That's not fair I didn't change your words.
Although I see the humor in it. I feel misrepresented.
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Jobs says Signal Strength a "non issue"
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That's not fair I didn't change your words.
Although I see the humor in it. I feel misrepresented.
So I suppose when they said "This is going to change everything, again", they also meant the way we hold our phones
Yeah, I think someone put it this way... "Apple has again revolutionized the way we hold our iPhones". It's magical what apple can do!
I considered the word investment. Uses the word valuable instead.
It is just a phone. But I like it. Not the flaw.
In case this was directed at me (though I suspect it wasn't)... I'm not moaning really. I don't even own the phone (yet). I'm just getting in on all the fun!
China just manufactures what Apple design, no more no less. This seems more like a design flaw than a manufacturing defect, unless it turns out some coating was missing of course.
So I suppose when they said "This is going to change everything, again", they also meant the way we hold our phones
Now that is funny... yes, I feel Apple may wish they never came up with that marketing bit of copy!
Dissss! Heehee. Like someone once said: you may not mean offense sir, but even with that added disclaimer, you probably will. Did you not here about the Foxconn tragedies?? Someone's bound to hear you.
That's what marketing people do - get paid to keep coming up with a new line in BS that means precisely nothing.
This isn't just about how you hold the phone when making calls - I'm right handed so when I'm using it as a phone, the bottom left corner is free.
However, because I'm right handed, I hold my iPhone in my left hand when I'm using it for anything else, with the bottom left hand corner wedged into my palm. I'm guessing this is how most right-handed people will hold theirs too when not using it as a phone. And I lose all signal. So if I'm using my iPhone and somebody tries to call me, tough.
And Steve - if I don't hold it like this; securely wedged in the palm of my hand, the odds of it getting dropped increase massively.
However, because I'm right handed, I hold my iPhone in my left hand when I'm using it for anything else, with the bottom left hand corner wedged into my palm. I'm guessing this is how most right-handed people will hold theirs too when not using it as a phone. And I lose all signal. So if I'm using my iPhone and somebody tries to call me, tough.
And Steve - if I don't hold it like this; securely wedged in the palm of my hand, the odds of it getting dropped increase massively.
And yet this time around they got paid for just that one extra word: "Again"
Pfft. Marketing.
So what are we guessing... 2,000 post count by, say, 12PM EST?
Forgive me. It's easy for me to joke, being a lowly 3G owner still. But I'd like to change that...
Forgive me. It's easy for me to joke, being a lowly 3G owner still. But I'd like to change that...
I beg to differ, If I remember correctly, wasn't there an issue with thermal paste in laptops, also manufacturing defects across the board in Imacs in particularly: fingertips on glass screen, misaligned drive slots, and so on....
The problem varies with location. I cant get it to do it while at work but at home and somewhere else i went last night it dropped off like in the videos.
Apple's attitude is utterly disgraceful. I couldn't believe Jobs' email when I first read it, and I still find it hard to believe what is going on in these forums... people defending Apple over a phone that doesn't work when you hold it like a phone. Indeed, doesn't work when you hold and use it in the way that the folk in Apple's own adverts hold it.
Apple should be apologising, and refunding people or assuring them that a fix is being researched. There must be some kind of clear lacquer or similar material that they could just coat the antennas in to shield them.
Apple should be apologising, and refunding people or assuring them that a fix is being researched. There must be some kind of clear lacquer or similar material that they could just coat the antennas in to shield them.
just chipping in to say it does this on my iphone 4 32gb and i'm left handed so it is an issue. I go from 5 bars on 3g to 1 bar on edge by holding it in my hand in the same part of the office. I havent changed the way I hold the phone at all (I previously owned a 3GS).
They better start giving out free bumpers for left handed people or giving me some money back otherwise there is going to be a big backlash over this.
They better start giving out free bumpers for left handed people or giving me some money back otherwise there is going to be a big backlash over this.
'cept it's not just when you use it as a phone. Even if you're in landscape, or surfing the web/whatever, you're still likely to cover that corner one way or another. But apparently all phones have this problem, so like the man said, "non-issue".
Do you ask real question or fanboy questions?You guys are so lucky you even got an email back from him, you're basically emailing the innovator of the modern computer. Wish he'd reply to me
Wow. Optimist much?
I guess you're thinking your email will stand out by "cathching...with honey". Unfortunately, we've no idea how Steve chooses which emails to read, let alone respond to. If he even read a handful of the millions of emails he's likely receiving now, he'd have no time to do whatever else CEO's do.
I'm guessing he must have people filter his mail and be like, "Mr. Jobs, this one's interesting" etc. Either way, I wonder how his inbox survives this sort of thing, especially now that word has been out for some time that said address is legit.
But you're probably doing yourself a better service than anything, just by not letting this stuff really get you down. If this thread is any evidence, there's a lot of doubt, confusion, and resentment flowing through veins of the collective apple consumer base.
I doubt your email will make a bit of difference, but I do tip my hat to you nonetheless, sir. Keep fightin' the good fight.