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After panic broke out over a potential flaw in the iPhone 4.0, an Apple Press Conference was scheduled. A potential iPhone recall was on a lot of minds, but there can be no iPhone recall. Instead, iPhone 4.0 owners can get a free case for their phone to counteract the antenna problems. Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, talked about that issue along with some other things at the press conference. Source for this article – No iPhone recall, says Jobs at Apple press conference by Personal Money Store.
It’s called Antennagate
A partial transcript is accessible on the Wall Street Journal site. Steve Jobs started by saying the problem is endiemci to smartphones and not just to the iPhone 4.0. He demonstrated other phones with the very same problems. Jobs did confess the iPhone 4.0 dropped more calls than the iPhone 3GS, but less than one more per 100 calls.
What will Apple do over it?
There are bumpers you can purchase, but not enough of them. You can get a free case from Apple if you bought an iPhone 4.0. The offer is good until Sept 30, and you also can get a refund if you bought the bumpers. However, those who bought a case from a 3rd party for iPhone 4.0 are out of luck. Everyone in the next 30 days who wants to return their iPhone 4.0 with or without the free case from Apple can return the phone for a full refund.
What set off Antennagate
The gist of Antennagate was that a common imperfection in smartphones was found in the iPhone 4.0. It drops an almost negligent amount of calls more than the iPhone 3GS. About one half of one percent of the individuals who bought the iPhone observed it, and freaked out. It was then exploited by the media.
Rest assured, Apple is working on it, as they spent $ 100 million designing the antenna to start with. AT and T reported fewer than 2 percent of iPhone 4.0 buyers returned their phones, but the last iPhone, the 3GS saw 6 percent of buyers return it.
More information on this topic
blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/07/16/live-blogging-apples-press-conference/
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