If they do a voluntary recall would u get a new one?

[Interstella5555]

If Apple says there is a defect in the way the iPhone 4's were manufactured then your phone DOES have the issue and you just haven't experienced it yet (most likely b/c AT&T's service in your area is very good). I still don't understand why you wouldn't get it replace if Apple TELLS you that your phone is defective. Would you simply not believe them and call them liars!?

I'm not saying that some users aren't experience this problem, or that this problem doesn't exist, however the almost reverse "you're holding it wrong" mentality around here (If you're not having problems you're doing something wrong) is ridiculous. The XBOX 360 went years with a reported failure rate as high as 50% with no product recall. MBP has had display issues across lines, screens issues with iMacs, massive hard drive failures in the 2008 TimeCapsules, Wiis "breaking" TVs, any number of Sony's hardware blunders....All widely covered issues with hardware problems as bad as if not worse that the iPhone 4 reception issue, yet no product recall in sight.

I wouldn't call them "liars" for a recall any sooner than calling the millions of people who've owned one of the aforementioned products with no problems a liar, because neither of us are. Your statement that "your phone DOES have the issue and you just haven't experienced it yet" is meaningless; you're basically saying that any product that has been released with manufacturing problems is destined to eventually fail....which is every product ever released. Does it suck that there's a reception issue and Apple/AT&T should be diligently working to rectify it? Yes. Does it warrant a product recall when the majority of devices correctly function? No. You're right though, maybe my body's electrical charge is weird or y skin isn't as conductive, but my phone works. And it works well.

 

[BadMoon]

I find it interesting that the poll so far shows 25% of people would return their phones even though they claim there is nothing wrong with their phone just because "they want a new one". I wonder how many of those upstanding citizens went into the "trading black for white iPhone" thread to preach their high values and why those should not do that?

 

[mgamber]

I find it interesting that the poll so far shows 25% of people would return their phones even though they claim there is nothing wrong with their phone just because "they want a new one". I wonder how many of those upstanding citizens went into the "trading black for white iPhone" thread to preach their high values and why those should not do that?

You can be as pointlessly snarky as you'd like, if apple did a recall, why wouldn't you want to exchange it? Perhaps people who claim their phone is perfect never leave an area of perfect reception. Tell you what, trying to call AAA because your car died on a rural road and then discovering the problem is a worse idea then getting your phone fixed for a problem that you claim doesn't affect you. If I drove a Toyota that was affected by the accelerator problem, I don't care if it actually happened to me or not, I'd still take it to a service center and at least have it looked at and tested. What's the difference? That it's a $200 + expensive 2 year contract and not a car? It doesn't matter to me, I can't afford to piss away that kind of money on a faulty phone and spotty service. It would be nice if at least half of it worked properly.