Whatever the f*ck Steve Jobs is drinking, we’d like to have a few sips of the same, please.
Here, read this weird statement put out today by Apple regarding the reception issues when users grip its new iPhone 4 in a particular way:
We were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them.
Surprised to hear of reception problems on the phone?
Ha ha ha.
What the f*ck. Can it get any worse than bad reception on a mobile phone.
No one at a seasoned company like Apple heard of QA testing before launching a major product.?
Just does not sound kosher, the surprise bit.
Flood of Complaints
Responding to a deluge of complaints about the reception issues with the iPhone 4, the folks at Apple argue that gripping almost any mobile phone, be it iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM, in certain ways would reduce its reception by 1 or more bars.
Maybe, maybe not.
But some iPhone 4 customers have complained the new device can drop 4 or 5 bars when tightly held in a way covering the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band.
Since this is a far bigger drop than normal, irate customers have not surprisingly charged that the iPhone 4 comes with a faulty antenna design.
Boy, that complaint on design must have been pretty galling to Apple, which prides itself on coming out with the most stylish digital media widgetry.
Apple says it investigated the cause of this dramatic drop in bars and came to a ‘simple and surprising’ conclusion:
Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many Continue reading »
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