Apple issues statement on iPhone 4 'antenna-gate' lawsuit settlement

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  • Reply 41 of 120
    slurpyslurpy Posts: 5,382member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by lightknight View Post




    I still think Steve Jobs was a jerk for basically saying I'm a liar. I still think you are irritating for doubting some users were affected, as your phrase ironically suggests.



    Here's my complaint from European cities.



    Steve Jobs never called you a liar. I would call you something much worse than a 'jerk' for stating BS and dragging a dead person through the mud, misrepresenting reality and history. Go watch the press conference again. He did acknowledge the issue in-depth, gave context, and offered solutions which should have satisfied everyone.
  • Reply 42 of 120
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by lightknight View Post


    Hello Tallest Skil! Paris and Amsterdam calling



    My iPhone 4 was one of the first to reach European stores, so I'd expect it's related. I experienced the issue on Vodaphone NL (Netherlands) and Bouygues Telecom (France).



    To be honest, I find quite irritating that people STILL refuse to acknowledge the problem. It's not world-breaking, it is solved with a (ugly) bumper, but Apple should have said "we made a mistake, you can return your phone if you want, or choose to keep it with a bumper". They said "we made no mistake, but due to the bad press, you can return your phone if you want, or choose to keep it with a bumper".



    I liked my iPhone 4. I'll get an iPad 3 if it has "retina"-like resolution, as it seems it will be the case. I do iPhone apps for a living, I've got iMac and MBA, my family got Macs due to me. I love Siri.



    I still think Steve Jobs was a jerk for basically saying I'm a liar. I still think you are irritating for doubting some users were affected, as your phrase ironically suggests.



    Here's my complaint from European cities.



    Jobs never called you a liar. He pointed out that all phones have dead zones when you block key points on the antenna. The iPhone 4S is the first smartphone I know of that uses an intelligent system to switch antennas but that doesn't mean you can't block the signal from it.



    So where is the mass recall? Where is the iPhone 4 being replaced with a new model with the antenna inside? Why did they continue the same external antenna design for the 4S? These are all things that people said would obviously happen. There is a excessive divide between being a flawed concept and being able to improve on the design.



    Are you calling all the iPhone 4 and 4S users liars that don't use cases and have no problem whatsoever? And none of this is even addressing the other silly issue that the number of bars actually represents something worthwhile. AnandTech clearly showed the iPhone 4 could make and hold a call at a much low decibel than any other phone they tried yet the iPhone was still representing no bars when it held this call.



    To reiterate, no one is saying you didn't have problems just as no one is saying that no unit is ever defective or that no other phone in the history of cellphones has ever been able to drop a call, just that the issue wasn't a design flaw from using an externally placed antenna as we can clearly see by proof of satisfied users and the continuation in the iPhone 4S. Note that Apple did place the WiFI antenna back inside the 4S.
  • Reply 43 of 120
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    Originally Posted by fredaroony View Post


    Maybe they didn't want to use a case and felt it was unacceptable to put up with a design fault in such an expensive phone.



    Of course, you would never be able to understand this unless this issue was regarding another brand.



    Maybe the fact that it was proven that was never a design fault in the first place would put a stop to people like you complaining about it.



    Of course, you would never be able to do this unless it was an issue regarding another brand.



    See how easy it is to do that?

    (make broad accusations of bias based on nothing factual)
  • Reply 44 of 120
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,176member
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    Originally Posted by muppetry View Post


    But that article was entirely about the theory that they had added an insulating layer to the antenna bands, which they hadn't. Did I misunderstand where you were going with that?



    I don't think they arrived at a final conclusion. Some of the comments indicated a suspected change, while others did not. Altogether inconclusive as far as I can tell.



    In any case I was letting TS know that iFixIt had commented, and wasn't ruling out a change was made. If that was his proof that nothing had changed, it's not.
  • Reply 45 of 120
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    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


    So where are all the complaints from Verizon and Sprint iPhone 4 users? Where are the complaints from users in European cities?



    Or maybe, just MAYBE, there's no problem.



    LOL. Man you are so far inside the RDF it's painful. First off the CDMA iPhone 4 has a different antenna pattern (which carried to the 4S), you of all people should know that, so it does NOT suffer the same issue seen on the 4 GSM model.



