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Apple Settles Class Action Suit Regarding iPhone 4 Antenna

Even though out of principle I specifically did not buy the iPhone 4 for this very reason. (now I have a iPhone 4s which does not have the antenna issue). This class action seems like a good one. I'd encourage anyone who purchased a iPhone 4 to take advantage of this. You were duped in the marketing of the product that it was a revolutionary antenna design.
 
thenerdal said:
Apple has just agreed to a settlement, admitting there was a problem...
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Not necessarily. Companies settle all the time while denying the problem as it's cheaper than fighting it, even if they have a chance at winning. We do not know the real reason until Apple releases a statement (if that'd even happen).
 
gco212 said:
Almost certainly yes. By participating in the case program, you did not give up any legal right to collect monetary damages for having a negligently designed product. Additionally, the case didn't fix the problem, it was merely a partial solution as you may have wanted to use the phone without a case to show off the highly marketed iPhone 4 design rather than cover it up.
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Speaking like a true lawyer.
 
I have an iPhone 4 which was purchased within the first few months of release. I received a free case from Apple shortly thereafter.

Honestly, I don't feel right about taking the grand settlement of $15 for this as I think the wrong party was sued. In all the time that I have had my iPhone 4, I noticed that the antenna issue was always in relation to how good or bad the service was in the area I was in and it was never with the iPhone itself. In other words, when I was in an area of exceptional cell service and gave my iPhone the "death grip", I never lost bars or experienced a loss in call/data quality. If anything, AT&T should have gotten sued here for their spotty service, not Apple.

The lawyers made off like bandits in this one.
 
Rodimus Prime said:
No he is right. If the engineers are telling you that it is a problem then you work with them to do required changes to said design to work.

Design needs to work with in the range of what is engineering possible.
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How do we know this problem was because of what the designers, i.e. Steve Jobs wanted against the advice of engineers? Because of one story that came out which claimed it to be so? I'm sorry but no way does a company knowingly release a possible faulty product just for design aesthetics. No way would a company subject themselves to a PR nightmare and possible lawsuit/recall. Yes it's been claimed that the ID team is the most powerful division at Apple, but I doubt Jony Ive and team have that much power.
 
Rodimus Prime said:
Where Apple really got burned was in its attempt to cover up it up and deflect it. If they had admitted it from the start they would of been fine.
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I will tell you one place they didn't fail, and that is to get a bunch of people to beleive there was no problem.
 
Rogifan said:
How do we know this problem was because of what the designers, i.e. Steve Jobs wanted against the advice of engineers? Because of one story that came out which claimed it to be so? I'm sorry but no way does a company knowingly release a possible faulty product just for design aesthetics. No way would a company subject themselves to a PR nightmare and possible lawsuit/recall. Yes it's been claimed that the ID team is the most powerful division at Apple, but I doubt Jony Ive and team have that much power.
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Read Steve Jobs book and you will see that he would choose design and looking pretty over good engineering time and time again. Hell he would go against them completely on their recommendation saying it was a bad bad idea and multiple times it blew up. He got worse the more power he got.

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Rogifan said:
Apple's ID team engineered the antenna for iPhone? Then what was Mark Papermaster job?
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no but the design team limited the engineering team on antenna design. A better design engineering wise would of been as was overruled in favor of looking prettier.
 
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I'll be first in line to get the $15. Apple blatantly lied, and despite what all you blind sheep think, there was / is a problem and they fixed it with the 4S.

Apple even tried to say that all manifacturers phones have this problem. I thought Apple was supposed to be above everyone else.

Why can't you people just admit that despite the phone looking beautiful there was a glaring problem with the antenna and Apple gave away a bumper as a band aid.
 
Shrink said:
So the Verizon CDMA phones don't get the dough. Well that stinks. I was going to use it to buy a whole half pound of the coffee beans I use for espresso.:rolleyes:

DARN...:p
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This is probably because the design was changed for those. This would probably only count for the initial design GSM iPhone 4.

