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[Merged] Apple's free case / bumper peace offering -- discussion

Are you happy with Apple's decision to give out free Bumper case?

  • Yes

    Votes: 301 72.5%

  • No

    Votes: 114 27.5%
  • Total voters
    415
mgamber said:
Tell you what, ya'll find me a phone that does what I do with my iPhone and I will gladly....GLADLY return it and buy that phone. Hell, I'll even eat the restocking fee. I need MLB at Bat with streaming game video, Slingplayer, a decent camera and something to put pictures together into one large picture. You're still here? Go! Hurry up, too, I don't have all day. Otherwise, I'd like my iPhone fixed so I don't need this freaking case on it so it functions as a phone. I hate this case.

Short of that, there's nothing to discuss.
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iPhone 3GS.

There, problem solved.
 
Lay off it

Guys

We are consuming bandwidth, storage space and who knows what else. The iPhone 4 is not the first and certainly not last product to have issues. Either return the phone or get the case. What is the big deal?
 
No receipt for Bumper, do I still qualify for refund?

I'm glad Apple is giving all iPhone 4 users free bumpers and will refund customers if they already purchased a bumper. However, I lost my original receipt (purchased from an Apple retail) and packaging, do you think they will still give me a refund?
 
I'm taking a chance by ordering a bumper now, waiting my 3 weeks, then just getting a refund later. No sense for me to wait for other cases if I have no interest in covering the back screen with anything other than my SGP protector.. anyone who wants a bumper will still have to wait until those who paid get theirs delivered, might as well get the early start..
 
Yeah the manufacturers can't produce enough bumpers this fast so Apple has had to give away any old crap that's at their disposal. It's not about giving YOU choice, it's about meeting demand.

But have another sip of the Kool Aid and forget what I just said :D
 
Keeping my phone, but BUMMED that my car charger doesn't fit, and my work stereo's plug won't fit with the bumper on.

Seems like I'm back on a 1st gen....
 
ohla313 said:
wow you are such a righteous man. The daily struggles you face must be minuscule to this then.
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You are missing the point.

What Apple has done for us in terms of mobile technology has been nothing short of miraculous, and we do not want them to believe that we are naive ingrates that can be fooled by bloggers and their Jedi mind-tricks. I dare you to name a single consumer electronics product ever released that is as good as the iPhone 4. You can't. For every mention of "death grip" there needs to be 100 mentions of everything else great about the product to put it in perspective.

I urge all iPhone 4 customers to join me. Don't accept a refund for a great product. Show Apple we're on their side. Let them have the $29.00 as a show of support towards designing and engineering the next great Apple product.

BJ
 
JohnnyQuest said:
You people will NEVER be happy. And the amount of whining that these June/July2010 members have brought to MacRumors makes me sad. You're getting something for free. Just shut up.
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If Apple came out today and said we know about the problem and we are going to fix it. We are going to let people return their phones for a revised iphone that has a fix. I would have been completely happy. However, their fix doesn't really fix anything. I have a bumper and it still drops.
 
I'm not opposed to them giving away free bumpers, but I'm never going to use a bumper. I want a very specific case for my iphone. I think a better choice would have been to offer a choice of a) a free bumper or b) $15 credit towards the case of your choice.

Somehow I don't think the Otterbox cases are going to be on the list of "free" cases you can select.
 
I ordered bumpers 3 weeks ago and the still havnt shipped yet...good luck getting free ones lol
 
bababoey14 said:
We can't make enough bumpers...HAHAHA...you mean a cheap piece of rubber...you can't make that??? These cases better not be cheap junk
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have you even SEEN a bumper? Its molded plastic, ringed in rubber, perfectly cut to the phone, with out a doubt the MOST ACCURATE cuts I have ever seen on a case, and I've bought a lot

And to top it all off, real stainless steel buttons on the case itself cover the sleep/wake and volume rockers

worth $30? maybe not
Cheap? Definitely not.
It has the best build and design of any case I've seen
 
mis204 said:
I'm taking a chance by ordering a bumper now, waiting my 3 weeks, then just getting a refund later. No sense for me to wait for other cases if I have no interest in covering the back screen with anything other than my SGP protector.. anyone who wants a bumper will still have to wait until those who paid get theirs delivered, might as well get the early start..
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This is what I just did. Seems easier than waiting.
 
boltjames said:
You are missing the point.

What Apple has done for us in terms of mobile technology has been nothing short of miraculous, and we do not want them to believe that we are naive ingrates that can be fooled by bloggers and their Jedi mind-tricks. I dare you to name a single consumer electronics product ever released that is as good as the iPhone 4. You can't. For every mention of "death grip" there needs to be 100 mentions of everything else great about the product to put it in perspective.

I urge all iPhone 4 customers to join me. Don't accept a refund for a great product. Show Apple we're on their side. Let them have the $29.00 as a show of support towards designing and engineering the next great Apple product.

BJ
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I'm not on their side. Steve went up there and spread a bunch of bs to appease the stupiest of Apple customers. Taking the money will make Apple less likely to male the decision "We knew that there was an issue, but we decided to ship it anyway."
 
mis204 said:
I'm taking a chance by ordering a bumper now, waiting my 3 weeks, then just getting a refund later. No sense for me to wait for other cases if I have no interest in covering the back screen with anything other than my SGP protector.. anyone who wants a bumper will still have to wait until those who paid get theirs delivered, might as well get the early start..
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How are you going to order your bumper for free?
 
All bumpers will be refunded. I think if you already bought a bumper, you dont get another case free, they just refund your bumper.
 
boltjames said:
You are missing the point.

What Apple has done for us in terms of mobile technology has been nothing short of miraculous, and we do not want them to believe that we are naive ingrates that can be fooled by bloggers and their Jedi mind-tricks. I dare you to name a single consumer electronics product ever released that is as good as the iPhone 4. You can't. For every mention of "death grip" there needs to be 100 mentions of everything else great about the product to put it in perspective.

I urge all iPhone 4 customers to join me. Don't accept a refund for a great product. Show Apple we're on their side. Let them have the $29.00 as a show of support towards designing and engineering the next great Apple product.

BJ
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Yeah Steve Jobs is gonna care you did this and invite you to dinner.
 
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