The question is: in case the stock price drops because of the announcement, would it be a a good occasion to buy?
Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference on Friday
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Re: Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference on Friday
#62The question is: in case the stock price drops because of the announcement, would it be a a good occasion to buy?
Yes.
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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.
> Owning up is for the mediocre 90% of the pack.
Agreed.
> They will most likely announce something big to change the conversation
Changing the conversation is for the pathetic lowest 40%.
A brilliant company fixes the problem, does something extra to make up for the pain, and makes their customers happy.
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I have to agree... I hate to cross post, but I posted this in the other Apple thread: I equate Apple's problems to the Nintendo lawsuit over their wrist straps. Not everyone was throwing their controllers through their TV screens, but the select few who did caused an uproar. It also didn't stop Wii consoles from selling like hotcakes either. It took a class-action lawsuit to get Nintendo to take action. The solution…
Clear high-tech custom insulating stickers might do as well.
And not spoilt the look of the phone, which is one of the reasons people buy it.
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Yeah... don't let te $30 price tag fool you. Those things are all of about ¢5 cents worth of plastic polymer.
Really? And what about the years of experimenting with different variations of plastic polymers?
Are you serious? Do you really think a new plastic polymer was invented for your smart phone bumper?
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#66Free bumpers seems unlikely to me: wouldn't it make iPhone 4 owners a laughing stock? Here you are with a super-sleek 800$ device, and then you are forced to deface it with an ugly rubber case. I think that solution would contradict Apple's supposed dedication to perfection.
It'll be a free strip of non-conductive yellow packing tape to put on the phone.
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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.
Sorry, but the use of the verb "to hold" in connection to the iPhone4 made it too difficult to resist. I know snarky comments are not always well received here and generally agree they should never be the core of a discussion, but not many of us watch soap operas and companies like Apple and Microsoft, along with their Steves and Bills provides us with the missing drama. A world without Apple would be a lot less inte…
I was not disappointed at the quality of your post; In fact it made me chuckle. My comment was really on the chain that followed it. I replied to you only because you we're the leader of what resulted in a Redditesque joke thread. I think it's important that we can not come off as completely uptight around here and can enjoy the occasional quip but I definitely wouldn't enjoy long thread's where people are trying to be more clever than the next all for "the lulz."
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#68Re: Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference on Friday
#69My prediction for the record:
* No free bumpers.
* Thirty day, no questions asked, money back guarantee.