steve Jobs Email Exchange is Fake
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Yes, apologies, I lumped you in with many others here - I am/was in the same position as you - I was holding out for a fix from Apple as I HAVE dropped calls or had very poor quality ones in area's my old 3G was fine - re-displaying the bars is unfortunately not going to help that so now I have to return the phone.
I am sure this will piss more people off than it makes happy. But at least Bob can stop pretending he is unable to return his phone because of the restocking fee.
It is quite alarming. People must be jumping from BGR.
They answered a question someone asked. Had you called Apple and asked a question about your iPhone 4, they would have answered you too.
Headers in an email are text and are extremely easy to fake with a text editor. You just proved how easy it would be to fake them by simply copying the ones displayed there and making a few minor adjustments...
I doubt Mr. Buford is willing to purger himself so the ambulance chasers are going to have a difficult time using those emails. Maybe they will have a better change with the CSR instructions if they can get the BGR "Apple Connect" we don't know his name, but he might be willing to do some time for the chance to make a buck from the lawyers.
Maybe I missed something in Apple's note, but since they consider it a software issue with a fix to be posted soon wouldn't that mean they would not consider the hardware defective?
I'm not convinced. I think it's Apple PR mopping up and doing damage control. If Steve Jobs can tell one person "don't hold your cell phone that way" then I can absolutely see him making the comments in the BGR email.
Apple REALLY???? REALLY??? This is what you give us? The bars are wrong? Here is my data that proves otherwise... As well as the email I sent to Apple, Engadget, MacRumors, and Gizmodo. This was the day after I got my iPhone 4, I was having problems the night before, but it was too late in the night to do anything....
I never received any response from any site nor did I receive a response from Apple. Here are the attached graphs and screenshots that were included in that email.
First off how many bars displayed on the status bar. Higher is better.
Second latency how long does it take to reach the server. Lower is better.
Third how fast do we download/upload data. Higher is better.
Here are the screenshots showing the result of each test all unedited not resized taken directly from the phone.
http://stevenmattera.com/iOS4/ReceptionIssue/Screenshots/
And ofcourse here is the raw data the was also included in the email. In a CSV format so you can load it in Google Docs, Numbers, or Excel.
http://stevenmattera.com/iOS4/ReceptionIssue/RawData.csv
I never received any response from any site nor did I receive a response from Apple. Here are the attached graphs and screenshots that were included in that email.
First off how many bars displayed on the status bar. Higher is better.
Second latency how long does it take to reach the server. Lower is better.
Third how fast do we download/upload data. Higher is better.
Here are the screenshots showing the result of each test all unedited not resized taken directly from the phone.
http://stevenmattera.com/iOS4/ReceptionIssue/Screenshots/
And ofcourse here is the raw data the was also included in the email. In a CSV format so you can load it in Google Docs, Numbers, or Excel.
http://stevenmattera.com/iOS4/ReceptionIssue/RawData.csv
Simple: When it's on your desk it's slightly closer to the cell tower.Apple REALLY???? REALLY??? This is what you give us? The bars are wrong? Here is my data that proves otherwise... As well as the email I sent to Apple, Engadget, MacRumors, and Gizmodo. This was the day after I got my iPhone 4, I was having problems the night before, but it was too late in the night to do anything....
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First off how many bars displayed on the status bar. Higher is better.
Simple: When it's on your desk it's slightly closer to the cell tower.
LOL Thanks Steve Jobs
All of these Apple fan sites (including this one) have become some what obsolete (although I continue to read and post here myself, but some old habits are hard to break).
Now that Apple is relevant again, reliable/respectable news services have entered the Apple gossip/rumor game.
This weeks Bloomberg rumor of the iPhone going to Verizon (which is not going to happen, expect it to appear on another US carrier just to further weaken Verizon further in the US) translated to truth, not rumor. I had several people come up to me and tell me that the iPhone was coming to Verizon and I had to explain to them the actual story.
I believe that Boy Genius was just bought, which is good, since their days are numbered (too bad good companies like DIGG didn't sell when they had a chance), as the bigger players become more and more tech savoy.
Now that Apple is relevant again, reliable/respectable news services have entered the Apple gossip/rumor game.
This weeks Bloomberg rumor of the iPhone going to Verizon (which is not going to happen, expect it to appear on another US carrier just to further weaken Verizon further in the US) translated to truth, not rumor. I had several people come up to me and tell me that the iPhone was coming to Verizon and I had to explain to them the actual story.
I believe that Boy Genius was just bought, which is good, since their days are numbered (too bad good companies like DIGG didn't sell when they had a chance), as the bigger players become more and more tech savoy.
Well the software fix actually, as i see this:does fix how signal behave! So lets say people who had calldrop actually had it,cause the software functionality tells the phone to drop the call earlier than it should, thats maybe why?
Well the software fix actually, as i see this:does fix how signal behave! So lets say people who had calldrop actually had it,cause the software functionality tells the to drop the call earlier than it should, thats maybe why?
Erm....
All that reads to me is they are changing the way they are displayed. Nothing more.
Apple REALLY???? REALLY??? This is what you give us? The bars are wrong? Here is my data that proves otherwise... As well as the email I sent to Apple, Engadget, MacRumors, and Gizmodo. This was the day after I got my iPhone 4, I was having problems the night before, but it was too late in the night to do anything....
I never received any response from any site nor did I receive a response from Apple. Here are the attached graphs and screenshots that were included in that email.
First off how many bars displayed on the status bar. Higher is better.
Second latency how long does it take to reach the server. Lower is better.
