Apple developing internal antenna insulator now

Y

yankintx

macrumors 6502
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Apple(AAPL) has a "fix" for the iPhone 4 antenna problem after all. Now the problem becomes how the company will handle the replacement or repairs of the three million phones already sold.


Ok..after reading this it appears an internal insulator part will be added. How the heck can apple actually handle a recall of all Iphone 4 phones sold.

My phone works great, probably because I am in a strong signal area, but since I sell my phone and upgrade each year, I absolutely will get apple to either fix the phone or replace it.
Ifmi don't do this, I can see people not wanting to buy used iPhones next year unless proof that the new part is added, or that the phone was replaced with the new part.

What a mess. Anyone have idead on how this will be handled?...
 
It will take months for production to replace all defective iPhones. At least a hardware fix is coming
 
I just hope they can repair phones for those of us who already have one, without swapping the entire device out. I feel lucky to have finally gotten one that has no cosmetic issues whatsoever, with the only flaw being the antenna problem. It took me two replacements to get to this point, and I don't relish the idea of having to go through multiple further replacements.
 
Can you possibly put a link to that article somewhere in this thread? I'd sure like to know where they got their information as Apple hasn't put out a press release and the press conference isn't until tomorrow.
 
hryan4740 said:
Can you possibly put a link to that article somewhere in this thread? I'd sure like to know where they got their information as Apple hasn't put out a press release and the press conference isn't until tomorrow.
Click to expand...

Here you are.


(EDIT: Curses, too slow!)
 
Damnit.


Jun 29, 2010 at 12:49 PM PDT -
View order details
Not yet shipped
Product Qty.
IPHONE 4 BLACK 32GB-USA
Custom configured
Ships: Jul 21
Delivers: Jul 26


What's going to happen to me?
 
Can't wait for the fanboy deflection of this. How possibly can you defend a phone that is getting recalled.
 
hryan4740 said:
Can you possibly put a link to that article somewhere in this thread? I'd sure like to know where they got their information as Apple hasn't put out a press release and the press conference isn't until tomorrow.
Click to expand...

It's on the macrumors.com home page!
 
aluren said:
For us non-techies, what's an internal antenna insulator? Is it an additional antenna, meaning that there's now two antennas? Does it mean that the death grip still works for the external, but now that there's an internal antenna, the reception will not be affected?
Click to expand...

If it is true, then yeah - something of that nature. Actually, some of the new Droid phones have several antennas inside to switch back and forth depending on the strength of signal or orientation to cell tower. Problem here is the space inside the phone. As Steve showed, IP4 is packed to its guts, so adding extra piece of hardware regardless how small it is might be problematic.

Another headache looming is how to recall/replace/fix the problem for existing owners. I bet no one wants to stand in another endless line to do the swap. But I am not sure how else this can be done
 
iphonetester said:
If it is true, then yeah - something of that nature. Actually, some of the new Droid phones have several antennas inside to switch back and forth depending on the strength of signal or orientation to cell tower. Problem here is the space inside the phone. As Steve showed, IP4 is packed to its guts, so adding extra piece of hardware regardless how small it is might be problematic.

Another headache looming is how to recall/replace/fix the problem for existing owners. I bet no one wants to stand in another endless line to do the swap. But I am not sure how else this can be done
Click to expand...

Assuming they are actually going to fix the phones for those of us who bought pre-insulator .... that much is not yet known.
 
iphone1105 said:
If we get a fix, or a new phone, how are we screwed? Your tears are salty....
Click to expand...

ya.. instead of criticizing the early adopters, they should be thankful because early adopters basically beta tested the product. This actually will help all the future purchaser. Thank goodness for all the early adopters.
 
If there's a voluntary recall, and the process is tiresome and a hassle, I'm in no rush at all. I'll wait until it's easier to do so.

With skins and a Bumper on it doesn't affect me.
 
Wirelessly posted (iPhone 4 (32GB): Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_0 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8A293 Safari/6531.22.7)

Khryz said:
If there's a voluntary recall, and the process is tiresome and a hassle, I'm in no rush at all. I'll wait until it's easier to do so.

With skins and a Bumper on it doesn't affect me.
Click to expand...

This.

I hope this report is true, and I'll definitely get my iPhone replaced once the newer revision is available, but I'm not really in a big rush.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Back
Top