iPhone 4 Review: 1 - Hardware Fit & Finish

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  • Reply 161 of 338
    irelandireland Posts: 17,802member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mazda 3s View Post


    IMHO, iLounge's 10-page iPhone 4 review is the best out there and they praise the device (along with finding a few shortcomings) without coming across as a fanboy or unbearable critic:



    http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/rev...e-4-16gb-32gb/



    From the conclusion:



    You have officially won this thread.
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  • Reply 162 of 338
    leo316leo316 Posts: 4member
    I really agree with the person who pointed out that this ?review? seemed almost like press copy.



    And it actually goes to the root of the problems I've had with Apple ever since they dropped the Apple II GS and pressured everybody into the Macintosh line. And that is a kind of promotional egomania based around what is now the ?i? prefix to every product, iPhone, iWork, etc. I have never argued with the PC people who taunted me for liking operating system and made it easy for me to do what I wanted. Apple is really good at making things function. The iPhone is a homerun for Apple because people can just take the damn thing up and do 80% of everything they ever wanted to do without reading the damn instructions. But I find the yuppie ego praising side of both the promotion and the admiration of superficial characteristics like looks and design cloying. I actually don't mind it being a sexy piece of machinery, but in everything from the advertising to reviews I feel like a pretty girl who's tired of hearing ?oh you're so pretty? all the time. I'd like to know the limits of multitasking, I'm concerned about Apple's censorship of sexual materials as it may slop into eventually censorship of ?questionable? apps and sites in the future that may be censorship based on politics. Excuse me if I taken the wrong opportunity to vent.
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  • Reply 163 of 338
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    I have to agree with Ireland on comments, it not the issue so much, but the reply from SJ that irritates me. It was arrogant at least and crazy to be frank. ...



    So, you are not angry except about (what you infer about), the attitude of someone you have never met, who was emailing someone else, to be?



    It seems to me that the majority of angry responses on this thread are exactly this. People getting upset about things they heard, from people they don't know, about issues they haven't actually experienced. I'm not saying there might not be a problem, but if you took all these type of responses away (and their replies), the thread would be three posts long.
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  • Reply 164 of 338
    irelandireland Posts: 17,802member
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    When you suggested it was a design flaw you most certainly did. I haven't seen one retraction from you stating you meant it was a production issue affecting only a subset of all units made.



    I never said it was only a subset either. Yes, I said it's looks like it could very well be a design flaw, and their are other reports to suggest it only affect users who don't have a "very good" signal. Others are affected regardless of how good their signal is.



    I also said a few times if it is fixable with a software update then more power to Apple, but on the surface it looks like it's a hardware issue, and Steve even suggested people hold them differently.



    I have been clear on these points. Yet, you take one thing I said and painted my whole agenda with that, without weighing up everything I said, even on a per comment basis. Not to mention you've been spouting 'troll' at everyone like a mad idiot.
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  • Reply 165 of 338
    irelandireland Posts: 17,802member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody View Post


    So, you are not angry except about (what you infer about), the attitude of someone you have never met, who was emailing someone else, to be?



    Yeah, the CEO of Apple saying that it just like any ol' guy you've never met saying that. Your arguments are weaker than kittens.
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  • Reply 166 of 338
    mstonemstone Posts: 11,510member
    Gotta love the Google ads on this page.



    Quote:

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  • Reply 167 of 338
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
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    Originally Posted by Ireland View Post


    Yes, I said it's looks like it could very well be a design flaw...



    No, you made absolute statements this was design flaw while using excessively large fonts and posting your vitriol in threads that had nothing to do with this issue. Hence, you were trolling, you weren't being rational or logical, and you damn well know it.
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  • Reply 168 of 338
    anonymouseanonymouse Posts: 7,123member
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    Originally Posted by Leo316 View Post


    ... And that is a kind of promotional egomania based around what is now the ?i? prefix to every product, iPhone, iWork, etc. ...



    Uhm,someone correct me if I'm remembering this incorrectly, but I believe the 'i' originally stood for 'internet', not 'I', except in the one case where it stood for 'interim'. Now, it pretty much just stands for 'i' alone, as a branding thing, not some egomaniacal prefix.
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  • Reply 169 of 338
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    Originally Posted by Ireland View Post


    Yeah, the CEO of Apple saying that it just like any ol' guy you've never met saying that. Your arguments are weaker than kittens.