    The issue was over exaggerated, but that happens when you make a great product. However to say the problem never existed is flat out delusional. Steve himself admitted it, even acknowledged CS findings and Apple tried to stem some of it by adjusting the bar ranges in 4.0.1. It's ok to make mistakes.
  • Reply 46 of 120
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


    We're not going over this again. When tens of millions of phones are still sold today with absolutely no design change and NONE of them are exhibiting this problem and NO ONE is actively complaining about it, it was NOT a problem with the phone. It was a problem with AT&T (and in Australia, in areas of equally poor service). Period.



    "Absolutely no design change". Good to see, Tallest Skill, who obviously replaced Johnny Ive, tells us nothing was changed. Let's believe him. There never was an issue. Oh, wait...



    TS, you may have not had a problem, but you need to set into your head that others MIGHT have. It WAS a problem with the phone. It's solved? Good. Pretending it never existed because it was solved just makes you look ignorant. It existed, fact. I attest to that. I'm even inviting you to coffee in Amsterdam if it makes you happy, to see the iPhone 4 issue demonstrated. I'll even pay the coffee! (Note: it might not be very good coffee, it's quite north of Europe there )
  • Reply 47 of 120
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    Originally Posted by Slurpy View Post


    Steve Jobs never called you a liar. I would call you something much worse than a 'jerk' for stating BS and dragging a dead person through the mud, misrepresenting reality and history. Go watch the press conference again. He did acknowledge the issue in-depth, gave context, and offered solutions which should have satisfied everyone.





    Obviously, our values are strongly different, just as our interpretation. You also seem to misunderstand my text. As I said, I LIKED the iPhone 4 (and I still do, except I upgraded).



    However, if someone calls me a liar, which in my opinion, he did, he's a jerk.



    Moreover, and on a separate idea, Steve or anyone else: being dead doesn't make you right.



    There are lots of (really) bad dead guys to support this, let's choose, for example, Stalin. Is it dragging Stalin (dead person) through the mud to say he was a mass murderer for his political gain? No, it's not.

    Point in case, being dead is no excuse.




    If I believe Steve was a jerk to say that, I'll say so. I believe so. I'm sorry it makes you unhappy. Note that, unlike you, I tolerate the idea I might be wrong. And you know what? I'll re-listen to the press conference to check if I might have missed something. For now, i'll stick to what I said: he basically denied the issue, which exists, which means he called me (and everyone else with the issue) a liar.
  • Reply 48 of 120
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post


    Jobs never called you a liar. He pointed out that all phones have dead zones when you block key points on the antenna. The iPhone 4S is the first smartphone I know of that uses an intelligent system to switch antennas but that doesn't mean you can't block the signal from it.



    So where is the mass recall? Where is the iPhone 4 being replaced with a new model with the antenna inside? Why did they continue the same external antenna design for the 4S? These are all things that people said would obviously happen. There is a excessive divide between being a flawed concept and being able to improve on the design.



    Are you calling all the iPhone 4 and 4S users liars that don't use cases and have no problem whatsoever? And none of this is even addressing the other silly issue that the number of bars actually represents something worthwhile. AnandTech clearly showed the iPhone 4 could make and hold a call at a much low decibel than any other phone they tried yet the iPhone was still representing no bars when it held this call.



    To reiterate, no one is saying you didn't have problems just as no one is saying that no unit is ever defective or that no other phone in the history of cellphones has ever been able to drop a call, just that the issue wasn't a design flaw from using an externally placed antenna as we can clearly see by proof of satisfied users and the continuation in the iPhone 4S. Note that Apple did place the WiFI antenna back inside the 4S.



    I hear what you say Solipsism(X). You're actually making the same point as last year In the end, it's a matter of interpretation, but Apple's track record of acknowledging their mistakes is far from stellar, as, for example, the watercooled Macs proved...



    My point is, as a user, I would have appreciated Apple saying "we made a slight mistake" and then doing exactly what they did. However, they did not. My words probably were stronger than I intended though. I apologize for that.



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  • Reply 49 of 120
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    That's an unanswered question? There's no resolution there.
  • Reply 50 of 120
    mhdmhd Posts: 63member
    Consumer Reports Throws iPhone 4 Under the Bus



    http://www.pcworld.com/article/20092...r_the_bus.html
  • Reply 51 of 120
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,176member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


    That's an unanswered question… There's no resolution there.



    Correct, so I don't know why you're so certain nothing changed.



