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Analyst Claims Design Fix for iPhone 4 Signal Issue Being Deployed
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Assuming this is actually what happens, a voluntary recall is still a recall (or whatever term Apple uses to say that it's not really a recall), and as we all can probably surmise, not everyone will send theirs in to be repaired. This is all "if," of course...
I can create the issue on my phone but have not had much (if any) trouble with it so I might skip it or at least wait a while, thus potentially reducing that # by 1.
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Don't you dare excuse British spelling. The origin of the language is England and the English spelling of words is how the language was designed. Staying true to the language, any other spelling of the words is wrong.
Probably cause most Apple stores are not swapping out "signal issues" phones but they will very easily swap out or fix the sensor issue if you go in.
I would wait.
An internal "insulator" for an antenna is very suspicious, especially if you understand RF and wavelength properties of antennas. It seems that maybe they are insulating the antenna from the external metal frame, essentially making it an "internal antenna". Though this would get rid of the death grip attenuation problem, it might actually LOWER the OVERALL performance of the phone when it's not "death gripped".
Again, Apple is GREAT with exchanging defective product for a whole year.... don't be knee jerk, and wait until you hear positive things about this change from "in the wild" users and lab reports.
Just my $0.02.
You need a replacement phone. Most iphone4s do not have this problem. Have you tried hooking the phone up to itunes and doing a backup and restore of the device?
Some users with the proximity sensor problem have reported that this fixed their problem. If not, take the phone back, this is not a wide spread problem.
That same year Jaws 19 will be released in 3-D!
"This time its really, REALLY personal!!"
That's very interesting and would suggest a hold and/or recall on products.
THAT is the fix I'm waiting for. It's screwed with nearly every phone call I've made that wasn't hands free.
Add on a fix to the camera appearing to overexpose by 1/2 to 1 full stop and I'll be much more satisfied even if I *don't* have my antenna fixed or replaced.
Don't you dare excuse British spelling. The origin of the language is England and the English spelling of words is how the language was designed. Staying true to the language, any other spelling of the words is wrong.
I wasn't aware English was a "designed" language. I thought it evolved, and that standardized spelling didn't even occur until the 17th century.
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Agreed. Backpedaling on their initial "blame the user" stance makes them look like liars.
Are you referring to Jobs' emails - or this analyst report. Because if you're referring to Jobs' emails I have them in my inbox.
What's amazing is if this analyst (and I said IF) is correct - how does this story have 8 negative "votes"
Who are the people who would vote against a fix? LOL
Apple will do the right thing.
Ya know-I have been able to bring my older iPhones several times for more minor problems than this and they have never hesitated to swap out for a new one. For example-due to overuse the 3G the screen began to ever so slightly.I believe Apple will do the right thing.
Ya know-I have been able to bring my older iPhones several times for more minor problems than this and they have never hesitated to swap out for a new one. For example-due to overuse the 3G the screen began to ever so slightly.I believe Apple will do the right thing.
Is that all? Shall we poll the others who have this problem and ask them what they demand? And then we can ask the ones who have the phone but don't experience this problem and ask them what they demand.
Demanding an apology is incredibly over the top ridiculous. The biggest reason for this is that forced apologies are one thing: not honest.
How about we demand a fix to the problem and leave it at that - capitalism is many things, but one thing it surely isn't consistently is honest.
Sadly, it's been my experience that everyday, normal, non-techie people have been informed about this problem since the first weekend. It's been top news on "regular" news channels for weeks now.
That said, if Apple comes forward and simply says "We missed this before. We've now solved it. We will offer a fix free of charge and all new phones will be fixed moving forward" their forthrightness will do nothing but impress the average consumer.
If Apple tries to play any games whatsoever? People won't take it kindly.
Well not only that - but they've been misrepresenting their signal strength for a few years based on a formula they devised to make it look like the phone was getting a better signal than it was. Coincidentally this "fix" came out a few years back when people were complaining about low signals. Funny huh?
I'm going to enjoy watching Steve's "dance" tomorrow
By your estimate:
10 minutes x 3 Million Phones = 30 Million Minutes
30 Million / 60 = 500,000 Hours
500,000/ 24 Hrs = 20,833.333 Days
20,833.333 days/ 365 = 57.077 Years
Times that buy the hourly wage of technicians?
Sounds reasonable. Not going to happen.
Not going to happen!
If it means I can buy a phone where I can actually make a call witch, I don't mind waiting some more.
