Our free iPhone 4 Bumpers just arrived via USPS delivery from Apple.
Have you received yours?
Made of durable rubber and molded plastic, the two-tone iPhone 4 Bumper fits snugly around the edges of your iPhone 4. Apple’s Bumpers also feature metal buttons for volume and power.
If you purchase an iPhone 4 before September 30, 2010, you are eligible to receive an iPhone 4 Bumper or a select third-party case from Apple at no charge. More details are available via Apple’s iPhone 4 Case Program website here.
Yeah mines came today
We’re placing bets on when ours will arrive. The cash is being held in a Bumper Pool.
NO. NOT YET.
Got mine yesterday in Southeast MIchigan
Yes! Very impressed with what appears to be stainless steel hardware integrated in the glossy black hard plastic and soft matte rubber design.
Received mine yesterday in Arizona.
Received mine in MI today.
Yo IFAN…Mine arrived in Strugis MI, This morning… how far is the from you?
I hope mine arrives soon:) I submitted my order on the 25th.
Haven’t gotten my speck yet
The bumper is great EXCEPT only the new apple cable fits it. Even older apple cables and 99% of other accessory cables don’t fit including all car cables.
Apple- time to recall your recall fix.
@face
I don’t agree either.
Apple doesn’t care about your “patriotic freedoms.” It has no intention of becoming like Google. Apple is all about the ‘ecosystem experience’ and if it’s not the experience you want, you can leave anytime. You still have your freedom.
On topic, I haven’t received my case either. I thought they were going to send me an email when it shipped, but I haven’t seen that either.
According to the tracking page, mine should be waiting for me when I get home!
Got mine today in Scotland. Bumper better than the griffin case I had which still had the grip problem even when case was on.
@face,
I definitely think you are overreacting. If you want to dig deeper into an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple TV, you certainly can. Yes, doing so does violate Apple’s warranty, but why shouldn’t it? I don’t expect any company to offer warranty service on a product which I have used in a way it was not intended.
You assert that you are fully capable of protecting yourself from yourself. That may very well be, but one need look no further than this week’s tech headlines about the Android wallpaper app that infected millions of devices with malware to understand the importance of having a curated system like Apple does for iOS devices.
I think the fundamental flaw in your argument comes from comparing iOS devices to full-out computers. While from a strictly technical standpoint, one could make that argument, the fact is that these types of devices – both from Apple and other companies – represent a different class of product. Perhaps you recall Steve Jobs earlier this year giving some metrics on how people using iOS devices were not using the web browser to surf the internet as much as they were using apps… like the Yelp app as opposed to the web page as an example. This sort of compartmentalization is synonymous with what is happening on the hardware front. iOS devices and their counterparts are compartmentalized specialty devices designed to fill a particular niche – albeit a very broad one. In terms of the devices’ capabilities, it is true that the surface has hardly been scratched. For example, Apple in iOS 3 released a set of hardware control API’s that allow the iDevice to act as interface and/or control for any type of product you can imagine. I see huge potential there, but to this point there are very few apps and devs who utilize it.
On the other side of the coin – Apple’s laptops and desktops continue to be just as customizable as from software as they have always been. Nothing has changed there, and I see no indications that it will anytime soon.
Bottom line is this – if you want to take your iDevice in a direction other than what it was intended… you have the means to do so. Apple is not seeking out and locking these devices remotely, they are merely saying that if you do this, and you f up your device, don’t expect them to fix it for free. Why you would want to punish yourself by purchasing products you yourself have described as inferior to protest a reasonable expectation is simply beyond comprehension. Perhaps you are some sort of masochist?
I have no problem with my 4. So as a shareholder I am not taking the free bumper!
Got mine yesterday.
oh and I did receive my bumper yesterday. Even though the DHL tracking page listed delivery on the 4th, the mailman crammed it into my mailbox yesterday afternoon. Long Beach, CA
I got mine yesterday in Long Beach as well. Anybody else’s fit kind of loose…
still waiting for my incase snap clear. 🙁 me sad.
Although I didn’t feel I needed one, I thought I’d still claim my free bumper to try it out. It arrived Tuesday, but not only that – there were TWO! I haven’t noticed any signal difference but the Apple design is unsurprisingly very acceptable. Happy days indeed.
Why bother? Unless you are into free stuff.
Got mine today, charger no longer fits snug enough to charge the unit.
That’s what I said in my previous comment. I called apple and they said the bumper specs were made to fit current cable only. All older cables need to be replaced. But not that easy to replace your car radio cable.
I do have good newa. Send station is making an adapter. But apple should provide the adapter for free since it’s another mistake.
@ Nonomiami
I feel exactly the same way. The app says something like “Request a free case if you are having reception issues”.
I have absolutely zero reception issues, so it wouldn’t be honest to request a free case. Plus, it doesn’t feel right as a shareholder.
If I had problems with the antenna/reception, I’d totally use a free case, but I don’t, so I won’t.