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PR Experts: Apple Must Recall iPhone

Consumer Reports criticism puts company in a bind

(Newser) - Apple must recall the iPhone 4 or risk tarnishing its reputation, PR experts tell the Cult of Mac . The company's explanation that the handset's reception problems are the result of a software problem has been undermined by Consumer Reports, which blamed a hardware issue in deciding not to recommend the...

Consumer Reports 'Can't Recommend' iPhone 4

Test proves there's an antenna problem

(Newser) - Consumer Reports says its testing confirms that the iPhone 4 has a reception defect. Put your finger over a spot on the bottom left side of the phone—“an easy thing, especially for lefties”—and you’ll get either a dropped call or a drastically degraded connection, according...

Website: Steve Jobs Emails Were Real

Tech site accuses Apple's PR team of lying

(Newser) - This little tempest in the tech world isn't going away: Boy Genius Report today is lashing back at Apple and insisting that the email exchange it published between Steve Jobs and a customer is legit. (Jobs tells him to "calm down" about iPhone "rumors.") BGR says...

Steve Jobs iPhone Emails Fake: Apple

Apple CEO did not tell customer to 'calm down'

(Newser) - An email conversation between Steve Jobs and an irate iPhone 4 customer is fake, Apple's PR department says. The messages show Jobs taking a flippant tone with a customer who is angry over the new handset's widely criticized reception issues, Fortune reports. In one response, the Jobs impostor tells the...

Apple: iPhone Reception Woes a Software Issue

Displays show too many reception bars, thanks to faulty formula

(Newser) - Don’t trust your iPhone 4 when it tells you you’re getting great reception. Apple says it has found the root of all those reports that the phone’s having reception problems: its formula for calculating how many bars you’re getting is off. The company plans to fix...

Apple Sued Over iPhone 4 Glitch

Class-action suits allege fraud, negligence

(Newser) - Two class action lawsuits have been launched against Apple and AT&T by iPhone 4 buyers irked by antenna problems. The plaintiffs—evidently not satisfied with Steve Jobs' advice to "just avoid holding it in that way" to dodge dropped calls—accuse Apple of knowingly selling a defective phone....

Hmmm, Apple Hiring Phone Antenna Engineers

And company isn't budging about offering free cases

(Newser) - Apple is still pushing the notion that reception problems with its iPhone 4 are no big deal, but Engadget can't help but notice that the company is looking to hire phone antenna engineers. It found three job postings from June 23, the same day widespread problems surfaced. The Boy Genius...

Verizon to Nab iPhone in January: Report

Timing coincides with network upgrade, which could make this zillionth prediction credible

(Newser) - Verizon customers will at long last be able to buy iPhones in January of next year, according to an anonymously sourced report on Bloomberg . The move could “dramatically increase” iPhone sales, notes one analyst. “It's hard to ignore the quality issues that AT&T has faced,” he...

Software Fix May Solve iPhone 'Death Grip'

Report says Apple will have a remedy next week

(Newser) - AppleInsider thinks the mysterious reception problems plaguing some users of the new iPhone might actually be a software problem—with a fix on the way within days. Most people are blaming the hardware, specifically the antenna, with all kinds of videos demonstrating that the signal goes way if the...

Which Celeb Cut iPhone 4 Line, Got Booed?

Apparently being famous has some perks

(Newser) - Celebrities really are just like us—they have to sit in line for hours to buy an iPhone 4, too! Oh, wait. In Jason Bateman’s case, no they do not. An Apple employee spotted the Arrested Development actor in a shopping mall line and brought him right inside to...

Steve Jobs: 'Just Avoid Holding It in That Way'

Apple's fix for reception issues is fairly low-tech

(Newser) - As the Internet rages about what seems to be an accidental bias against left-handed users by Apple, the people over at Engadget shared with the world tonight an email exchange between an Apple customer and Steve Jobs himself in which the latter responds to a complaint about signal degradation with...

