Good grief, you'd think Apple could at least come out and say in no uncertain terms "Yes, there is a reception issue caused by software. We are working on a software patch. It will be ready in approximately 2 weeks." Rather, they just say "Stay tuned." What the heck does that mean? I think they could cut down on alot of frustration and bad press if they'd just come clean and let us know what they know and what they are doing. They don't even have to have an imminent fix...rather just let us know what they know.
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so, I'm "staying tuned"...
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Apple have made no official statement at this point. "Stay tuned" was an email sent from Steve Jobs to a customer who asked him about the reception issues.
My point being, I agree. No statement has been made. They need to say SOMETHING. At least if they came out and said (officially) "tough titty" we could then make a decision as to whether we should keep the phone and just deal with it or return it.
I don't want to return the phone to find out, a week later, a software update fixes all.
C'mon Apple...Talk to me Goose!
Why would they? You and a couple million more are going to run out and buy it anyway, knowing that those issues exist. Plus, you are going to buy a case. Only thing they are worried about are sales and sales numbers.
I honestly wouldn't expect anything in less than a week. That still gives them 2 more days.
People are really expecting something faster than that?
People are really expecting something faster than that?
They hold their meetings on Monday and go into action on Tuesday. It's not even 9 AM in California yet... At the least, I think we can expect a statement sometime today.
Most people have no idea what is actually involved in testing and releasing a software update.
Corporations, they're all the same, money is the bottom line. Look at Toyota, BP, a slew of others, they all ignore the problems, lie about them. They fess up when they absolutely need to, not anytime before. Why do you think Apple would be any different?
I have a direct contact with an upper level Iphone supervisor. I spoke to him last night (he sent me a replacement to see if reception was better, it was not. Regardless, it's not really that big of a problem for me and I love this phone) and according to him they are still investigating and he knows nothing of an immediate fix or any other solution other than avoid the lower left antenna seam.
I think any info other than that, until we actually see a patch released, is just rumor. He also wasn't aware of an immediate OS 4.01 and said he hasn't gotten that many calls about the reception issue.
For all I know, he is full of ****. Just passing along what I was told.
I think any info other than that, until we actually see a patch released, is just rumor. He also wasn't aware of an immediate OS 4.01 and said he hasn't gotten that many calls about the reception issue.
For all I know, he is full of ****. Just passing along what I was told.
The guy I worked with last Friday said they were flooded with calls and couldn't keep up so I don't buy the not too many calls on the issue lol.
For me, Apple has until about Thursday afternoon till I return it.
Don't doubt it, I imagined he wouldn't have said "yeah, we are getting dominated by complaints"
Just goes to show until we see something official, anything we hear is pretty much bunk info.
It could just be a coincidence, but the fact that it moved to 6/30 from 7/2 is telling..
i think one of two things will happen
1. ios 4.0.1 and at that point we'll all be off the forum
2. apple fills all preorders, and makes them so avalible anyone can get them and then makes some statements officially. i agree they're not going to do anything to slow sales. regardless of how upset anyone on the forum is
1. ios 4.0.1 and at that point we'll all be off the forum
2. apple fills all preorders, and makes them so avalible anyone can get them and then makes some statements officially. i agree they're not going to do anything to slow sales. regardless of how upset anyone on the forum is
