iPhone 4 SNAFU
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- BusterBoy0
lemmings...
- ETM0
Didn't Woz do that one time?
- ukit0
Didn't read the whole thread but this made me LOL
- vitamins0
From my personal observation, and probably in the subconscious of many people
1. Apple is trying to get as much money as possible from it's consumers. They charge $40 for a plastic case that costs 25cents to make. They make their products more susceptible to damage to get a repeat buy. There were days when people spent $40 for a walkman. Today, they are able to keep upgrading their mp3 players with new added features they intentionally held back on previous versions. So if you bought the first ipod, then the ipod nano, then a second ipod nano because the glass cracked, then the ipod touch, then add on the accessories and magical headphones, you're talking a total of in the hundreds.
2. Apple is teasing the fanatics who wants their products making them wait. Very very similar to dating.
3. They promote their products using blazing amazing ground breaking technical b.s. when in reality their computers aren't that much faster. Want proof, look for their youtube videos and how they exagerate the speed of a 250mghz computer.
4. Steve Jobs doesn't need to worry about money, so he has big goals. He's a salesman.
5. Apple gets a rise out of most people, positive or negative.
6. They make cool must have products.
7. People also buy their products as a status symbol, which really draws people in to spend the extra money.
- dorf0
from apple website:
".... the same type of glass used in the windshields of helicopters and high-speed trains. Chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, the glass is ultradurable and more scratch resistant than ever. It’s also recyclable"
- iheartfun0
Im liking my 3G jailbroken iphone more and more....
- bekannt0
it looks nice smashed , like marble
- lowimpakt0
- i guess even a lowimpakt hit can break one.airey
- i'll be here all night.airey
- i'm laughing my balls off at my own comment. i'm not right in the head.airey
- ahahaha
http://www.sadtrombo…georgesIII - a phone breaking when you drop it? no fucking way!spifflink
- most phones don't shatter like that when you drop them.dopepope
- i had a palm do that and my friends droid did as wellspifflink
- WTF did this drop from a 2nd story window?marchelo
- phobos790
Ok so here's the thing
Here's a video of me testing my iphone 3gs.
I tested the "signal death grip" with my iPhone 3gs and it also has the same issue with the iPhone 4.
The interesting thing though is that even though the phone has no signal at all
when I make a call the signal goes back up even though I still hold it with the "signal death grip"!!
If I let go of the grip the signal goes back up even further.
So I don't really know what to think but maybe it's a software issue after all?
- georgesIII0
- kinda like that chinese car company that said their cars are safe enough if people drive them safely.jaylarson
- Miguex0
These kind of mistakes on Apple's part make a great opportunity for other companies to attempt to take their spot.
Outside: (opening just a few steps from an apple store at the same mall, while people where in line waiting for the iPhone 4)
Inside:
- i couldn't think of anything more boring then a "microsoft store". Apple stores a boring enough...inteliboy
- i bet all of those people either work for or were paid by Microsoft to show up.iCanHasQBN
- most of those people were inline waiting for the iPhone (this was shot this morning), the store looks just like the apple storeMiguex
- store, but instead of "geniuses" they have "suits" as in "as a suit for help"Miguex
- fucking nerds, geeks and fanboys...
*reaches for flamethrower*hans_glib
- prefad0
▲▲▲ I have a funny feeling that the quote above will be the punchline to several lame innuendo jokes in Jay Leno's monologue tonight!
- airey0
why are we posting shit like the comment above.
"i knew a guy once..."
"a good friend of mine..."
"my next door neighbour's cousin..."seriously?
this place is starting to sound like some hairdresser salon in a daytime soap opera.
- instrmntl0
my good friend just cancelled her order.
- nthkl0
Just tested my friends outside, same issue.
Unless they fix this through a firmware/software OS update, I'm gonna have to go with the Droid X. Glad I didn't pre-order this thing. I'm not going to put a piece of plastic on it to cover a functional design flaw. The phone shouldn't have been approved and released by QA with that type of problem.
- wait, you're complaining about design flaws and then running off to buy a motorolla product?kpl
- not sure whether this can be easily fixed via software update, its more of a design flaw.dorf
- maybe the firmware can create a silicon wrap out of thin air.airey
- I guess the update is you can't hold it a certain way. Oook.nthkl
- display issuespifflink