Handful of Apple Vision Pro units develop identical crack in cover glass

> He didn't say this. Wired, however, did. If you go to the source, Apple/Jobs took accountability. But Wired got clicks.

I think you got most of this wrong. The "you're holding it wrong" meme started on MacRumors, not Wired. MacRumors forum user samcraig emailed Steve Jobs about the low signal issue he (and many others) experienced while holding the new iPhone 4 in a specific way. He asked "Question - What's going to be done about the signal dropping issue. Is it software or hardware?"

Steve Jobs himself emailed back to samcraig:

> Non issue. Just avoid holding it in that way.

He also later responded back with the following statement. This was the first "official statement" from Apple at the time, sent to tech news outlets.

> “Gripping any mobile phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone. If you ever experience this on your iPhone 4, avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many available cases.”

So literally neither Jobs, nor Apple, took any accountability.

Screenshots of that email exchange with Steve Jobs are still available online[0]. Furthermore we don't have to doubt the veracity of the screenshots because just one week later, Apple PR disputed[1] a different fake email chain with Steve Jobs, but Apple PR never disputed this email chain, publicized only one week earlier. If it was fake, they would have told outlets it was fake at the time.

0: https://www.macstories.net/iphone/steve-jobs-on-iphone-4-rec...

1: https://techcrunch.com/2010/07/01/steve-jobs-emails-fake/?gu...

Polycarbonate is better in some ways but more susceptible to scratches than plexiglass. Glass is great because unlike the plastics it is UV resistant.

This is the story that made the phrase catch on, note the URL:

https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/

I find a contemporaneous account of your backstory here (edit: your edited in MacStories link points to this):

https://www.engadget.com/2010-06-24-double-stevemails-on-iph...

Which does contain your quote*, and is indeed a day earlier than the Wired story that got wide coverage.

However, the meme quote that is repeated today is from the Wired headline.

* Attributed to "Tipster" Rory Sinclair and his posterous blog.

I am. It has essentially become my favorite computer for general "puttering" -- watching content, light browsing, messaging. Whereas before maybe I'd curl up with my mac in my lap in bed, or doom scroll on my phone, I now use it, and it is far more enjoyable and comfortable.

For FOCUSED work at my job, where I really want no distractions and to just stare at something for a while and work deeply on it, it has been nice to use it as a replacement monitor. But, for general work, I still prefer my "normal" two-screen monitor setup at work, since it is easier to task-switch and go talk to people and come back, and AVP doesn't yet support multiple monitors.

The actual quote is “Just avoid holding it that way.“

Which is like Frank Lloyd Wright’s answer to a leaky roof at Fallingwater: “put a bucket under it.”