Is Apple Announcing an iPhone 4 Recall Friday? [Rumormonger]
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Apple has invited members of the press to a “special press conference” this Friday regarding the iPhone 4. Friday is the day to dump bad news. Is this the iPhone 4 recall? More »
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@TheRant: why is that? (its at 10am PST- fyi)
mr_mr
@TheloniousFunk: Yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what actually happened. The disguise case was a very clever idea, but oops!
c_to
@NigelAstydameia: Or they’ll launch the iPhone 5.
EmLocke
@c_to: my guess is that they missed this in real world use because everyone had to masquerade their demo units in 3Gs cases – covered the problem spot.
I really think that’s what happened. That and Apple’s instance on everything being ‘just so’ on the visible end of things. Must. Look. Cool.
TheloniousFunk
@Kazuhite: My suggestion? ‘softer’ screen covers work better. They go on better and stick better but they mar up easier and look rougher quicker. It’s the trade off to getting it on there the first time and not having the edges come up as easy and get dust and dirt in there.
The worst/shortest lived screen protectors for me a (all devices, going back years) has been the really stiff ones.*
*that’s what she said
TheloniousFunk
@MrHaroHaro: except for the fact that our temps don’t get paid if they don’t work. not sure how a temp wage pays for a $200 cell phone, either.
obfuscator
@Mothergooch: Haha, awesome.
Aaron Altman
Am I the only person who totally loves my iPhone? I havn’t experienced any problems yet…and I’m a lefty.
Natalymorusa
@naugahydeinplainsight: The Gawkerers I miss. You’re among them, and this is why.
Aaron Altman
@Greasy Thumb Guzik: As a Cube owner and fan, I would love that.
MrHaroHaro
@obfuscator: I thought that made for a smart temp. Realizes his own unimportance and takes advantage of it.
MrHaroHaro
If the press conference is 2pm or later, then it’s a recall.
TheRant
$10 says it’s the CDMA iPhone 4. If they release this I guarantee you won’t hear about the antenna issues for at least 6 months while everyone jumps to VZW.
(Ok I don’t really think it will be a VZW iPhone but I figured I’d throw that in there anyway)
theamdman
@MadEye: The most obvious solution is free bumpers for all those affected by the issue, and a slight hardware update for all new phones sold. If you bitch, you may be able to get the slightly updated model.
Any more than that and I’d be surprised.
CarbonatedFalcon
@Murray Hewitt: Eat up Martha.
ReginaPhalange
NSFW!
lolita.d.haze
@naugahydeinplainsight: Oh my lord. I was trying to think of where I had seen that precise composition in a photo, and you are spot on!
unfriended
GlasgowRose
iF**kedup
tastes_like_burning
Somehow if a recall occurs, Apple fan-bois will somehow look at this and thank Apple for their munificence.
Winston Smith
Great.
I can hardly contain myself for live blog after live blog; anonymous tips from anonymous tipsters; grainy video footage from a cell phone off a tech blog site.
All in the name of covering Apple’s next “big” press conference.
grahamillion
Clearly Apple is going to announce that the only sure-fire fix for the antennae problem is to spread ‘em, and plant the phone squarely up your own ass.
PanderBare
Based on that picture, it seems the problem with the iPhone is Hanging Chads.
naugahydeinplainsight
@Greasy Thumb Guzik: HA HA HA HA!!!
That70sDude
Maybe they’re reimbursing their customers.
“Our product kind of sucks so here is your soul back. Our bad.”
CamelToe
@miakoda30: Bite into that nice Juche Apple!
Graviton1066
a temp at my office left work at 11:30 because his iphone 4 was arriving today. dork.
obfuscator
Hilarious. I can’t wait to laugh at all my early adopter friends who have already given away/sold their 3Gs.
loudrockmusic
@Greasy Thumb Guzik: HA! I always wanted one just because they’re cute.
Vodka7
@Graviton1066: I love iPhone 4. It is the best. There is no better device on the planet.
It’s already working!
miakoda30
@AnnieGetYourFun: Also fratboys that leave things behind in bars.
c_to
Never mind this iPhone shit: look at that guy’s fingernails!
the_lerpa
No way this is a recall. They’d give out free bumpers to everyone, which resolves this issue altogether, before they would recall the iPhone.
This is the best synopsis I’ve heard of this situation:
Sorry, But This Whole iPhone 4 Antenna Thing Is A Non-Issue And Will Blow Over.
MadEye
They’re going to replace them all with the Cubes that have been sitting in the back of the warehouse all those years.
Greasy Thumb Guzik
This has likely been asked about seven million times, but who runs their quality assurance division, drunken badgers?
AnnieGetYourFun
@miakoda30:
Graviton1066
@TubeTruckr: Hey, hey. There are blogger doors to be broken down.
AnnieGetYourFun
It really is going to be pretty amusing if we get two days of hullabaloo & theories about the reception/antenna problems and the conference ends up just being a release date announcement for the white iPhone 4.
garfep
@youareabsurd: just make sure to hold the phone in the proper manner or else you won’t be able to be pissed
LoveHandles
It sounds like Steve finally made the call to pull out his second-to-last resort: the Hypnosis App. All the ‘select press’ will be writing positive reviews of iPhone 4 come Monday. Mark my words.
miakoda30
If it is, I’m going to murder someone because I’ve been running around for two days, spending about 100 dollars on different ones, trying to get a goddamn protective screen for my iPhone what didn’t die when I put it on: I eventually just paid someone to put it on.
Kazuhite
Judging from that picture, the plan is to have of ET heal the broken antennas.
Murray Hewitt
They’re going to announce a police investigation of Consumer Reports.
TubeTruckr
It’s the day where they’ll be releasing their new app, iPissed. It conveys all the emotional attitudes of iPhone 4 purchasers.
youareabsurd
Do what I do and wrap a condom on your phone when you use it.
Sharkbreath
@anchower: call who, no way
urg
pyrrhic
Every iPhone 4 is being replaced with an Apple Newton.
-Sont form my mewton
Murray Hewitt
@anchower: Oh, Anchower! Always so beamish!
Mothergooch
If history is any indication they’ll announce that everybody can go fuck themselves.
NigelAstydameia
@Mothergooch: O frabjous day!
anchower