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Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference this Friday
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Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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There are videos of all sorts of cases failing. They're not tanks, guys. Shit happens. Are you talking about the video where they dropped it like 4 times before it finally happened?C Jones said:
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venne said:
It's rough... and coarse... and... LINE!
SimleuqiR said:
That is what I hoping for, as soon as the free bumper season ends, the phone will already come with something to prevent the massive loss of signal and everybody would be happy. Confirmation from them instead of evasion would be great thought, I would have to postpone my upgrade for quite a bit.
Some people changed operators for the iphone, I don't know how that works in the US, but here operators would never ever cancel your contract without having you pay a fine, and you will also lose the special offer for the iphone (much cheaper for people that change operators)
Stuck forever with a company is worst that being stuck with an iphone :lol
Apple is basically saying a bumper/case will fix everything and protect your iPhone. Then when iPhones start breaking becauses cases aren't all that (especially the bumper, which doesn't even protect 90% of the phone) -- what will Apple do? Blame it on consuemrs and say "You're dropping it wrong"? :lol
Can't wait to watch this unfold....
Can't wait to watch this unfold....
That was a horrible conference... why didnt they just have a quick "hey if you are having problems with the iphone, get a free bumber that may fix your problem and if that doesnt work then you can take it back with out worry." instead of this "every phone does it, and stats and all"?
I just dont get it...
I just dont get it...
C Jones said:
I doubt anything would happen to any phone (without case) if you dropped it from the desk to the carpet. Maybe if it falls bang on one of the corners such that all pressure goes to one point and maybe get a dent, but...nah...
Hell I dropped my phone twice from my recliner on to the floor yesterday whilst playing SMG2 and responding to chat messages while Mario is flying through the air. Meh, nothing.
Besides, dents add character much like wrinkles.
*Shrugs* this is the corner that Apple painted themselves into after marketing it into everyone's heads for years that their products "just work" while portraying their competitors' products are unreliable. The other edge to that sword is that it just keeps raising the bar on everyone's expectations and the margin for error decreases sharply.KingGondo said:
Marty Chinn
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Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
Well you said I was putting too much stock in that video as if implying that it could be more of a fluke than the norm. If that's the case, then you'd be confident enough to try it, just like you're confident enough in the glass to not scratch to not protect it. Same principle.
Gary Whitta
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Since Apple isn't liable for damage from droppages I don't see how this is at all relevant.AstroLad said:
To paraphrase iPhone prototype theft dude:
"Sucks for him. Shouldn't have dropped his phone."
Dreams-Visions
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I don't have the energy to read through the thread since the announcement, but how does GAF generally feel about this? I had to sleep through the conference.
Had a feeling this would be their solution, as it was the cheapest way to have their users avoid problems. I'm not sure why they stopped giving away the bumpers in the first damn place. they cost them next to nothing and just mean a little less profit on top of the huge amount of profit being made off of each phone sold! whether it's enough or not will be up to the individuals, I guess.
I do say, however...I'd be pretty fucking pissed if I were a case manufacturer. I'm about to cancel my $60 case pre-order because...well because Apple is going to give me a sufficient one for free. How many others will be returning their 3rd party cases because of this free solution? I understand from a few posts here that the bumpers will be free for only a certain amount of time...but some case makers are going to permanently lose out of business they would have had.
Had a feeling this would be their solution, as it was the cheapest way to have their users avoid problems. I'm not sure why they stopped giving away the bumpers in the first damn place. they cost them next to nothing and just mean a little less profit on top of the huge amount of profit being made off of each phone sold! whether it's enough or not will be up to the individuals, I guess.
I do say, however...I'd be pretty fucking pissed if I were a case manufacturer. I'm about to cancel my $60 case pre-order because...well because Apple is going to give me a sufficient one for free. How many others will be returning their 3rd party cases because of this free solution? I understand from a few posts here that the bumpers will be free for only a certain amount of time...but some case makers are going to permanently lose out of business they would have had.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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I just figured out that Marty Chinn is like AstroLad, except the posts aren't jokes.
Gary Whitta
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Man, I really need to pay more attention to who I'm responding to... :lol
Yes I was.Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
I completely agree with you that stuff happens and that they can break. I just think that if drop protection is something someone is worried about, there are probably better options than the bumper since all the glass is still exposed. I just think the drop protection with these things is pretty minimal, especially if you are outside where you are not likely to drop it on a perfectly flat surface.
But that's why I bought the bumper. I'm not a case person at all, and I only got the bumper because it's minimalistic and it protects against a table. I hate hiding phones behind a case.
Well whatever they may or may not have said (unlike some of you here, I don't have transcripts of everything Steve Jobs ever said handy at all times): you don't hand someone a shoddy helmet and then shun responsibility after they break their head crashing a motorcycle because "it's your own fault." No Court of Law would accept that argument.Sullichin said:
Marty Chinn
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Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
I'm not the one dismissing the dropped video by saying I'm putting too much stock into it. Amazing how you make such bold statements, get called out for it, and then act like something crazy happened instead of addressing it. Not taking much stock in a video is dismissing how valid it is.
Full video of the press conference: http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/100716iab73asc/event/index.html
http://www.apple.com/antenna/
^ This is really odd. First time I've ever seen something like this from Cupertino.
http://www.apple.com/antenna/
^ This is really odd. First time I've ever seen something like this from Cupertino.
Gary Whitta
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And the hits just keep on coming!subrock said:
Interfectum
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What is this astrolad nonsense? Are you saying he really is an Apple fanboy, is indifferent or is trolling for responses...?
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Dude, you are crazy. Don't front.Marty Chinn said:
Let me spell it out for you: I don't give a shit about cases. I was just explaining to a dude why the bumper is designed the way it is, and you're in here all like "shit bro if you believe that you should go out there and drop your expensive phone a bunch or shut up." You make no sense!
Marty Chinn
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Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
Point proven. Thanks.
Dreams-Visions
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great, so no takes for my questions. :lol
a follow-up: is Apple going to start coating that antenna silently in production runs in the future? if they're not giving the bumpers away forever, then that means they're going to address this, right?
a follow-up: is Apple going to start coating that antenna silently in production runs in the future? if they're not giving the bumpers away forever, then that means they're going to address this, right?
badcrumble
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Apple certainly doesn't seem to want to quiet down the drama if they're doing this.giga said:
Dreams-Visions said:
I'd like to know as well, they were so vague in that address, where they spent more time taking jabs at other phones, and promising free giveaways than actually giving a straight answer about future production runs.
If not, then no biggie, I keep my 3GS until my contract is up, then migrate to the EVO4G or whatever new smartphone that comes out between now & march and has the features that I'm looking for.
Marty Chinn
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SimleuqiR said:
Nah, it's just like some Apple fans around here. They just don't want to admit they were wrong. =)
pizzapizza64
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I am in the middle of a busy move today and don't have time to read the thread. How do I get my free bumper? Can I go to an AT&T store instead of an Apple store? Not one in my town
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