    Simply looking at the Anandtech antenna attenuation tests, going so far as to show tight cupped grip and normally held signal comparison results, should be evidence even to you that something changed.

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/4971/a...-att-verizon/2



    Towards the bottom of the page. . .
  • Reply 52 of 120
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by lightknight View Post


    I hear what you say Solipsism(X). You're actually making the same point as last year



    I do try to be consistent.



    Quote:

    My point is, as a user, I would have appreciated Apple saying "we made a slight mistake" and then doing exactly what they did. However, they did not. My words probably were stronger than I intended though. I apologize for that.



    I understand your PoV on this as a user who was afflicted with either a faulty device and/or a device that was being on some very specific network condition that caused your calls to be dropped as soon as you touched it's 3G spot* but I don't see any evidence that the entire design platform of the iPhone 4 was inherently flawed and see plenty of aforementioned evidence to suggest it's sound so I don't see why an apology would have to made publicly, especially when the issue wasn't already blown so far out of proportion already that Apple was forced to do damage control with free cases and a presentation detailing their R&D and how other phones are affected as well. (That was a long sentence)



    Now if the issue was unbearable you could have always gotten it replaced or refunded and it's likely who was ever representing that retailer would have apologized to you.





    Here's an anecdotal example..



    I bought the iPhone 4S when it came out. I know that world mode chips are inherently less power efficient that more focused baseband chips. I also know that the inclusion of the so many RF bands means that the power amp design would include its own challenges. We found out the 4S had the Qualcomm MD6610 chip which was not used by anyone at this time. Most of the reviewer models seem to be perfect but there were a fairly large (though surely a small fraction) of owners who had issues with battery life.



    This is from cellular issues. Now whether this is from a slightly off baseband, power amp or some other chip and/or the issue with a certain cellular connectivity it's in many ways the same situation some legitimately** had with the iPhone 4. I had this battery issue.



    Now I know that firmware updates will resolve any issues eventually but I wasn't really wanting to wait it out so I considered trying a new unit but I was also annoyed with my Siri connectivity timing out that first weekend due to server overload so I just returned the unit and have been using my iPhone 4 since then... without a case... and without issues.



    The Apple Store employee apologized and he oddly said an update would be out in a week or so (which wasn't true) but never did I think Apple needs to admit that there is a fatal flaw with the device. It's new tech in many ways and will have hiccups that simply can't known until you scale up. That doesn't mean one should suffer with the problem either just as I found the issue unacceptable at the time.









    * Coined by Dick Applebaum.

    ** I sincerely mean that.

  • Reply 53 of 120
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gatorguy View Post


    Correct, so I don't know why you're so certain nothing changed.



    Simply looking at the Anandtech antenna attenuation tests, going so far as to show tight cupped grip and normally held signal comparison results, should be evidence even to you that something changed.

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/4971/a...-att-verizon/2



    Towards the bottom of the page. . .



    You linked to an article about the iPhone 4S. That has no baring on the GSM/UMTS iPhone 4 being different from current shipping models. Clearly a lot has changed between the iPhone 4 and 4S, despite so many saying Siri is the only new feature. I can name 100+ things that are different between the two devices. I bet I could name around 20 that are just different in regards to its wirless connectivity.



    And note so many of their other phones in the list are much, much worse than the iPhone 4S yet so close to the iPhone 4, and yet they all have internal antennas. Makes you wonder.
  • Reply 54 of 120
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,176member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post


    You linked to an article about the iPhone 4S. That has no baring on the GSM/UMTS iPhone 4 being different from current shipping models. Clearly a lot has changed between the iPhone 4 and 4S, despite so many saying Siri is the only new feature. I can name 100+ things that are different between the two devices. I bet I could name around 20 that are just different in regards to its wirless connectivity.



    And note so many of their other phones in the list are much, much worse than the iPhone 4S yet so close to the iPhone 4, and yet they all have internal antennas. Makes you wonder.



    Are you looking at the same chart at the bottom of the page that I am??



    The iPhone 4 GSM/UMTS (the third one in the list) is the worst of the lot, both cupped and held naturally. The others are not at all "so close to the iPhone4", except for Verizon's iPhone 4 version which itself still tests better than the GSM/UMTS ATT one. Note that in an open palm it's just fine.
  • Reply 55 of 120
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gatorguy View Post


    Are you looking at the same chart at the bottom of the page that I am??



