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I'm guessing admit full fault and a return/exchange of iPhone4. Oh, and one more thing -- new MacPro and iMacs! Making the iPhone recall a non-event, in terms of news and stock price :-)
I think this thing is ridiculous. My iPhone 4 so far has better reception of all the previous models for me (I owned all of them)
I think this thing is ridiculous. My iPhone 4 so far has better reception of all the previous models for me (I owned all of them)
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It's common knowledge that Apple's rubber bumpers are a workaround for the antenna problem. But you shouldn't have to buy a $30 case for your $200 phone just for the privilege of making calls reliably.
You don't. On day one, my wife spent a couple minutes covering the gap with a piece of scotch tape. It's almost impossible to see and it worked flawlessly. Anyone who drops $30 just to solve the antenna issue is either lazy or a fool or a foolish lazy person or a loolish fazy person.
I'm guessing admit full fault and a return/exchange of iPhone4. Oh, and one more thing -- new MacPro and iMacs! Making the iPhone recall a non-event, in terms of news and stock price :-)
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I think they are going to own up. I mean, even Microsoft called iPhone4 "Apple's Vista moment". Steve must have spit his coffee out and said "Oh crap! I have to make this right". Anyway, that is what I am hoping.
By owning up, they are not making it right. Owning up is for the mediocre 90% of the pack. Apple lives and dies by its perfectionist reputation, and "owning up" would shatter that asset. They will most likely announce something big to change the conversation, as someone else already mentioned. This way, they'll make us forget us fast, and this will be making it right for them.
Another interesting theory from Dan Rubin: $10 says Friday's Apple press conference is the announcement about Verizon, to — in the words of Don Draper — change the conversation. http://twitter.com/danrubin/status/18565906020 While probably not too likely, it would be an interesting move on Apple's part none the less.
Apple will wait until Verizon goes LTE. The lost market is not a large enough incentive to make a phone that will only work on a few carriers. My guess is June 2011 or maybe June 2012.
Wow. This is unprecedented. What are they going to do? 60 day return period with no restocking fee? Free bumpers for everyone?
My wild guess: $50 gift certificate until the manufactured units have a mitigating change. At that point, a limited period of swap-ups if requested.
As long as Apple holds it the right way, the press conference will work correctly.
I know I'm not supposed to say this because my account is less than a year old but this thread is definitely like being on Reddit. I actually like Reddit, I'm just not used to seeing these types of comments being upvoted so high on Hacker News.
A world without Apple would be a lot less interesting. In fact, I am convinced one of us would have no alternative but to invent it.