“First off, a quick recap: evidence to date is not helping Apple,” Ionescu writes. “From users, to tech media, and the independent Consumer Reports said that something is wrong. Some iPhone 4 owners have complained of being stuck in iPhone 4 hell saddled with multiple iPhone 4 problems. Steve Jobs is now being directly implicated in iPhone 4 antenna-gate and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) has penned a letter asking Jobs to personally solve the problem. Schumer is calling Apple’s current software fix ‘insufficient.'”
Ionescu asks, “So what could Apple do to solve the problem? Here are some educated guesses tech pundits have put forward ahead of tomorrow’s event.”
Top 5 Apple iPhone 4 press conference predictions:
• The iPhone is selling very well
• Acknowledge the problem, explain iOS 4.0.1 changes
• Free Bumper Cases won’t make the cut
• No recall
• Non-conductive coating over antenna for new iPhone 4’s, free exchange for affected iPhone 4 customers
“Boom! One More Thing: ‘Sounds crazy, I know, but I think something big, or at least biggish, is going down tomorrow,’ writes Darin Fireball’s John Gruber. He has a hunch that Apple will come up with something special in addition to a resolution to the iPhone 4 antenna problem,” Ionescu reports.
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The DOW and Nasdaq are down on this bad news. Only AAPL is up for now.
Hey, Jamie, what do the “v’s” mean, anyway? I’ve seen a lot of British comedy (in fact I just finished re-watching The Young Ones) and have always understood through context that it was a “f-off” of some sort, but what’s the real interpretation?
A clear outer coating is a bandaid, just like applying a case. A phone that needs a case to prevent short circuiting the antenna has a design flaw. Apple will be foolish to not recall these phones and revert to the older tried and true and reliable method that was used in the first gen, 3g, and 3gs iphones. We will see what “building great products” actually means to Apple, based on whether they fess up to this problem and make it right with their customers… Trying to sweep it under the rug or bandaid the problem will harm their brand more than they can imagine… Apple has a huge opportunity to either succeed or fail, based on whether they try to do the right thing, or do the sleezy scumbag type thing we’d expect from a cheap knockoff…
“Hey, Jamie, what do the “v’s” mean, anyway? I’ve seen a lot of British comedy (in fact I just finished re-watching The Young Ones) and have always understood through context that it was a “f-off” of some sort, but what’s the real interpretation?”
Uh, you may want to do a little research on Winston Churchill. I think you will find his use of a “V” one explanation.
The press conference should be about Schumer — that Apple will fight the liberal gov’s wish to redirect others success to their own pockets. “should”
Joe
It’s a telephone; nothing more, nothing less. Don’t try to make it a major medical device failure.
As soon as I finish typing this, I’m getting in my car am heading to my Apple retail store where I will be first in line, right after the Steve Jobs apology, to exchange my non-working iP4 for a new one with the fixed hardware.
Then, I will celebrate by finally being able to make phone calls, read my email, and visit my favorite web sites.
Definitely the Verizon Iphone here’s why
http://greatbusinessideas.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/13-great-reasons-why-the-apple-will-be-announcing-the-verizon-iphone-on-friday/
Oh… and I’ll hold the damn thing any way I please WITHOUT any kind of stupid rubber band around the beautiful rim or any other kind of stupid case that conceals this incredible work of art.
I will also observe a moment of silence for the departure of Apple’s former, twisted guru of pop culture, Jon Ive.
@ aka Christian,
This is wiki’s take:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign
At least when I was growing up, the V sign (palm facing inwards) meant “F-off” (used it many times myself). Using it with the palm facing outwards means “peace”. Winston Churchill used it during the war for “Victory”.
Leaving Now
You don’t own the iPhone: droidboy!
@ Leaving Now,
I call bullshit.
“vidence to date is not helping Apple”…
Do they mean the same evidence that has show on youtube about other phones like Nokia and HTC?
@leaving now
You don’t seem to be leaving very quickly. If you don’t like the phone, take it back! I am willing to guess that you don’t really have one and you are probably just a hater. The return rate is low and this problem is being blown way out of proportion.
personal note to Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York)…..
SHUT YOUR DUMB-ASS UP AND GET BACK TO RUINING THE COUNTRY. REALLY…ITS AN EFFIN’ PHONE!!!!!!!!
The world would be so much better off without poets, priests and politicians–actually let’s substitute lawyers for poets.
fsckin’ waste of space!
and by the way, my iphone4 works flawlessly. so take that pork and ram it up your district!!!!!!!!!!
My bet is for a Verizon Iphone to take the attention away from the “problems”.
@JustMe2
You Sir, are a rude %#*!$#% with no sense of humor whatsoever, making you an inappropriate reader of MDN.
jocknerd’s response was nowhere near worthy of such a response.
Press confrence should be as follows:
iPhone 4 has sold like crazy and we couldn’t be happier.
At Apple we make great products. We pride ourselves on making the best products out there for our customers.
But we aren’t perfect. Sometimes things slip through. We appreciate our customers and will take make it right.
Starting today, all iPhones ship with a free bumper. Any customer who has purchased a bumper already will be issued a credit.
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@tom4change
You make some interesting (and possibly insightful) comments, but I think you may be reaching just a bit.
However, if true and if I understand you correctly, then points 11 and 12 will cause Apple more grief than this antenna issue ever could have.
If Apple (and AT&T) engaged in such activities, then those situations would give anyone affected by them (basically anyone who switched carriers, or who stayed with AT&T because of the iPhone) grounds for a class action suit that would stand a very good chance of being decided in their favor.
Look. People who keep predicting a Verizon iPhone before a) Verizon is LTE and b) before 2012 are fucking retarded.