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.
Mine came today eastern pa
A little upset that they stopped selling the other cases in different colors. I have no problem paying but they only way to get a case is to request a free one:/ How do you track you order?
Mine’s due on Monday, and says “In Transit”, but I’m at work so who knows!
Yeah, put the rubber band, aka: bumper, on your iP4 and completely defeat the revolutionary look, feel, and uniqueness of the most expensive smartphone you can buy.
And, how do you feel knowing that the defective antenna design is still lying there, unfixed – just covered up.
I want mine replaced with one of the new ones they are apparently now delivering to foreign stores where they claim they don’t have problems with sending, receiving or maintaining phone calls.
@Travesty
“…most expensive smartphone you can buy”
What?
“And, how do you feel knowing that the defective antenna design is still lying there, unfixed – just covered up.”
The antenna is the problem because it is not inside the case. This is what EVERYONE is claiming. Installing the bumper puts the antenna inside the case. It’s the fix.
“I want mine replaced with one of the new ones they are apparently now delivering to foreign stores where they claim they don’t have problems with sending, receiving or maintaining phone calls.”
That’s the most interesting thing you posted and it may confirm what one of my relatives (ATT salesman) said he was told which was: that the atenna problem had been fixed prior to initial release but some units weren’t. Hence, the mixed reports about some in U.S. had problems and some did not and none of the foreign shipments seem to have the problem.
Interesting …
I got my bumper today… and it’s staying in the sealed package.
Maybe I’ll eBay it… maybe I’ll put it in a museum. My iPhone doesn’t need it that’s for sure.
Mine has shipped, but I have not yet received it.
It will be interesting to try, because I have had a few more dropped calls than my previous iPhone.
Hopefully this will make all the difference.
Recieved the 2 today too
Got my iPhone 4 yesterday, ordered my bumper and got a shipping date for september 3rd, expected delivery: sept. 13th.
A long wait…
So, I tried the bumper out… ultimately I found I did not like the change in feel it gave the phone, so I’ve returned the phone to it’s ‘natural’ state.
As for the antenna thing… while I can demonstrate the effect of the so-called ‘death grip’, it hasn’t had an impact on me, as I just have a natural tendency to hold the phone in my fingers.. makes for a more dextrous, agile, and adaptable hold. So left hand or right, I don’t come into contact with the dreaded antenna bridge of the damned.
Still, there are times when someone else has need to speak on my phone, so I thought I would try it. I mean, I used to have a case (air jacket – black) on my 3G, so maybe I should try it out.
This is why I felt justified making the claim for the free case… I gave it a shot and came to the conclusion that this phone doesn’t need a case. I truly think Apple designs these phones with expressly this intent, and I believe they nailed the objective with the design and materials of iPhone 4.
I had always used a case that covered the back of my 3G. The back was made of plastic overall, and those rounded corners create structural weak points that could easily lead to stress fractures with only moderate impact. However, I did not run a screen protector. I had tried it, I found the truly clear ones showed more fingerprints than the uncovered screen, and the anti-glare ones had too diminishing an impact on the screen – text would look aliased or pixelated. As a 3D Motion Graphics Artist, I really notice that kind of thing – and hate it. So, I ran the 3G sans screen protector for 20 months. NOT. A. SCRATCH. Not one. I would be conscientious of keeping my keys in a separate pocket, but that wasn’t so hard.
Thus, I had great faith in the glass that Apple was using then. So it was, that when Apple announced they had a dramatically improved glass, and that it and a band of stainless steel comprised the entirety of the phone’s exterior, I knew immediately that this phone would not require a case.
Turns out, I was right.
I can’t wait for the next gen iPod Touch which hopefully features the Retina display and the Apple A4!
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Can’t wait!