I'm soo looking forward to the hot news in october! Can't wait.
Don't hold your breath...
... actually everyone who is hoping for a revision in the iphone 4 please hold your breath until it happens.
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OCT/SEP iPhones antennas will be fixed according to applecare! (strange support call)
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Don't hold your breath...
... actually everyone who is hoping for a revision in the iphone 4 please hold your breath until it happens.
Oh great, another fully trained antenna designer has joined the forum. Glad to have your expert input. Care to discuss the capacitive coupling issues involved? No, I thought not.
And no, I'm not claiming to be an antenna expert, but I am least a physicist and computer engineer who has studied enough EM issues affecting analogue and digital design (transmission line effects, skin effects, etc) to know that I don't know nearly enough about the subject area to offer an opinion as to whether any fix is trivial, why this happened in the first place, or to have the arrogance to try and claim that I can outsmart Apple's entire team of RF engineers (and, with the iPhone as one of the most high profile devices devices in the industry, Apple must surely attract the very best candidates).
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There will be no revision. For the handful of you who think there will be, well you are simply dumb as hell. Honestly, there's nothing more to it than that, you're stupid, or are just trolling.
I've been highly critical of the antenna issues and how Apple's handled it (despite it, I do still love my i4). Admitting fault now would be a horrible business move. Even if Apple finds a design fix, they will not implement it until the iPhone 5. Apple and Jobs have taken their stance; the phone is fine as-is and the antenna issues are common with all smartphones. They've already swallowed the costs of the free cases, they won't eat any further costs of a hardware redesign. Not happening.
I've been highly critical of the antenna issues and how Apple's handled it (despite it, I do still love my i4). Admitting fault now would be a horrible business move. Even if Apple finds a design fix, they will not implement it until the iPhone 5. Apple and Jobs have taken their stance; the phone is fine as-is and the antenna issues are common with all smartphones. They've already swallowed the costs of the free cases, they won't eat any further costs of a hardware redesign. Not happening.
Dear Lord, lets us all hear about the iPhone 4 revisions very soon!
You will. In May. When they announce the iPhone 4GS, 5, V or whatever they call the next iteration of the iPhone
I have decided to email steve and request that he just continues to work on iphone 5 and even if he is working on a revision that he drop it. I'll let you know if I hear anything back.
I have decided to email steve and request that he just continues to work on iphone 5 and even if he is working on a revision that he drop it. I'll let you know if I hear anything back.
Haw! Yes, please let us know his response.
Kid:
Im 27 it was a gen call to applecare made today if you look at my past thread I asked would the iphone do this a few days back so hardly trolling I think its so easy just to keep calling someone that because:
A: you iphone works fine for you
B:You dont see the problem because of a strong signal area
C:its easy for you to say return and and stop moaning
It was posted for the interest of people who wanted the info and i'm not sure wether to believe the apple rep myself but the convo was gen!
I love my iphone 4 its stunning and solid and theres nothing like it yes there is issue's with my 3g data when I hold it, that could be corrected with a simple bumper or case but £500 for a phone that needs that to work is not good in my books I love useing the product naked the iphone 4 after-all was touted as being the worlds thinnest and most beautiful!
Apple themselves have admitted there not perfect I do have issues and not going to let something sit in my pocket that apple and applecare has admitted has issues....I was just letting people know that the rep said there will be a proper fix on the cards (an internal gasket) and willing to tell me risking the sack.
So keep yours or not I don't care id rather have the £500 wait a few months for news and use my 3gs.
Thanks
Im 27 it was a gen call to applecare made today if you look at my past thread I asked would the iphone do this a few days back so hardly trolling I think its so easy just to keep calling someone that because:
A: you iphone works fine for you
B:You dont see the problem because of a strong signal area
C:its easy for you to say return and and stop moaning
It was posted for the interest of people who wanted the info and i'm not sure wether to believe the apple rep myself but the convo was gen!
I love my iphone 4 its stunning and solid and theres nothing like it yes there is issue's with my 3g data when I hold it, that could be corrected with a simple bumper or case but £500 for a phone that needs that to work is not good in my books I love useing the product naked the iphone 4 after-all was touted as being the worlds thinnest and most beautiful!
Apple themselves have admitted there not perfect I do have issues and not going to let something sit in my pocket that apple and applecare has admitted has issues....I was just letting people know that the rep said there will be a proper fix on the cards (an internal gasket) and willing to tell me risking the sack.
So keep yours or not I don't care id rather have the £500 wait a few months for news and use my 3gs.
Thanks
Put it this way: if Apple were to have revised updated, the reps would not find out until it actually happened. Store staff would literally get a memo on the morning for most things, aside from that which requires a select number be trained in a new product.
Moving past that point, I've failed to see any convincing arguments supporting the notion that Apple is silently updating the iPhone's hardware. As the logical people have already pointed out, there are a number of areas the 'hopers' are not rebutting: FCC, marketing, legal.
This speculation, rumour-mongering and naïvety has long since turned boring.
Moving past that point, I've failed to see any convincing arguments supporting the notion that Apple is silently updating the iPhone's hardware. As the logical people have already pointed out, there are a number of areas the 'hopers' are not rebutting: FCC, marketing, legal.
This speculation, rumour-mongering and naïvety has long since turned boring.