Careful How You Hold the iPhone—It Can Lose Reception

Users complain of weird tech glitch if you touch antenna

(Newser) - When you hold the iPhone in your hands and touch the outside antenna band in two spots, it can drop reception (or at least lose bars). Put the phone down and your bars return. Gizmodo has the details of this odd glitch along with reader-submitted videos of the problem. (A...

Man in iPhone 4 Line Mugged
 Man in iPhone 4 Line Mugged 
plus more fom the queues
Jun 24, 2010 10:06 AM CDT

Man in iPhone 4 Line Mugged

Technophiles get in line, plus some early complaints

(Newser) - iPhone 4 mania is upon us: Long lines, early complaints, and...a mugging? News from the endless queues waiting for the device, which went on sale today in the US, UK, France, Germany, and Japan:
  • While those waiting in line were more than willing to give up their money to
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iPhone 4 Lives Up to the Hype
 iPhone 4 Lives Up to the Hype 
Tech Review
Jun 23, 2010 7:29 AM CDT

iPhone 4 Lives Up to the Hype

Critics love the awesome camera, screen, and new features

(Newser) - The iPhone 4 hits tomorrow, and tech reviewers everywhere are incredibly impressed. Here's what they're saying:
  • The iPhone 4 is “a major leap over its already excellent predecessor,” writes Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal . The new features work very well, and the redesign “manages to
...

Apple Suspends iPhone 4 Pre-Orders After 600K Sold

Initial batch of June 24 pre-orders is gone, baby, gone

(Newser) - Considering the fact that people waited in line ...to snag a spot in another line...it shouldn't come as a major shock that Apple and AT&T both sold out of iPhone 4 pre-orders in one day; those lucky buyers will get to stand in a queue next Thursday to...

iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Overwhelm System

Customers line up for hours for Apple's new wonder

(Newser) - iPhone madness has arrived: stores were mobbed with customers who queued for hours to get a chance to pre-order the upcoming iPhone 4 today. For most, the day ended in chaos, says Gizmodo : AT&T apparently underestimated demand, and both their in-store and web-based pre-order interfaces were frozen much of...

Jobs Touts iPhone 4's 'Retina Display'
 Jobs Touts iPhone 4's 
 'Retina Display' 
wwdc 2010
Jun 7, 2010 12:58 PM CDT

Jobs Touts iPhone 4's 'Retina Display'

New Apple phone's display has 4x the resolution

(Newser) - Steve Jobs reveals Apple's latest work today at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference. Due to a leaked iPhone prototype, most know that Apple's signature device is getting thinner, brighter, and will sport a flash for its camera. But what else does Jobs have in store? The Wall Street Journal and...

Why the iPhone 4G Won't Be Worth the Money
Why the iPhone 4G Won't Be Worth the Money
OPINION
Jun 4, 2010 2:00 PM CDT

Why the iPhone 4G Won't Be Worth the Money

Mostly because the current one does

(Newser) - When the iPhone first debuted, it was in a class by itself. But these days it's “a triumph of marketing over functionality,” writes Mark Warman of the Telegraph . Unless the following issues are fixed, there's no point getting a 4G.
  • It's anti-technology: Apple keeps rejecting new features other
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Wal-Mart Unloading iPhones for $97

Probably to make room for 4G

(Newser) - Wal-Mart must really want to get rid of its iPhone 3GS stock, because it's slashed the price on the 16GB model of the phone to a mere $97—that's $100 off, and that's for a brand new one, not a refurbished model. Gee, why would Wal-Mart offer such a spectacular...

Hi, It's Steve Jobs. Give Me Back My iPhone

Even Apple CEO called Gizmodo personally

(Newser) - Evan as Brian Hogan pocketed a wad of cash in exchange for Steve Jobs' latest iPhone and Gizmodo was busily analyzing it, the wheels were in motion: Hogan's roommate tipped off cops to his involvement the day before the report was published, Apple honchos were pushing for criminal charges, and...

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