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Jobs says Signal Strength a "non issue"
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This might just have made my mind up to return the phone and go back to the 3GS or get Android. I wish i hadn't sold my 3GS.
He was reacting to the people posting in here about how those of us who are experiencing this problem who were calling us morons and whiners. He was calling the name-callers bigots (I don't really get the choice of words, though).
I tried the iPhone 4G in my local Apple shop today where due to the relatively small security cable, you can hold it and use it as you normally would. Untouched the device had 4-5 bars of 3G coverage (Orange). I picked it up, and held the device exactly as I do my 3GS, and had a bit play with it. Within a few seconds, the 4 had switched to a GPRS connection, and then a few seconds later again was down to searching/no service. I feel this is a flaw of unparralleled magnitude, and Apple need to take care of it urgently.
The only true test is comparing the actual rate of failure against other handsets on the same network in the same location, not self reported and unverified anecdotes.
Maybe in fact the other handsets are overstating their signal strength and that Apple is simply guilty of being honest. As I said, my phone drops a couple of bars and, for calls, it doesn't seem to matter.
A solution has been found it seems:
http://newsarse.com/2010/06/25/apple-announce-hands-free-ihelmet-for-problematic-iphone-4/
http://newsarse.com/2010/06/25/apple-announce-hands-free-ihelmet-for-problematic-iphone-4/
You're an absolute jackass. There's a difference between a glitch that makes it necessary for the phone to reboot every day (like with 3.0) and a defect or design flaw that prevents many from being able to use the phone at all to make calls.
"Stop complaining that your phone can't make calls. People love to whine about the smallest things." Jerkoff.
Resorting to ad hominem attacks just proves the immaturity of the vast majority of those in this thread complaining about this issue. There are probably a small amount, including the OP, who have legitimate concerns. The rest are trolling or whining as it fills them with a sense of purpose.
Best of luck with your broken phone.
There is no evidence these people are not trolls. I'll believe evidence not anecdotes.
A solution has been found it seems:
http://newsarse.com/2010/06/25/apple-announce-hands-free-ihelmet-for-problematic-iphone-4/
Epic win!
Its okay to come out of your caves fanboys. Apple has acknowledged the fact and who cares if you guys dont?
How do you explain all the Youtube videos? Or how about all the articles from major news corporations? Are they trolls as well? Or how about the people stating they called Apple Care and Apple is now admitting it's an issue? Just because you don't have the problem doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Also known as O2's 3G service in the whole of the UK
Actually, O2's 3G coverage is the second most expansive in the UK, it's just not very high bandwidth meaning that you may connect but it'll be slower than say Vodafone's whose is much denser
No, it only proves my immaturity. But, that's irrelevant to the criticism of the content of your post (which you failed to address). Your blind defense of Apple is nauseating. I just hope you would defend friends and family with as much vigor as you do for a corporate logo.
By personal I mean speaking/writing as a person, not a head of a company. An identity of a person on the internet, which never meant to be a voice of a company, yet wanted to be recognized as who he is. Personal does not equal private.
That's the thing. People saw it in an ad or a presentation and assumed they can use it as the source for legal and official company statements. Yet it can only be used to talk to Steve, the Jobs -- not Steve, the CEO of Apple. He doesn't even sign his messages with anything of that sort.
But that's just my understanding. I could be wrong.
We have a local design studio (which is the most famous, expensive and credible in our country), CEO of which has his own blog (by coincidence, one of the most visited in our internet zone) and he can say oh such vulgar, horrible and discrediting things on his blog, but no one even thinks to assume his words somehow reflect the position or points of view of his company. Because his personal social life on the internet is his personal and not the company's. And I think it's how it should be. One has the right to be open in society, whoever he is and what his or her job is.
Here's what I think is going on:
Actually, I do believe Steve himself answered the 1st round of emails (He acknowledged that he has been emailing personally to Mossberg at D8). The short, arrogant, and condescending style sounds like Jobs.
Somewhere down the line, someone from the board or PR caught wind of his messages and "helped" him draft a slightly more thought out replies (which were still ********, but at least they didn't appear to be knee jerk).. As a matter of fact, Apple's "Official" reply seems to mirror "Steve's" 2nd round of emails....
I just called Apple Support to let them know I am having these issues and it is affecting my usage. I swore by the 2G and 3GS - never had any problems. But I simply cannot reliably use the 4 as a telephone. After 15 mins on hold, the service rep was very friendly, said she would see what she can do. She put me on hold for another 5 mins, then hung up on me. Le Sigh.... I really am trying to make this work. 
lol..hope so. Though it explains why jobs was unable to demo most the features at Keynote...Though that was wifi related methinx
but either way he was holding it wrong (according to the email)