There is a reason they are called "lawsuit"

the "law"yer in a "suit" is the only winner.
 
Well, at least my CDMA Verizon phone has very bad antennagate issues. If Apple is willing to help, great. If not, I cannot do anything. But yes, the CDMA phone I have does have issues so whoever claims that this issue was fixed in the Verizon model is wrong. Secondly, a simple google search shows that iLounge found the same with VZW phones.
 
I never got a bumper.

I would love to use my phone without a case though.

The lawyer in this case gets millions while the consumers get $15 each? Kind of ridiculous if you ask me.
 
brock2621 said:
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Are you grabbing the $15 rightfully and in clear conscience that your phone dropped calls because of the way you were holding it?

I refuse to accept this money out of principal:

1. They already gave a free bumper

2. I had plenty of time to return it (just like everybody else)

3. I never had a dropped call or no signal because of that stupid antenna design. Not once.

I don't feel right taking this money...
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Personally, I would take it simply because despite the iP4 OBVIOUSLY having an antenna issue, Apple STILL has yet to admit they released a phone with a problem. And for the record, yes I bought an iP4 on launch day and besides the antenna issue, the home button also stopped working - another flaw Apple refuses to admit exists.
 
profets said:
I wonder how much the lawyers will get?
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$123,750,000

I say that because of thir estimates:

Based on the preliminary approval, U.S. residents who bought the iPhone 4 will be entitled to $15 in cash or a bumper case provided by Apple. The lawyers claim that the 25 million customers may be eligible.
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33% of 25million x $15
 
Rogifan said:
what does that have to do with whether it was an engineering issue or not? They fixed the problem but I dont think any of us know for sure what was the cause of the problem or exactly what was dne to fix it. From a design standpoint 4S looks exactly the same except for 4 black slits in the steel frame vs 3 with the iPhone 4.
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Jesus, it's right there in the press release. At this point, what does it matter what kind of issue it was ? It was an issue, Apple revamped the tech a bit to make the antenna auto-switching and now it's not an issue for those of us with the iPhone 4S.
 
pmz said:
I'm sure Apple settled to be done with it and move on.

What a waste of a class action lawsuit.

1.There was never anything wrong with the antenna.
2. Gizmodo fabricated the story to get back at Apple, knowing full well they could take advantage of the "bars dropping" illusion that occurs if you hold any GSM phone a particular way, and the coincidence of poor AT&T service in certain areas.
3. Typical internet whiners bought it hook line and sinker and added their "voice" to problem, creating further illusion that there were millions of people with defective antennas.

The whole thing was a fantasy, and if Gizmodo had never lied and created that video blog post, like I said, to punish Apple for taking legal action against their previous criminal activity, there never would have been anything.
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Wrong. I thought there was nothing wrong with my iPhone 4 for months until I was on a phone call using my left hand. Suddenly the call sounded iffy and I couldn't hear a thing, looked at the screen, and had 1 bar. Switched hands, back up to 4-5 bars.

Definitely a problem with the antenna.
 
I find it funny how this was the biggest, blown out of proportion thing when the iPhone 4 was first released, but somehow NO ONE is complaining of this issue anymore, and they're still selling like hot cakes. :rolleyes:

(I never even had the issue, go figure)
 
I wonder how high the salary of an apple lawyer is?

And i think unless you really had a problem it would feel wrong to me to take the money.
 
Rodimus Prime said:
Read Steve Jobs book and you will see that he would choose design and looking pretty over good engineering time and time again. Hell he would go against them completely on their recommendation saying it was a bad bad idea and multiple times it blew up. He got worse the more power he got.
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No. You would see that a book author _claims_ these things. Not the same thing.
 
Going Back to Apple

Fifteen bucks? Not bad, but I know for a fact that money (and more) is going back to Apple once the iPad 3 comes out. :D
 
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