    I was pointing out that people are making emotional arguments based on here-say and that everyone (except DanaCameron) is angry and gonna regret some of the things they are saying now, later on.



    Since you are practically the King of such angry arguments and well familiar with said remorse, I'd expect a statements like that from you.



    The last time I talked to you, you were arguing very strenuously over a multi-week period that the new iPad would *have* to run the desktop OS or it would be a "complete failure." You also are very fond of making lots of criticisms of Apple products complete with remonstrations to the effect that you just won't buy them until or unless they change (insert quality of product here), and then show up later on threads with the same devices in your little virtual hands loving them to death and arguing how well designed they are.



    It's just painfully obvious to me that my original assessment was correct. You, (and a lot of other folks) are just angry and not thinking straight.
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  • Reply 170 of 338
    str1f3str1f3 Posts: 573member
    Regarding the actual article, I may just get a bumper after all. I've been seeing a lot of cracked iPhone 4s on the web and a few have been from a 2 foot drop. Oddly enough all of these cracks have been on the back casing. I wonder what the differences are between the front and rear.
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  • Reply 171 of 338
    crift2012crift2012 Posts: 124member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by slocummedia View Post


    Ireland. GREAT POST. APPLE must make this right. Either a software fix (THAT WORKS), new phones (THAT WORK) or there will be a lot of returns. THAT would rip my heart out as I've owned Apple products since the '80s and crowed about them for many years.



    you have probably been returning all apple products (THAT WORK) since the 80's since this is how apple became the largest tech company, even larger than the two before it combined MSFT and DELL. Micheal Dell should just close up shop and give all the money back to the shareholders honestly.



    And since you are four posts into AI and been using apple products since the 80's can you calculate the odds to me why you think that for some reason, people who come here and troll would have the astrological chance of knowing or owning an iOS 4 device that would not work...



    hmm,
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  • Reply 172 of 338
    leo316leo316 Posts: 4member
    iAdmit that "i" might have stood for "iNternet" - but that would mean iNternetWork and iNternet Life...

    I think it is closer to "me, myself and I - my,my, my - my oh my"

    I love Apple products. Probably it is just a case of "iPhobia".





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    Originally Posted by anonymouse View Post


    Uhm,someone correct me if I'm remembering this incorrectly, but I believe the 'i' originally stood for 'internet', not 'I', except in the one case where it stood for 'interim'. Now, it pretty much just stands for 'i' alone, as a branding thing, not some egomaniacal prefix.



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  • Reply 173 of 338
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    Originally Posted by RichL View Post


    The reason why the iPhone 3G/3GS had a plastic back hasn't got anything to do with reducing costs. The real reason, surprise surprise, it's down to our friend Mr. Antenna again. The signal propagates through plastic better than it does metal (or skin ).



    This is why virtually all cell phones are at least partially made from plastic. Cost is very much a secondary concern.



    The clown that wrote this, thinks that metal and glass are more expensive than the high impact plastic used before. That's of course, totally incorrect, but I guess that would have gotten in the way of him using the word 'cheap' fifty times, and maybe distract from sounding like a moron when using phrases like 'piece of kit'.

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  • Reply 174 of 338
    irelandireland Posts: 17,802member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by solipsism View Post


    No, you made absolute statements this was design flaw while using excessively large fonts and posting your vitriol in threads that had nothing to do with this issue. Hence, you were trolling, you weren't being rational or logical, and you damn well know it.



    Yes troll.
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  • Reply 175 of 338
    dtidmoredtidmore Posts: 145member
    This thread has been hijacked from fit and finish into an extension of several others on this forum. Can't we just stay on subject. With at least three other threads raging over the antenna situation, and hundreds of posts, there is little to add to that issue. Please move that discussion back to where it belongs.



    The copy at the beginning of this thread was a bit over the top, but at the same time, I have taken my 4G out of its silicone case several times to just study and marvel at the precision of it's design and manufacturing. Products exhibiting the level of precision readily apparent to those that have actually handled the 4G typically are produced by craftsmen in low volume and at high cost (to build as well as retail) such as Rolex, Leica, Hasselblad, Bowers & Wilkins, etc.



