Placing my bet: Free bumpers
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?
Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference on Friday
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Re: Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference on Friday
#42Did Apple ever give something for free to fix a problem? What did they do?
When they dropped the price of the original iphone from $599 to $399 (WITH 2 year contract) just two months after it was introduced they gave everyone who bought at the higher price a $100 gift certificate
A gift certificate isn't the same as giving something away for free. The latter devaluates the product in the eye of the consumer.
Re: Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference on Friday
#43What did Steve Jobs know, and when did he know it?
And how many reception bars could he chuck, if he could chuck bars?
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#44I misread the title as "Apple to hold how to hold the iPhone 4 press conference...". Telling.
In all honesty, this has been blown out of proportion; though hell if it's a great problem to have.
Re: Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference on Friday
#45Just hold it differently this time.
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#46I 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)
Re: Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference on Friday
#47As 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.
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#48Placing my bet: Free bumpers
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.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
That probably cost some unfortunate soul at least two to five years in his mother's basement.
Re: Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference on Friday
#50I have an iPhone 4, and I've had a bumper on it since I bought it. I also put an invisishield on the front and back (basically, my whole phone is protected). I have not had any reception issues, and my phone has worked perfectly. Surely there are others out there in similar situations. I wonder why the negativity clouds the internet sometimes.
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.