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Apple says users with iPhone reception problems are using it wrong
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 30 June, 2010
Since the introduction of their new iPhone 4, Apple has been getting complaints of reception problems related to users bridging a gap in the steel band around the phone's edge during normal use. Despite acknowledging that the issue exists, Apple has consistently defended their design and characterized the problem as a user issue.
The problem occurs when the device is cupped in the user's ... [ read the full article ]
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30. June 2010 @ 14:56 |
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as much as i love apple products and the style of the iphone 4
i must say that steve jobs is kind of a self centered no responsibility guy
our product is defective so it's YOUR FAULT CAUSE YOU HOLD IT WRONG
or with blu-ray steve doesn't like it so they won't use it in macs
or flash with iphone/ipod/ipad same thing he doesn't like it
also the way my mac is designed the mic is directly next to the fan so when the fan is on people barely hear me now tell me apple is that my fault for using it with the fan on or is it your fault for putting it there
so screw you steve take some responsibility just cause you think your ideas and thoughts are the best doesn't make them that listen to the consumers
and i support free bumpers for iPhone 4 although i dont have one
okay rant over
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hendrix04
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30. June 2010 @ 15:13 |
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wow, welcome to a week ago Afterdawn. Way to keep up on the news.
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30. June 2010 @ 15:42 |
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Sorry, but i dont remember my Iphone 3g had that problem? and Even with my Evo 4g, i dont have that problem either.
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30. June 2010 @ 15:55 |
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ya..I actually did hear about this a while back..tough week Andre? =\
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Bluevoid
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30. June 2010 @ 18:07 |
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For a company that has based itself on the usability of it's products this is the stupidest thing they could possibly say.
USABILITY 101: Design a product the way your user will use it. Never never never never tell a user they are using it wrong. If the user uses your product wrong - you designed it incorrectly. This is why doors with vertacle handles are for pulling and horizontal bars are for pushing. It is also why you don't put an antenna where it will be cancelled out by a commonly used hand position.
Apple's fault, and wood for the Apple hate fire. They need to admit their mistake to put the fire out, it won't go away on it's own.
I should send them my copy: link
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ST2006
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30. June 2010 @ 18:55 |
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This is why I hate Apple. I don't need to reiterate what the above have said but I hope more people will begint to see why Apple are selfish arseholes who really just care about gaining true and utter monopoly.squashing any idea they dislike and Steve Jobs is just spearheading that notion.
Remember the evolved iPods in the Simpson's episode where they enslaved humanity? I think Jobs watched that and thought "that could work". Idiot.
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30. June 2010 @ 20:08 |
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wiimatrix
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1. July 2010 @ 01:53 |
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Excellent design fault Mr Jobs bit like a chocolate tea cup,looks good but does not serve its purpose.Lord Sugar said "your fired".
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1. July 2010 @ 02:17 |
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finally... He finally said what he really mean... "I dont Focking care"
btw with the new update on my EVO the battery life is awesome, now ifanbois have nothing to say.
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1. July 2010 @ 02:37 |
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LEave it to Mr Jobs to Tell us how to hold a cell phone!! I'll bet he invented them too! :)
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1. July 2010 @ 03:02 |
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Originally posted by wiimatrix:
Excellent design fault Mr Jobs bit like a chocolate tea cup,looks good but does not serve its purpose.Lord Sugar said "your fired".
You are using it wrong; you have to freeze the cup with liquid nitrogen, and then only drink chilled tea...and drink it fast!
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Irocz005
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1. July 2010 @ 07:57 |
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Thats all a bunch of BS, I don't remember other phones having this problem!
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dEwMe
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1. July 2010 @ 08:21 |
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First I hate everything Apple.
BUT...Aside from that...I would expect any phone to work no matter how I hold it. I have never had a phone that worked any better or worse for the simple reason I was holding it in a certain way. In my mind they put out a lousy product (in that respect anyway) = FAIL...Blaming your loyal customers for your issue = EPIC FAIL...
The fanboys are willing to take a beating but c'mon!!!
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roy_e17
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1. July 2010 @ 08:34 |
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The plural of antenna is antennae, not antennas.
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kfir1
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1. July 2010 @ 10:17 |
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Told u guys not to buy this PIECE OF CRAP phone. Anything that apple sells is just HYPE and over priced. As you can see apple blames users not the design of the phone.
Good thing I have 7 days to return. Got it for the wife not for me. I have droid for myself . I'm sending it back straight to steve jobs AZZ.
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Gnawnivek
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1. July 2010 @ 12:08 |
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Hmmm, i guess it doesn't matter, people buy Apple stuff are willing to change their behavior accordingly anyway. Of course Steve Job is right about customers holding the phone wrong, after all, that's how Apple gadgets work.
By the way, i like the link to the design book on Amazon, very cute. Eh, probably not effective for Apple, since people with Apple products sort of losing common sense little by little over time...
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1. July 2010 @ 13:15 |
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ddp
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1. July 2010 @ 13:50 |
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i1der, edit your sig to conform to forum specs ASAP. yours is 191,075 bytes.
2. An image-only signature should be less than 50kb in size, and be at most 500 pixels wide and 200 pixels tall.
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1. July 2010 @ 14:35 |
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Originally posted by roy_e17:
The plural of antenna is antennae, not antennas.
Antennae and antennas are both considered proper. I chose the one which would lead to the least confusion for the most people.
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1. July 2010 @ 14:42 |
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Jobs would have a expensive recall if he blamed thier design, it is no wonder that the users are at fault. If he would have clear coated the antenna, the metal frame, he might not have these issues.
This shouldn't be a problem for the Apple users as it is a feature for the phone and they can't be that bright to see through that? LOL
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1. July 2010 @ 16:19 |
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Microsoft behaved the same way after the release of their XBOX360 and they too even turned to blaming their customers for attatching USB cooler fans which drew too much power from USB causing heat within Motherboards...not that the solder or component clamps were inferior...you left it in a confined space..etc...etc.
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It is too costly for a Corporation to admit fault,...Fault = Compensation Claims.
Obviously there were not enough field trials....as 1in10 people are left handed, and "The Ergonomic Design" encourages holding it in the palm of your hand...The design Surely is Flawed!!
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Bozobub
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1. July 2010 @ 16:35 |
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Originally posted by roy_e17:
The plural of antenna is antennae, not antennas.
Actually, both are quite correct; see this link. Latin is a dead language; we don't have to use Latin rules for plurals ^^ .
Edit --> LOL sorry, a few people beat me to it...
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zdamian
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1. July 2010 @ 19:35 |
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I really don't know which is more retarded -
Making a phone such that using it left-handed (statistically 10% of any market) could cause a serious deterioration in reception, or trying your best to unashamedly blame the user when confronted about the problem.
Not really an Apple fan, and I prefer the Android models to the iPhone. But the scenario as it played out shows that there is a rotting core in Apple - RETARDED!!!!!
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roy_e17
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2. July 2010 @ 00:43 |
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Originally posted by Bozobub:
Originally posted by roy_e17:
The plural of antenna is antennae, not antennas.
Actually, both are quite correct; see this link. Latin is a dead language; we don't have to use Latin rules for plurals ^^ .
Edit --> LOL sorry, a few people beat me to it...
Hmmm...Seems like another case of American English v British English.
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2. July 2010 @ 08:41 |
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i actually saw the fault in the iphone 4 on youtube about 2 weeks ago.theres no such thing as holding a phone wrong.apple made a dodgy product which was probably made/assembled by underpaid workers in taiwan and now they try to blame it on the users.what a joke.
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