“As my colleague, Phillip Elmer-DeWitt reported this weekend, the iPhone 4 has a significant issue that might be able to be fixed with a software update, it might not. We’ll see,” Weintraub wishes. “But that’s only one of the many issues that new iPhone owners are griping about. Even though Apple (AAPL) today reports selling an incredible 1.7 million iPhones since launch, the iPhone 4 shortcomings may open up a door for Google’s Android.”
Weintraub lies, “Besides the ‘Death Grip’ issue which occurs when you hold the iPhone normally with your left hand, Apple also moved the proximity sensor above the speaker in the iPhone 4 causing many users to drop, hold or mute calls accidentally. Additionally, the front and back glass screen has been accused of making the iPhone fragile as well as being easy to scratch. Finally, the yellowing of pixels and other strange manufacturing errors have emerged. The iPhone 4 is flawed… Apple, the company that could do no wrong, has released a flawed piece of hardware, no matter how beautiful and thin it is. You’d have to be pretty drunk on the Apple Kool Aid to deny that. “
Full FUDfest – Think Before You Click™ – here.
MacDailyNews Take: Hope springs eternal in knockoff-land, where delusional Apple-haters line up to have their hopes dashed daily while handicapping themselves with inferior, derivative products. This about it this way: It’s a good thing Weintraub doesn’t have a real job doing something important where people’s safety, money, or health is at risk. All he’s capable of killing right now is his own credibility while wasting a few minutes of people’s time with his laughable, yawn-inducing claptrap.
Weintraub =click whore!
Google and their click-bait reward structure has delivered this sensationalist crap at the expense of real journalism. Congratulations of making people stupider, Mountain View.
Odd that he thinks that the only way to open the door for Android is for Apple to have issues. So when the iPhone 4 is flaw-free (most users have had this experience from what I have read), then Google will have no chance?
At the risk of MDN wrath, there does seem to be a disturbing trend of rather major issues that one would think would be addressed in testing somehow making it out the door on shipping products and they always seem to be networking related. If it’s not the unreliable wifi of the iPad, it’s signal strength on the iPhone 4. You can’t tell me Apple didn’t know about these issues.
Fsck this guy I love my iPhone 1.7 biatchhhhhhhh
Apple didn’t know about these issues. There, I told you.
Every product has defects. Articles such as this exist because Apple just shipped the best opening seller in phone history and Droids and Apple haters are getting their ass kicked.
You don’t see Forbes foaming at the mouth over Kin defects do you?
What a pile of utter shite! People like Weintraub shouldn’t be allowed to breathe, let alone prognosticate on matters that they have no concept of. A few minor problems, all of which are solvable with a software update and every moronic “journalist” pops out of the woodwork and claims it’s a disaster for Apple. Who the fsck pays these cretins?
Aarrgghh…..
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By far the funniest MDN take thus far. Thank you for the laughs in an otherwise crappy day.
What about the reports of the new Droid update bricking EVO’s. Will that scare Droid users into going back to RAZR’s?
My iPhone 4 is the phone I have ever had. I have had every single iPhone to come out with the exception of the 3GS. This last phone is astonishing.
OK, read the article and some comments, this one made me seriously laugh..
“@ Brian – “As an Iphone user I am seriously considering switching to a Droid phone.”
It’s a free country brother. You are also free to seriously consider switching from filet mignon to cat food.”
Pretty much sums up the Droid experience.
This really pisses me off!! If you don’t like Apple or the iPhone that’s fine but don’t resort to lies and scare tactics just because it kicks Androids butt!! I believe that anything that comes from Apple is very secure, besides do you really think that Android is the least bit secure with it’s malware and spyware in it’s apps and Googles ability to install and uninstall apps without the users knowledge or consent? This guy is a total moron!!!!
This is as rich as a blog post from a former Adobe executive… who said, get this: less than 1% of mobile phone users are using an iOS device.
What a great way to end a Monday, reading stuff like this.
A handful of those Android buyers are probably wavering between the iPhone and an Android device. But most of them are planning to buy an Android phone anyway.
“This about it this way”
ok?
Of course this kind of reporting will result in prospective iPhone buyers giving additional consideration to Android phones. THAT”S WHY THEY WRITE IT!! This article is textbook FUD: a grain of truth coated in innuendo and outright fabrications.
OK, so let’s suppose for a minute that the ‘Death Grip’ issue is hardware related. Apple have $40bn+ in the bank, how much of a dint in that would a global recall make? Hardly likely to break into even $1bn…
Anyways, millions are having fun with their new iPhones so this guy is just plain wrong. And bitter.
This clown may truly be a HACK but he may also be correct. the general consumer who does not follow Apple or tech news like most of us do could easily be scared away by news reports of problems, truth or not.
“Additionally, the front and back glass screen has been accused of making the iPhone fragile as well as being easy to scratch.”
…and since that makes it 100% true, then I accuse Weintraub of being witless boob.
C1:
As opposed to witty one?
The only android temptation I have is due to the fact that iPhone 4 is not in stock anywhere around here. First time I wanted to blow $300 and couldn’t.
The Apple stores won’t even give an estimate of when they’ll have them
Even if Mr. Weintraub’s hyperbole regarding the iPhone 4 was credible, you can still buy an iPhone 3GS and you can upgrade it to iOS 4.0. The iPhone 3GS is more than a match for any of the would-be competitors out there. And the iPhone 4 is already good enough to sell 1.7M units in three days, even before Apple addresses a few issues.
Every little Apple issue, real or imagined, is blown far out of proportion by the same group of biased organizations and individuals. This was true years ago when one proof of concept Mac virus was apparently a threat equal to 100,000 actual Windows viruses, and it is even more true today now that Apple is dominating the premium mobile device market.
I refuse to be drawn into these emotional arguments. Apple will fix any real problems that may exist with the iPhone 4 and iOS 4, as soon as possible. Apple has a very good track record in this regard. Quit seeking and focusing on the negative.
Chukiz calls it right. When a buyer looks at at Android the sales staff will compliment him/her for being so astute and go on to detail all the FUD points. Sale made!
While I wouldn’t have been as extreme of the author of the article, there actually is a disturbingly tall order of issues with the iPhone 4. I have never seen so many different, well-documented flaws/malfunctions in an Apple product yet. Some of them are likely confined to “1%” of owners; others are, in fact, predicated upon every unit.
The iPad: we all know the iPad drops wifi signals frequently. But it typically gets right back on the network, and doesn’t really affect performance. But that’s about it with the iPad. It runs like a champ.
The iPhone 4 is different. The death grip is a real issue that has a gigantic thread over at Apple now (54 page thread and counting). Also, the yellow on the screen. Then there’s the proximity sensor that doesn’t seem to work as well because it got repositioned. Then there’s the easily scratched glass on the back. Also, the inverted volume buttons. The really buggy iOS 4. It’s buggy, be honest.
I know you love the iPhone 4. But it may actually be a bit of a lemon. I won’t jump to any conclusions yet: waiting for the toxicology report first.
At any rate, for the first time in a while, I’ll be waiting for a few months to see what happens before I buy the phone. If the software can fix the death grip issue, I can live with a scratched back and buggy software. What I still might not be able to live with is a problematic proximity sensor.
Another stupid off-the-shelf asshat. Carry you ass you dumbass journalist.