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NY Times: Executive Leaves After iPhone Antenna Troubles

vincenz said:
Ouch. Well at those levels, one "wrong" move and you're gone..
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unless he left on his own accord.

But wow he must have gotten quite a heckling to leave so soon after joining, especially all the red tape Apple went through to get him on board. Even at the estimate $175 million cost for the bumper program I would honestly think "Papermaster" would be worth more to Apple but I guess not.
 
According to John Gruber
From what I’ve heard, it’s clear he was canned. Papermaster was a conspicuous absence at the Antennagate press conference. Inside Apple, he’s “the guy responsible for the antenna” — that’s a quote from a source back on July 23. (Another quote from the same source: “Apparently the antenna guys used to have a big chip on their shoulder. No more.”)
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Eddyisgreat said:
unless he left on his own accord.

But wow he must have gotten quite a heckling to leave so soon after joining, especially all the red tape Apple went through to get him on board. Even at the estimate $175 million cost for the bumper program I would honestly think "Papermaster" would be worth more to Apple but I guess not.
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Um. Getting canned and leaving because you're forced to is the same thing. But if semantics is your game :rolleyes:
 
I don't really think he should have been fired if it was indeed because of the antenna thing.

Despite the bad press and even counting the cost of the bumpers, this is still by *FAR* Apples best selling phone.

And before you call me a fanboy - I do have the antenna problem and find it quite annoying. But look at the facts - this is a highly successful phone.
 
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