Holding iPhone 4 With Your Hand Blocks Reception

[gpace]

They did it this way so they can sell their cases, and also prepare a second one with has a built in insulation trim.

 

[climber]

That's like an electrician wiring a circuit in a house with a built in short, always tripping a breaker and then acting surprised when the inspector says, nope, it's done wrong, you need to do it again... but the electrician does a "fix"... which doesn't pass mustard or code, but hell, the homeowner can pay for a redo later...

 

[jakes69]

is this what caused the demo to fail at the WWDC?

 

[casperstouch]

It would appear to only affect left handed people. lol

 

[halls]

Apple sucks.

 

[klarko]

$29... when it costs 5 cents to make lol

 

[djcoolmasterx]

[citation][nom]casperstouch[/nom]It would appear to only affect left handed people. lol[/citation]

The opposite actually, right handed people hold it in the left hand and touch the screen with the right.

 

[Trialsking]

[citation][nom]djcoolmasterx[/nom]HHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA[/citation]

+1000

 

[scook9]

Sounds like the Wii with the free jam jackets that they sent out...if apple does not do this....mega fail

 

[xantek24]

hmmm...it shouldnt affect an android's hand 😉

 

[beayn]

[citation][nom]greenbuck[/nom]Do I smell a recall?[/citation]

No, they'll just tell everyone to buy the rubber bumper for $29.

 

[ham88]

We really have to cut Apple some slack here they probably would have caught this little hardware snafu if the guy they had testing the phone hadn't lost it.

 

[razercultmember1]

this wasnt a mistake it was to get an extra 30 dollars for each iphone

 

[mindspring]

I bet ya..ex-Microsoft engineers were behind this.

 

[getritch]

[citation][nom]klarko[/nom]$29... when it costs 5 cents to make lol[/citation]

And this people, is why Apple is the most profitable company in the world next to oil companies by percent revenue.

600,000 iPhones presold /
600,000 iPhones defective = 100 percent FAIL

600,000 apple iSheep buying iBand x
$28.95 profit = EPIC win for Apple.

since nobody else will wanna do the math, Apple will come up with 17.37 MILLION for selling these idiots not phones, but RUBBER BANDS!

ftw. and i cant afford a car.

 

[Pyroflea]

LOL, FAIL.

 

[walt526]

Well they were hoping that everyone would just assume the lousy reception was AT&T's fault.

The iPhone 4 is shaping up to be a rare botched launch for Apple on nearly every front, as usually they deliver a well-refined (if outrageously overpriced) product. Sure seems to me like they rushed this one to market in order to preempt some of the Android launches.

 

[yo_yo2400]

Dont most companys TEST their products BEFORE they sell them???

LMAO

 

[wrongway337]

[citation][nom]djcoolmasterx[/nom]HHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA[/citation]
you just made my day

 

[climber]

Just think of it as a feature to keep your data usage down... or maybe just your wi-fi usage low and your 3G high.... extra revenue for cell providers. 😛