    The fact that Apple and Foxconn have been able to hold the line at such a high level of fit and finish and at a reasonable price point, speaks volumes of the engineering and tooling that have been invested in the 4G production line.
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  • Reply 176 of 338
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dtidmore View Post


    This thread has been hijacked from fit and finish into an extension of several others on this forum. Can't we just stay on subject. With at least three other threads raging over the antenna situation, and hundreds of posts, there is little to add to that issue. Please move that discussion back to where it belongs.



    You're right. I will refrain from further commenting on this jacked thread.



    Quote:

    The copy at the beginning of this thread was a bit over the top, but at the same time, I have taken my 4G out of its silicone case several times to just study and marveled at the precision of it's design and manufacturing. Products exhibiting the level of precision readily apparent to those that have actually handled the 4G typically are produced by craftsmen in low volume and at high cost (to build as well as retail) such as Rolex, Leica, Hasselblad, Bowers & Wilkins, etc.



    The fact that Apple and Foxconn have been able to hold the line at such a high level of fit and finish and at a reasonable price point, speaks volumes of the engineering and tooling that have been invested in the 4G production line.



    I'm intrigued by the milling process Apple has quickly added to their product line. It started with the MBA, then the MBP and now even the iPhone and Mac Mini are milled. That has historically been a very expensive process and not fit for mass produced CE. I would love to know how they have been able to optimize this to make it viable, and if anyone else can possibly join them or is this a limited option for companies like Apple with a economy of scale within a single model design.
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  • Reply 177 of 338
    brucepbrucep Posts: 2,823member
    how spoiled we all are



    true video voice phone calls have landed



    the first nail in the carriers head is in .



    the ipad the itouch and macs in general will get this wifi face too face service soon enough



    maybe even a nano video service by 2014 ???



    there are some fine droid outthere

    my buddy on a low income streams and DL movies and stuff on his htc device and the screen is great



    yet there is only one true dick tracey phone



    how lucky we are to be alive to see these fantastic apple inventions





    peace





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  • Reply 178 of 338
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by brucep View Post


    how spoiled we all are



    true video voice phone calls have landed



    the first nail in the carriers head is in .



    the ipad the itouch and macs in general will get this wifi face too face service soon enough



    maybe even a nano video service by 2014 ???



    there are some fine droid outthere

    my buddy on a low income streams and DL movies and stuff on his htc device and the screen is great



    yet there is only one true dick tracey phone



    how lucky we are to be alive to see these fantastic apple inventions





    peace





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    I had problems with FaceTime with the first two people I tried it with, but it turns out the problem wasn't with FaceTime but their routers. Since then it's been working great. Better than expected.



    However, I don't see myself using this much more than iChat A/V. Once FaceTime over 3G gets going this could turn out to be pretty useful for showing people other stuff, but right now I'd say it's still a novelty.
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  • Reply 179 of 338
    dtidmoredtidmore Posts: 145member
    I think the interesting thing about Apple's adoption of milled housings is the potential that Apple has found a point of convergence in the cost of CNC vs more typical injection or stamped molding technologies. The CNC machine has the versatility of being programmable to make ANY part out of virtually ANY material within the constraints of its abilities, but the time and cost to make each part remains constant regardless of the volume. Repurposing a CNC machine can be done in minutes, unlike injection or stamping methods so it has an advantage over other methods in that respect. Asia has taken the lead in the production of CNC technology (once pretty much the domain of the US) and advanced it with their keen interest in robotics, and as a result, at the scale needed for production runs such as Apple products, it may well have become cost competitive.



    Why other consumer product manufacturers have not discovered the same is a matter of debate, but a lot of inertia exists with traditional techniques and few companies take the risks that have been the hallmark of Apple. Another possibility is that just as Apple has come to dominate the demand side for flash memory and certain LCDs, they may well have soaked up the CNC machine industry manufacturing capacity, effectively locking others out of the ability to adopt CNC at a mass level.
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  • Reply 180 of 338
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    Originally Posted by Postulant View Post




    Mine works flawlessly, and I'm letting the world know. Others should do the same.



    Mine's working flawlessly also. No complaints.



    @Ireland. Not sure what street your living on but from where I am people are putting their money where their mouths are and buying iP4, despite every national newspaper reporting connectivity/antenna issues.
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