iphone 4 mad dash........

[Second Chance]

Well Apple guess more people wish to have the new iphone than ya'll expected...........lol. Major issues arose on the June 15th, pre order day, I was able to pre order mine, but no telling if I will be receiving it or even getting it shipped on June 24th. Guess we will just wait and see.............did anyone else get the honor of trying all day to try and pre order one??...........;-)

http://drippler.com/apple_iphone_3gs...malfunctions’/

[Earphone Guy]

I wasn't able to preorder, but I reserved mine. Got to my local mall about 5:30AM, was in the mall by 6. Apple was handing out Smart water and burritos. Had my breakfast and I was in the store by 7:15 and out by 7:30.

And I must say, it is AHHHHHH-MAZING!

[Xiphos]

Remember when you are losing your signal and data connection, Apple says you're holding it wrong, it's not their design flaw.

[MacLean]

I can't believe those dumbasses didn't actually talk to someone who understood radio before they designed the case.

The RF engineers are probably giving the stink eye to the case design department.

[pgg]

I've heard now that if you use an external case it eliminates that problem. Don't know. I'll hold off until it is resolved though

[phantasm]

wannabe elitist sheep

[Trojan 42]

I thought you US Cops were always complaining you need to work second jobs? But you can still afford the latest gadgets!

It's just a phone, and one that doesn't work too well at that!

I'll stick to my two tin cans and a length of string.

[Second Chance]

I've had mine for days now and have not had one problem........;-)

[cajunguy]

I'll stick to my two tin cans and a length of string.

Dang, you mean England has evolved beyond smoke signals (that they borrowed from the American Indians)?

Holy hi-tech, Batman!


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[Earphone Guy]

Remember when you are losing your signal and data connection, Apple says you're holding it wrong, it's not their design flaw.

How and where did you get my picture?!?

Seriously, I have seen complaints on the antenna, however I have it in the bumper case I have had zero issues. The call quality is incredible. It's simply an awesome phone.

[phantasm]

I dont' have an iphone, but don't complain that I need to work a 2nd job. I live comfortably, and pay my mortgage.

[Local]

I would love an iPhone, but that would require me switching from Sprint. Not to mention, if I switched to AT&T's iPhone data plan, the cost of my plan per month would go up by over $40. No, thank you! If AT&T had a more affordable data plan, I might consider making the switch when my contract expires with Sprint.

[CTR man]

Dang, you mean England has evolved beyond smoke signals (that they borrowed from the American Indians)?

Holy hi-tech, Batman!

It could be worse. They could be sounding off across the cliffs like the cavemen used to do.

(So easy a Caveman could do it?)

[Trojan 42]

Dang, you mean England has evolved beyond smoke signals (that they borrowed from the American Indians)?

Holy hi-tech, Batman!


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Well the British invented the phone.

[121Traffic]

A shiftmate of mine is an iPhone fanboy...preordered, and waited for the FedEx guy the day it arrived, actually almost making himself late for work. I messed with it. It feels nice and solid in the hand, and looks pretty cool, but after that no thanks. No bezel around the glass seems like it will be more trouble than it's worth, specifically the back side glass, which apparently isn't the Gorilla Glass used on the face. I'm also no RF genius, but it seems the problem lies in the "buffer" between the two antennae bands, and anything that "completes the circuit" for lack of a better term, and connects the two bands electrically. Any conductive material would do this...INCLUDING A HUMAN HAND COVERED WITH SALTY, GREASY, IP4 FANBOY PALM SWEAT!

In all seriousness, that's a pretty serious, and stupidly easy to avoid, design flaw. I bet all it would have taken was to cover the metal surfaces with a thin layer of a non-conductive enamel of some kind to insulate the actual surfaces of the antennae.

[121Traffic]

And boy was he ever pissed when I updated my iPod Touch's software to the same OS his brand new IP4 came with. Wow, you're new phone can multitask?? So can my iPod!

[Odd]

And boy was he ever pissed when I updated my iPod Touch's software to the same OS his brand new IP4 came with. Wow, you're new phone can multitask?? So can my iPod!

Wish mine could. Or rather, wish I hadn't updated mine to iOS4. (Version 2, 16 gig) Went from being a philosophically annoying, but user experience hard to find fault in, to a laggy piece of crap gadget that crashes more than Windows 95.

So why don't I just restore it back to iOS 3.1.3? Can't! Steve decreed no go-backs.

I give Apple all the credit they're due for creating the smart phone category that is the current playground for mobile computing devices. But damnit all, someone come out with a 5" tablet that I can install Android, Windows phone 7, whatever on. I'd give Apple's OS a chance there, but they wouldn't let me. So, f'em

[121Traffic]

They need to fire their PR department.

Apple `stunned' to find iPhones show too many bars

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple Inc. said Friday that it was "stunned" to find that its iPhones have for years been using a "totally wrong" formula to determine how many bars of signal strength they are getting.

Apple said that's the reason behind widespread complaints from users that the latest model, iPhone 4, can show a sudden plunge in signal strength when they hold it in a way that covers a small black strip on one edge of the phone. Users have jokingly called this the "death grip" for the phone.

That drop seems exaggerated because the phone can wrongly display four or five bars of signal strength when it shouldn't, Apple said.

"Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place," the company said in a statement to users.

Apple `stunned' to find iPhones show too many bars - Yahoo! Finance

This translates to roughly "Our phone actually has shittier reception than we thought, and all those places you thought you had a strong signal, it was actually mid- to low-grade and we were misrepresenting it. But, your grip still has the ability to drop even that mediocre signal strength, so you're still holding it wrong."

[MacLean]

Well the British invented the phone.

You fucking *know* I won't let you get away with that

[Autumn2009]

I've spent the whole morning trying to get my iPhone 3G to upgrade to the new iOS 4.0 software. The thing keeps getting stuck on backing up the phone. Apparently it's glitch thousands of people are having and Apple is denying it's possible.