    The iPhone 4 GSM/UMTS (the third one in the list) is the worst of the lot, both cupped and held naturally. Note that in an open palm it's just fine.



    1) Many phones with the "non-stupid internal antenna" are closer to the iPhone 4 dB than the iPhone 4S.



    2) You haven't accounted for the minimum dB that the phone can still be functional. Here's a scenario: A phone that is not held registers at -78 dB but when held tightly gripped registers at -80 dB. So that's a difference of only 2 dB, right? So that's good? Now what if I told you that phone can't make or hold a call past -79 dB? That makes that an issue yet before you considered the full scope of the antenna's sensitivity it looked great. Now go back and check the different minimum dB ratings of the iPhone 4 when they tested it and extrapolate from there.
  • Reply 56 of 120
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,176member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post


    1) Many phones with the "non-stupid internal antenna" are closer to the iPhone 4 dB than the iPhone 4S.



    2) You haven't accounted for the minimum dB that the phone can still be functional. Here's a scenario: A phone that is not held registers at -78 dB but when held tightly gripped registers at -80 dB. So that's a difference of only 2 dB, right? So that's good? Now what if I told you that phone can't make or hold a call past -79 dB? That makes that an issue yet before you considered the full scope of the antenna's sensitivity it looked great. Now go back and check the different minimum dB ratings of the iPhone 4 when they tested it and extrapolate from there.



    What does that have to do with evidence that something changed with reception between the ATT Version and the Verizon version of the "same" phone? Simply looking at the chart should be a hint.
  • Reply 57 of 120
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gatorguy View Post


    What does that have to do with evidence that something changed with reception between the ATT Version and the Verizon version of the "same" phone? Simply looking at the chart should be a hint.



    Nothing, but that isn't what you reported. You linked to a speculative article from July 2010, yet the Verizon iPhone came out in Feb 2011. The GSM/UMTS iPhone 4 had no change to its design that you can show all you've shown is that a CDMA iPhone 4 had a different antenna design... as it should as it's not a GSM/UMTS phone.



    You then point to dB ratings of different phones without actually making a case and I responded by pointing out the sensitivity is meaningless without knowing the parameters in which it can operate and noted that the GSM/UMTS iPhone 4 can operate at lower dB levels than any other phones they tested.



    Where you got the idea that the AT&T and Verizon iPhone 4 are the same is you note understanding how the cellualr technologies in each are very different. In fact, one could argue that the Verizon iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S are more closely related in that they are both use the diversity antenna design and Qualcomm baseband chips. They even go so far to include an MDM6600 world mode chip into a phone design only for CDMA networks as noted internally by the lack of PowerAmps and externally by the SIM card tray.



    Has Apple switched the GSM/UMTS iPhone to diversity antennas? Not that I've seen. They've certainly updated the baseband firmware along the way, perhaps even making it more intelligent so that it can detect when there is attenuation at the 3G spot and adapt accordingly. Software updates are suppose to do improve the device but they can't fix a fatal HW flaw from a stupid engineering design that was pushed through by a stupid CEO that cares only about exploiting workers in China and fleecing us every last dollar (hyperbole).



    PS: There is no treasure map on the back of the Constitution.
  • Reply 58 of 120
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,176member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post


    Nothing, but that isn't what you reported. . . .



    Where you got the idea that the AT&T and Verizon iPhone 4 are the same is . .



    . . . claims that TS was making, which is the only thing I'm posting about (for the moment).
  • Reply 59 of 120
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    Originally Posted by Gatorguy View Post


    . . . claims that TS was making, which is the only thing I'm posting about (for the moment).



    Right, I'm an idiot and forgot* about the change in antenna. I deserve a tongue lashing for that one, that's for sure. YEAH, THAT'S A SURPRISE. OL' TALLEST SKIL FORGETTING SOMETHING. NOT LIKE HE HAS ANY FUNCTIONAL MEMORY OF ANY SORT. CAN'T RELY ON HIM. Hate myself…
  • Reply 60 of 120
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,176member
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    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


    Right, I'm an idiot and forgot* about the change in antenna. I deserve a tongue lashing for that one, that's for sure. YEAH, THAT'S A SURPRISE. OL' TALLEST SKIL FORGETTING SOMETHING. NOT LIKE HE HAS ANY FUNCTIONAL MEMORY OF ANY SORT. CAN'T RELY ON HIM. Hate myself?



    No not an idiot at all. . . Just showing your age
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