You've probably seen this, but for those who haven't: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366031,00.asp
For once it seems that the tech press isn't just taking Apple's pronouncements at face value. Could it be that this is the first true scandal that Apple has bungled enough to make the apple turn a bit brown? We'll see. It's amazing to me how much their response is like "these are not the droids you are looking for" no pun intended! Obviously the whole bar issue is something that should be fixed, but I also think that it's likely Apple actually did this intentionally to try to fool people into thinking their phone gets better reception than it really does. Furthermore, I don't understand how Apple can suggest there isn't a hardware issue given that many can reproduce the bars going down by putting their hand on the antenna. If it was just a bar inaccuracy, it should be constantly inaccurate, not just innacurate when someone puts there hand on the antenna. Obviously doing that is causing some real change in reception regardless of whether there's a general inaccuracy, am I right? Apple should just fess up and offer bumpers (or something else that's cheaper that they come up with) for anyone with this issue. Yes, it'll cost them, but how many times do companies have to learn that it's best to take a hit early rather than let something fester and eventually make people fed up and start eroding your reputation. Maybe Apple hasn't learned this yet because their deft (up till now) PR department has been able to handle any challenge, and a huge number of people have decided to forgive Apple their faults due to how slick and shiny their products have been. I wonder if this is going to be a turning point for them where people finally see through all the arrogance and smugness and start actually refusing to put up with it, no matter how pretty their products are... Levi Wallach blog: http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.com tweet me @dvdmon (http://twitter.com/dvdmon) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
