But, why can't it just work like any other cellphone. And if you think this happens to any other device, please list them and provide a link that clearly shows this problem.
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Steve Jobs Again Speaks Out on iPhone 4 Antenna Issue via Email
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But, why can't it just work like any other cellphone. And if you think this happens to any other device, please list them and provide a link that clearly shows this problem.
Apple's continued response to this is getting more and more asinine as the days pass. Asking a consumer to stop posting videos, are you kidding me? Based on that response everybody should start posting videos now and keep posting them. Apple just doesn't get it anymore and the touch they had with customer service is long gone. Granted, we've only seen the gist of the emails between the parties but from what we've read, Apple initiated the email and asked the person to not post anymore videos.
As a left-handed person myself with maybe slightly bigger hands than average, this is simply not true. Just because YOU hold the phone one way, doesn't mean EVERYBODY does.
I have made my iPhone 4 bars go down, but I have to grip it awkwardly, and squeeze the hell out of it to make it happen. I also live in an area with really spotty reception, and have got way better service on this iPhone so far than I ever did with my 3G.
You can't have it both ways, Steve
Either the customer is "getting all worked up over a few days of rumors", is "most likely in an area with very low signal strength", and "may be working from bad data" OR Apple is "working on it". If there's nothing wrong, why work on it?
Either the customer is "getting all worked up over a few days of rumors", is "most likely in an area with very low signal strength", and "may be working from bad data" OR Apple is "working on it". If there's nothing wrong, why work on it?
I'm not sure I believe this one...
If true, what Jobs said is right.... calm down. If you are really that upset and not seeing results even with replacement phones...take it back and move on.
If true, what Jobs said is right.... calm down. If you are really that upset and not seeing results even with replacement phones...take it back and move on.
I don't hold the phone that way to reproduce the issue naturally, but I do get tired of the proximity sensor issues.
Big problem
People keep talking about loosing reception when holding it. I lose reception just on my desk. Right now flat on my desk 3 bars on 3g, with phone still on desk i pull up daytrotter radio and lose all reception.
I have notice that a local place I go to where i use to have no service with my 3G i know have full bars. In fact while I was there yesterday someone with a 3G had no bars. We both walked outside I dropped to zero and his quickly jump to full bars.
Something is wonky with this phone
, but I am still enjoying it!
I would rather the apple engineers concentrate on why my MBP losses wifi connection when i plug in my mini dvi port to a monitor!
People keep talking about loosing reception when holding it. I lose reception just on my desk. Right now flat on my desk 3 bars on 3g, with phone still on desk i pull up daytrotter radio and lose all reception.
I have notice that a local place I go to where i use to have no service with my 3G i know have full bars. In fact while I was there yesterday someone with a 3G had no bars. We both walked outside I dropped to zero and his quickly jump to full bars.
Something is wonky with this phone
, but I am still enjoying it!I would rather the apple engineers concentrate on why my MBP losses wifi connection when i plug in my mini dvi port to a monitor!
Just a thought, I believe most people are waiting to see if there is a solution to the problem. Why return it today, a solution comes next week, and now you have to repurchase it.
See, I guess that's the part I don't get.
There's a problem... ok got that. Apple is working on it, and Jobs has said "stay tuned".
So wait and see what happens. If nothing happens toward the end of the return period, take it back. Then either wait and see or buy something else.
Where is the "being screwed by a company" part?
This. It's a phone, but the phone can't make phone calls or connect to the internet if I hold the phone in a very natural way.
It happens when you hold it like Jobs holds it.
And when you hold it like they do in the adverts
This right here. I can understand people complaining if they have legitimate issues, no one has to kiss Steve Jobs butt and say things are fine when they aren't. But when you have the attention of the CEO of Apple, and one of the most important people in tech over the last 25+ years, trying talking to him in a respectful manner for goodness sake! Jobs doesn't even have to communicate directly with the customers if he doesn't want to, but he takes the time to do so (and quite often, it seems). Almost no other CEO does this, and you typically get some canned response or an email from a CS rep if you do try to contact the CEO of any other company. If you're lucky enough to have Jobs communicate with you, at least do so with some freaking intelligence. I"m a business operator myself, and I know that I am much more apt to deal with an irritated, but respectful customer with a complaint than I am to someone with the exact same complaint, but yelling a me and having no respect for me or my employees.
Some facts...
Maybe you bickering old ladies would like to read this:
http://www.antennasys.com/antennasys-blog/2010/6/24/apple-iphone-4-antennas.html
Maybe you bickering old ladies would like to read this:
http://www.antennasys.com/antennasys-blog/2010/6/24/apple-iphone-4-antennas.html
The point is simple, we don't know that Apple is going to fix the problem. And the last thing that we want to do is return the phone, pay 15% for the privilege and then find out that Apple have released a fix. We have 30 days to make a decision and time is running out. All we need is Apple to come out and tell us what's going to happen, to tell us that they understand our concerns and they will ensure that we won't be dissapointed. As it stands people have paid A LOT of money for a phone and they don't know if it will ever operate in the intended way. People just need reassurance and at the moment they are not getting it.
Anandtech has a great, technical analysis of the "antenna" issue. Reading the number of bars really isn't a good indicator of actual signal strength and while squeezing the phone tightly does decrease the signal, the same is said on other phones. The bottom line is that the iPhone 4 still gets better reception than the 3GS.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3794/the-iphone-4-review/2
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3794/the-iphone-4-review/2
Maybe you have doll hands - the phone is much smaller than an average hand, if you hold it with the center of gravity of the phone at the center of a left handed grip, the left edge is firmly in the meat of your left thumb, the bottom, is resting on the bottom of that and the muscle below the left pinky. Depending on well muscled your hands are it will actually imbed in those structures.
Again, for those with itsy bitsy hands or who hold it like a princess these aren't issues but they are when people with larger hands hold the phone normally.
Maybe it is a date provider issue..maybe Steve is saying AT&T sucks and by staying tune means they are going to switch carriers finally and finally have better service coverage
or they dont know what to do to fix the issue and everyone should just get over it.
or they dont know what to do to fix the issue and everyone should just get over it.
Have the people who latched on to "It's just a phone" and keep harping on that just skipped right over the reason why Jobs said that in the first place? The guy he was responding to was so worked up he couldn't even grammar correctly anymore! He was probably foaming at the mouth like a wild animal as he typed it. Telling him to relax is probably the best advice Jobs or anyone else could have given.
So many Jobs assl*cker in here.. It's beyond disgusting.
"Not worth it?" Hello ! This is your flagship product and it cost 1.5k for 2 years of service, idiot.
"Not worth it?" Hello ! This is your flagship product and it cost 1.5k for 2 years of service, idiot.
No it's not. Two reasons:
1.) 15% restocking fee
2.) Apple could come out with an update.
I agree with this, but as you grow older, you become more stubborn and set in your ways. You also don't appreciate the patronizing manner of Mr. Jobs. He's the one who should really retire or keep his comments to himself.