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Apple Takes on Droid X With Latest Smartphone Antenna Video
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Thank you.
Apple = McDonalds?
no not at all, I'm just saying sales don't always equal a quality product
I think this video is somewhat suspicious. Why is 3G not displayed. Was it photoshoped out? Was the device connected to wifi and is this why 3G is not displayed? If so, where is the wifi signal display and was that photoshoped out?
When my Droid X is connected to Wifi, my bar display goes down 2-3 bars yet the dBm remains the same.
Just wondering what is going on.
When my Droid X is connected to Wifi, my bar display goes down 2-3 bars yet the dBm remains the same.
Just wondering what is going on.
Wow this is really weird.....To make a long story short I had a doctors apointment today, and my doc had the iphone 4.....him and I got to talking about it and he had said his assistant had the new droid x.....when we got back out into the waiting room he tried the death grip on his droid x and no bars dropped, then my doc and I both tried it on our iphones and sure enough lol ours within seconds dropped to searching......we all got a good chuckle.......at least we get free cases to make our phones work like a phone....this just goes to show you that apple is truly trying to hard to cover it up at this point.....very disapointing.....
I Dont believe it, and Ive never been in a Dr.s office where the Dr. had time to go play with phones in his waiting room?
Except that Vista actually really really sucks. For real. Not just on ConsumerReviews.com.
Really, if you wanna talk about iPhone 4 vs Vista, go to the other thread. There are plenty of people besides me to satisfy you.
Oh I know. lol I was just kidding. That is a very interesting analogy though if you look purely at sales figures. Like you said, sales figures does not indicate the quality of the product.
Seriously though. This whole debacle is overhyped, and the white iphone 4 will work fine. Which is why I'm for once glad I did not jump ship early
sorry to burst your bubble - the white iphone will be manufactured the same way. If they changed the design they would have to go through FCC approval again and that would be public record.
In other words - they would be admitting fault. And the over 3 Million (more by then) customers with Black iPhones would be heading to Apple with pitchforks and lawyers.
Perhaps you should know, as I previously stated before, I do own an iPod Touch and iPad. I love them as much as I love my Droid X. Apple makes fantastic, high quality products. I'm not some blind follower. From last time I checked, this thread is about the Droid X. Am I missing something?
Also, I'd much rather have a phone that isn't all the rage amongst preteens.
Droid x is competing with iPhone 3GS. Get over it.
Agreed and quite frankly my issue is not with the issue but the way companies respond to them. I thinks Apple's response was unacceptable. However, if that is how they want to do business, I will take my business elsewhere.
So if you hold a phone like a retard/grip it tightly (very unnatural) it loses a few bars, and keeps the call. Place a metal object to bridge the lower left side of an iPhone 4, or touch it lightly with your finger, or even holding iPhone 4 normaly drops the call, and displays "Searching"
Can someone explain how those are the same?
Yeah, but take a coathanger and touch it to the iPhone 4 and you get 5 bars in Northern Saskatchewan. It kicks ass!
Seriously, try it - if you have a poor signal - touch any part of the iPhone 4 antenna to a coathanger and voila! It's like having a 4 Watt phone!
Haha!
lol you just made my day
Obviously Apple feels different if they even have to do this video.notice apple dont let there iphone 4 signal drop dead to no bars...they let it get to 1 bar then let go
apple needs to fix there own issues...this is not apple
apple needs to fix there own issues...this is not apple
Do they have to get FCC approval for a device that is a different color? If so, was the white approved yet? Maybe that is the delay.
You may or may not be in PR, but you show no signs of being a professional (I've seen it from both sides as a business journalist and a PR over the last 18 years. The only PRs I have ever met that are any good are former hacks).
I thought you were the drunken exchange in the middle of the night guy? I meant the "Holding it wrong" retort. The drunken one was just funny.
Anyway, the bars were part of the issues as anyone but retards realise (and much more important that most people admit to - the effect on my phone has been most illuminating): the false readings induced people to think they could make viable calls when they could not, giving the impression that *failed* calls were in fact *dropped* calls.
You have absolutely no evidence to back up that assertion. Zero, nada, nothing. Meanwhile, Apple has changed the narrative and the game is not over yet.
Compare with the unwitting stupidity of Nokia who actually made themselves part of the story. Now that was terrible PR advice.
Doesn't help, true but note the continued misreporting: its is Foxconn that has let Apple down, but that gets airbrushed.
Fancy a trip over to long bet?
I'll be the first to say that I agree that many phones have this same issue, and it was probably a smart move for Apple to show the first few videos at the press conference last Friday, but...
APPLE! The horse is already dead! Put down your baseball bats and leave it the hell alone already.
APPLE! The horse is already dead! Put down your baseball bats and leave it the hell alone already.
Remember when Apple posted a video of the iPad? It was on CNN.com (or something else, I'm not sure) but I am sure that it was displaying FLASH CONTENT.
I guess it's a mystery, but Apple probably didn't spoof the signal bar drops. That would probably be illegal and definately against Apple's morals and previous actions.
But do you own a Droid X and see the 3G symbol? Or are you assuming there should be one there? Not accusing, just asking.
If you wanna talk "spoofing", notice how the Youtube video of the Droid X only has 305 views. Hmmmmmm........
If they change anything which would affect the antenna, sars ratings, etc - then they need to file again. For a change in color - no. That would already be on the books, so to speak.
So again - if something changes that would affect the signal - FCC would need to approve it.