Third how fast do we download/upload data. Higher is better.
Here are the screenshots showing the result of each test all unedited not resized taken directly from the phone.
http://stevenmattera.com/iOS4/ReceptionIssue/Screenshots/
And ofcourse here is the raw data the was also included in the email. In a CSV format so you can load it in Google Docs, Numbers, or Excel.
http://stevenmattera.com/iOS4/ReceptionIssue/RawData.csv
Mister have my respect, you did a nice work...
It reads so, but maybe there is more behind this, they don't want to say...
Lets say :"the call drop must be = the signal come to a special point in a scala" , maybe there is something more deeply...(baseband related.)
, you sue to get monetary gains. Screw doing the right thing.You have my respect!!!, and you should lead "APPLE" engineering department.
, and you should lead "APPLE" engineering department.Apple REALLY???? REALLY??? This is what you give us? The bars are wrong? Here is my data that proves otherwise... As well as the email I sent to Apple, Engadget, MacRumors, and Gizmodo. This was the day after I got my iPhone 4, I was having problems the night before, but it was too late in the night to do anything....
I never received any response from any site nor did I receive a response from Apple. Here are the attached graphs and screenshots that were included in that email.
First off how many bars displayed on the status bar. Higher is better.
Second latency how long does it take to reach the server. Lower is better.
Third how fast do we download/upload data. Higher is better.
Here are the screenshots showing the result of each test all unedited not resized taken directly from the phone.
http://stevenmattera.com/iOS4/ReceptionIssue/Screenshots/
And ofcourse here is the raw data the was also included in the email. In a CSV format so you can load it in Google Docs, Numbers, or Excel.
http://stevenmattera.com/iOS4/ReceptionIssue/RawData.csv
Anyone else see today's post at BGR?
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/07/03/the-entire-steve-jobs-email-story-its-real/comment-page-3/
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/07/03/the-entire-steve-jobs-email-story-its-real/comment-page-3/
I thought this might be the case the other day and this backs up my suspicion. It's possible/probable that Apple PR denied the convo was real due to the misattribution of the "just a phone" line to Jobs. That was the quote a lot of stories about the convo headlined with, a quote we later were told was not by Jobs. I think the correction of that misquote by BGR may have happened after/simultaneously to the denial by the "top Apple spokesperson".
Apple REALLY???? REALLY??? This is what you give us? The bars are wrong? Here is my data that proves otherwise... As well as the email I sent to Apple, Engadget, MacRumors, and Gizmodo. This was the day after I got my iPhone 4, I was having problems the night before, but it was too late in the night to do anything....
I never received any response from any site nor did I receive a response from Apple. Here are the attached graphs and screenshots that were included in that email.
First off how many bars displayed on the status bar. Higher is better.
Second latency how long does it take to reach the server. Lower is better.
Third how fast do we download/upload data. Higher is better.
Here are the screenshots showing the result of each test all unedited not resized taken directly from the phone.
http://stevenmattera.com/iOS4/ReceptionIssue/Screenshots/
And ofcourse here is the raw data the was also included in the email. In a CSV format so you can load it in Google Docs, Numbers, or Excel.
http://stevenmattera.com/iOS4/ReceptionIssue/RawData.csv
Are you missing the part where nobody is arguing you can't interfere with a cellular signal with your body/hand?
I said it the other day.. I found it very strange that someone would use their real name in this way and company email account if it was a fake. Either they were very foolish, they were telling the truth or someone had stolen the guys ID.
But if what the BGR article says is true and they've logged into his gmail account and checked phone records, then it would appear he was telling the truth. What a mess.
But if what the BGR article says is true and they've logged into his gmail account and checked phone records, then it would appear he was telling the truth. What a mess.
I asked (and BGR ignored me) to have a disinterested third party check his email records. I am sure the fortune reporter would be happy to. I suspect you will never see this
apple PR totally lied. motive: they have way more to lose than BGR. yes, i'm talking about the same company who forced Ellen to apologize on her own show for making fun of the iPhone. it also now appears that they had the latest episode of Futurama pulled because it, too, mocked apple.
apple is, quite frankly, unbelievable.
apple is, quite frankly, unbelievable.
This is my problem with the amount people complaining on line about there iPhone's. Maybe this is just me, but whenever I have bought something that has an obvious problem, I take it back immediately, get it taken care of and move on.
This would seem to be the most logical response of most people. The last thing on my mind would be to rush to my computer and start ranting about how awful the product was and how I've had it for day's and it just won't work, and rag on the company and CEO and how could anybody with a right mind buy this thing.
And please don't start with "We hold Apple to a higher standard thing" All companies can and will have lemons (even lot's of lemons) get through the cracks.
I had two iMac's with mother board problems. Had to take one in twice. Was it inconvenient? Yes. Did Apple fix it for free even though the iMac's were out of warranty? Yes.
Could I've made a big stink about it on line, since this was a recall problem? Sure, if that was my top priority, What's Yours?
This would seem to be the most logical response of most people. The last thing on my mind would be to rush to my computer and start ranting about how awful the product was and how I've had it for day's and it just won't work, and rag on the company and CEO and how could anybody with a right mind buy this thing.
And please don't start with "We hold Apple to a higher standard thing" All companies can and will have lemons (even lot's of lemons) get through the cracks.
I had two iMac's with mother board problems. Had to take one in twice. Was it inconvenient? Yes. Did Apple fix it for free even though the iMac's were out of warranty? Yes.
Could I've made a big stink about it on line, since this was a recall problem? Sure, if that was my top priority, What's Yours?