Apple iPhone 4 Reception Disaster: Time For An iPhone 4 Recall
by NowPublic Staff | June 25, 2010 at 04:41 pm
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Why are people not demanding an Apple iPhone 4 Recall?
It is a simple question, really: would you buy a mobile phone that drops calls because of bad design? The answer is a resounding YES.
The public infatuation with all things Apple continues unabated as iPhone sales are through the roof despite acknowledged problems with dropped calls and reception problems and nary a whiff of a recall campaign despite many complaints.
Simply put, if you hold your lovely new iPhone 4 in a certain way there are good chances the call will drop - a big problem for left-handed users.
Natalie Kerris, an Apple spokeswoman, called such problems "a fact of life for every wireless phone."
Umm... No. My old Nokia and Samsung are designed in such a way to work just fine thank you very much. The problem is the Apple design.
...if you cover the bottom-left corner of the phone and bridge the gap between the notch there with your naked flesh, you could see some signal degradation. Yes, you read that right: it's not a software or production issue, simply a matter of the physical location of your hand in regards to the phone's antenna.
So instead of Apple saying we will fix the problem, perhaps, heaven forbid a recall, of the iPhone 4 - what does Apple say we will sell you a bumper for $30 dollars to fix the problem.
Wow. I bet most companies would love to have so many meek sheep as customers.
And though the tech sites Engadget and Gizmodo are critical of Apple for the wireless reception problem they also let Apple off the hook in terms of a recall.
Engadget says the iPhone 4 is simply displaying the same reception problems as the iPhone 3G and Apple should provide free bumpers to users instead of charging them.
That would be a reasonable compromise. But if Apple does not provide free bumpers, I would suggest an iPhone 4 recall campaign.
If you want to register a public complaint about the iPhone there is a interesting site called Consumer Affairs that lets you do just that.
Left Handed iphone 4 users of the world unite.
Signed
S. Krishna "I'm an old cell phone that works." |
