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From: Jochem Huhmann on 6 Jul 2010 08:11 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> writes: >> I think Apple knew about this and thought it to be something they can >> get away with. Call it a deliberate design tradeoff. Would have been >> much easier on them if they had included a bumper in the box and got >> the signal bars right from the beginning, though. > > I really can't see them ever considering putting a bumper in the box. > Apple is too design-focused for that kind of kludge. Maybe, but requiring people to actually buy the klugde doesn't make it better. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From: Jochem Huhmann on 6 Jul 2010 08:17 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> writes: >> I really can't see them ever considering putting a bumper in the box. >> Apple is too design-focused for that kind of kludge. > > Well, I would think it would be better than having to go back and > redesiggn the phone, as presumably that would mean they would have to > replace the 2 million already out there Another thing: There's meanwhile a 67-page thread over at the forums at Apple about the proximity sensor not working correctly. Some people have got their phone exchanged four times with a new one and it still doesn't work (the touchscreen goes on and off while keeping the thing to your ear, causing accidental touches, dialing, etc.). If this is a hardware problem, this thing may very well end up as the biggest lemon in smartphone history. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From: Ben Shimmin on 6 Jul 2010 08:27 Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net>: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> writes: >>> I really can't see them ever considering putting a bumper in the box. >>> Apple is too design-focused for that kind of kludge. >> >> Well, I would think it would be better than having to go back and >> redesiggn the phone, as presumably that would mean they would have to >> replace the 2 million already out there > > Another thing: There's meanwhile a 67-page thread over at the forums at > Apple about the proximity sensor not working correctly. Some people have > got their phone exchanged four times with a new one and it still doesn't > work (the touchscreen goes on and off while keeping the thing to your > ear, causing accidental touches, dialing, etc.). If this is a hardware > problem, this thing may very well end up as the biggest lemon in > smartphone history. This one has certainly been garnering less attention than the signal issue, but there's definitely been some bad noise about it too. It sort of seems like it could be a software issue and thus easily fixed, but who knows... Anyone who's keen to get an iPhone 4 right now is pretty brave, if you ask me. 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: Woody on 6 Jul 2010 08:29 Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> writes: > >>> I really can't see them ever considering putting a bumper in the > > > box. >>> Apple is too design-focused for that kind of kludge. >> >> Well, I would think it would be better than having to go back and >> redesiggn the phone, as presumably that would mean they would have to >> replace the 2 million already out there > > Another thing: There's meanwhile a 67-page thread over at the forums > at > Apple about the proximity sensor not working correctly. Some people > have > got their phone exchanged four times with a new one and it still > doesn't > work (the touchscreen goes on and off while keeping the thing to your > ear, causing accidental touches, dialing, etc.). If this is a hardware > problem, this thing may very well end up as the biggest lemon in > smartphone history. And worse for apple, would make the name iPhone tarnished -- Woody
From: Jochem Huhmann on 6 Jul 2010 08:37
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> writes: > This one has certainly been garnering less attention than the signal > issue, but there's definitely been some bad noise about it too. It > sort of seems like it could be a software issue and thus easily fixed, > but who knows... There will be a letter from Apple advising you how to hold it to your ear to make it work ;-) > Anyone who's keen to get an iPhone 4 right now is pretty brave, if you > ask me. Well, you can always try it for a while and give it back then. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |