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From: zoara on 31 Jul 2010 17:15 Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > On 29 July, 17:44, zoara <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> A lot of the anti-anti-Apple sentiment out there inresponse to the >> iPhone's antenna situation is to just get a bumper and stop whinging. >> >> A colleague of mine got his free bumper today and is binning it. His >> headphones don't fit, his car connector doesn't fit, and his home >> speakers don't fit. > > That's not specifically an iPh-4 problem: my 3G in its case won't fit > various chargers, docks etc. You'd think people who designed these > things would realize that people do use cases, and have some kind of > rubbery/foamy inserts that'd grip a naked iPhone securely, but have > sufficient give to take one in a case as well. Cleary, there has to be > a limit on how thick the case can be, but surely they could cater for > a couple of mm. Uhuh. Exactly the reason I've never liked the idea of cases. The "cases can cause issues" thing isn't restricted to the iPhone 4, but it does point out that the "just get a case and move on" isn't always as perfect a solution to the 4's death spot as some people imply. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Martin S Taylor on 2 Aug 2010 04:50 zoara wrote >> That's not specifically an iPh-4 problem: my 3G in its case won't fit >> various chargers, docks etc. You'd think people who designed these >> things would realize that people do use cases, and have some kind of >> rubbery/foamy inserts that'd grip a naked iPhone securely, but have >> sufficient give to take one in a case as well. Cleary, there has to be >> a limit on how thick the case can be, but surely they could cater for >> a couple of mm. > > Uhuh. Exactly the reason I've never liked the idea of cases. > > The "cases can cause issues" thing isn't restricted to the iPhone 4, but > it does point out that the "just get a case and move on" isn't always as > perfect a solution to the 4's death spot as some people imply. I have an iPhone 4 but haven't yet ordered my case. Since there's a choice, which case do people recommend for minimum hassle when connecting headphones, cradles, and such? MST
From: Sak Wathanasin on 2 Aug 2010 11:02 On 31 July, 22:15, zoara <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Sak Wathanasin <s...(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > > On 29 July, 17:44, zoara <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> A lot of the anti-anti-Apple sentiment out there inresponse to the > >> iPhone's antenna situation is to just get a bumper and stop whinging. > > >> A colleague of mine got his free bumper today and is binning it. His > >> headphones don't fit, his car connector doesn't fit, and his home > >> speakers don't fit. > > > That's not specifically an iPh-4 problem... > > Uhuh. Exactly the reason I've never liked the idea of cases. I take the reverse view and won't buy any iPhone accessory that I can't use without having to remove the phone from its case.
From: Jon B on 2 Aug 2010 12:25 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > > On 29 July, 17:44, zoara <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> A lot of the anti-anti-Apple sentiment out there inresponse to the > >> iPhone's antenna situation is to just get a bumper and stop whinging. > >> > >> A colleague of mine got his free bumper today and is binning it. His > >> headphones don't fit, his car connector doesn't fit, and his home > >> speakers don't fit. > > > > That's not specifically an iPh-4 problem: my 3G in its case won't fit > > various chargers, docks etc. You'd think people who designed these > > things would realize that people do use cases, and have some kind of > > rubbery/foamy inserts that'd grip a naked iPhone securely, but have > > sufficient give to take one in a case as well. Cleary, there has to be > > a limit on how thick the case can be, but surely they could cater for > > a couple of mm. > > Uhuh. Exactly the reason I've never liked the idea of cases. > > The "cases can cause issues" thing isn't restricted to the iPhone 4, but > it does point out that the "just get a case and move on" isn't always as > perfect a solution to the 4's death spot as some people imply. > I've got a CaseMate case on my 3GS and it'd only have issues if I had a dock, which I don't. Headphones & charging leads (both Apples and aftermarket for the car/office) fit fine without touching the case. As Woody says it's also more likely to stay where put when on/in the sofa/car etc etc. It also bounces better when dropped on concrete. -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
From: zoara on 3 Aug 2010 10:08 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > On 30/07/2010 11:19, Justin C wrote: >> On 2010-07-29, zoara<me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>> A lot of the anti-anti-Apple sentiment out there inresponse to the >>> iPhone's antenna situation is to just get a bumper and stop > > > whinging. > > I don't think so. Obviously apples responses (and definately steve > jobs responses) show they don't really care about the problem, but it > was as bad before that. I saw "get a bumper and move on" comments on the day this was first reported... >>> Oh, and while I'm here; the most sensible article on the situation > > > that >>> I've seen: http://j.mp/9WISrz >> >> Yes, very good article. I particularly liked: "Nobody talks about > > making >> a "Nexus One killer" or an "HP Slate killer" or a "Zune killer"; > > Apple's >> consumer electronics products become the reference points for their >> fields" in the part where he's written about why people love to knock >> Apple. > > This is true It is. If RIM or Nokia or HTC had released a phone with the exact same design, there wouldn't have been anywhere near as much attention paid to it. Apple seems constantly more newsworthy, whether beleaguered or wildly successful. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
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