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From: Jim on 7 Jul 2010 03:51 On 2010-07-07, Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > On 7 July, 07:33, Ian McCall <i...(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > > >> Roll on iPhone 5. > > There won't be an iPhone 5 if they don't sort this and soon. Idle thought, but I wonder how much of this signal snafu is due to Apple field testing units my putting them in fake 3GS cases, and thereby (unknowingly) avoiding the problem? Seems very unlikely but stranger things have happened. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Peter Ceresole on 7 Jul 2010 04:01 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Idle thought, but I wonder how much of this signal snafu is due to Apple > field testing units my putting them in fake 3GS cases, and thereby > (unknowingly) avoiding the problem? > > Seems very unlikely but stranger things have happened. It seems very likely to me. Failure to get the test conditions right is a very well known cause of horror. Best known case would be Thalidomide, which has eventually turned out to be a useful drug, but not for the original purpose, and in which the dreadful effects on fetal growth weren't noticed at the start. An iPhone isn't remotely in the same category, but it seems quite likely that their testing did involve unrealistic circumstances of that kind. -- Peter
From: Ben Shimmin on 7 Jul 2010 04:06 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>: > On 2010-07-07, Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: >> On 7 July, 07:33, Ian McCall <i...(a)eruvia.org> wrote: >>> Roll on iPhone 5. >> >> There won't be an iPhone 5 if they don't sort this and soon. > > Idle thought, but I wonder how much of this signal snafu is due to Apple > field testing units my putting them in fake 3GS cases, and thereby > (unknowingly) avoiding the problem? > > Seems very unlikely but stranger things have happened. It's a possible explanation, but don't you think it's a ridiculous one? b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: Jim on 7 Jul 2010 04:14 On 2010-07-07, Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: >> >> Idle thought, but I wonder how much of this signal snafu is due to Apple >> field testing units my putting them in fake 3GS cases, and thereby >> (unknowingly) avoiding the problem? >> >> Seems very unlikely but stranger things have happened. > > It's a possible explanation, but don't you think it's a ridiculous one? Oh, absolutely. It's just that I wouldn't be surprised to find that that's at least _some_ of the cause. From what I hear, AT&T's signal is very strong around Apple's locations, so inhouse caseless units may not have exhibitted the symptoms. Mind you, you'd have hoped they were looking at raw numbers, not signal bars, and therefore would have seen the numbers drop. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Peter Ceresole on 7 Jul 2010 05:45
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > > Idle thought, but I wonder how much of this signal snafu is due to Apple > > field testing units my putting them in fake 3GS cases, and thereby > > (unknowingly) avoiding the problem? > > > > Seems very unlikely but stranger things have happened. > > It's a possible explanation, but don't you think it's a ridiculous one? It doesn't seem to me to be ridiculous in the slightest. -- Peter |