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Apple Beefing Up iPhone and iPad Antenna Engineering Staff
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Agreed.
Which makes the denials even more disengenuous. And even more likely Apple would badly lose a class action.
Phazer
Not looking good for Apple
June/July: Hire the engineers
Aug/Sept: Design a long term solution
Oct/Nov: Test the prototypes
Dec/Jan: Retool the factory
Feb: Sell the iPhone 4.5
June/July: Hire the engineers
Aug/Sept: Design a long term solution
Oct/Nov: Test the prototypes
Dec/Jan: Retool the factory
Feb: Sell the iPhone 4.5
More like the stable door being closed after the horse has bolted
It's a good analogy, but considering they listed these jobs before the official release its more like the stable door being closed right after intentionally letting the horse out
Hi,
I was seriously going to bite the bullet and make this iPhone my first mobile phone. I've been watching the mobile phone grow since first seeing one at Expo '86 but haven't been compelled to jump in. The antenna issue, however, is ridiculous. I'm not buying.
It's like having a sports car that stalls when you push on the accelerator.
s.
I was seriously going to bite the bullet and make this iPhone my first mobile phone. I've been watching the mobile phone grow since first seeing one at Expo '86 but haven't been compelled to jump in. The antenna issue, however, is ridiculous. I'm not buying.
It's like having a sports car that stalls when you push on the accelerator.
s.
Why lose?
These people can just return their phones. No harm done. If they keep the phone, that's their decision.
These people can just return their phones. No harm done. If they keep the phone, that's their decision.
These jobs were posted before the "problem" and aslo if you read one of the last articles here, many phones have less signal than iPhone 4 even touching the left corner and about all have less signal when held in hand. So i'm sorry, considering also micro sim issue, probably Steve is completely right.
I forgot to mention, I'm in the US. Using ATT about 30 minutes north of Pittsburgh.
It seems much more plausible to me that they would be hiring engineers for a new project and posting that during the last two weeks of the current projects (now that it is all but released). Given the fact that these were posted on or before launch day and well before the story on the reception broke it is highly unlikely that this is purely a reaction to the attenuation issue. If they wanted to re-engineer the existing antenna due to a known problem I would think these openings would have been posted months ago.
If they are, in fact, making a CDMA phone it operates on different frequencies and therefore needs a differently designed antenna.
But like nearly everything else regarding the reception issue this is pure speculation and until apple finally decides to address it we aren't going to know anything for sure.
Actually, people began receiving their pre-orders on July 22nd. The issue was well known on the 23rd.
GL
not true i had both my iphone 4's on 6/23 at 10 am. eastern time, i called them at 2 pm and complained ,, a long with a lot of other people on here
Really?
Apple knew this was a problem long before launch and developed the bumper case.
And for all we know, apple posted these jobs after launch and just back dated the listing date.
Apple knew this was a problem long before launch and developed the bumper case.
And for all we know, apple posted these jobs after launch and just back dated the listing date.
I mean, I am not so sure this is directly related to the phone or not. If it is, then it may just give more fuel to that pending class action from that law firm in California because if they subpoena Apple and they can see through discovery that Apple in fact knew about this but was very hush hush about it, it may not look good. Who knows, though.
Of course they knew about this issue before the phone was released. That explains the bumper cases and now the hiring of new engineers.
Yes, if you look at the timing, it's obvious this is staffing up for a future project and not related to any reception complaints about the current iPhone.
Probably a team to start adding cell radios to the Macbooks.
A fact that the KPR law firm will jump on as evidence that Apple knowingly sold a defective product, whether it's true or not.