iPhone 4 - a day early!

[Betamax001]

I think once I finish college and once I get a job or something and have to pay for my own cell phone, I will try to get an iPhone. By then it will probably be iPhone 8 or something

[christoph]

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[Niode]

Well, Apple didn't really have to do anything since the problem affected such a small amount of people. I guarantee that the vast majority of people complaining are looking for something to complain about. People love a scandal I guess.

The fact that Apple/Jobs put their hands up and said sorry earns them a lot of kudos in my book. A lot of other companies (Ahem, Sony) are so deluded that when they release a product they simply will not admit fault (just look at the problems with dead pixels the PSP had, again, only affected a small amount of people, but Sony simply would not replace the screen, saying that it's a problem with LCDs in general. It was a bit rich considering that Samsung at the time had a replacement policy if you had just 1 single dead pixel on your screen). The free bumper will hopefully shut people up since the problem disappears when you use one. Seriously though, who isn't protecting their phone with some sort of case? I wouldn't dream of risking damage to such an expensive device. Especially when you consider the insane second hand market on iPhones. I sold my mint condition 18 month old iPhone 3G a week before the iPhone 4 came out for £255 cash and they picked it up from me because they wanted it so much. That simply doesn't happen with other phones, even smart phones. Anybody risking damage on their iPhone is just a moron. You might as well throw your money away.

[jeffro11]

The phone shouldn't be made out of glass as a general rule. I prefer plastic that can be dropped and not shatter.

If your job keeps you inside at a nice cozy cubicle or desk an iPhone makes sense. Any other job that requires physical work, the iPhone makes no sense as you'll probably ending up breaking it eventually. I've dropped my phone countless times from up in the joists when I'm running wire for a customer (electrician). If it was an iPhone it would be dead by now.

[Niode]

The phone shouldn't be made out of glass as a general rule. I prefer plastic that can be dropped and not shatter.

If your job keeps you inside at a nice cozy cubicle or desk an iPhone makes sense. Any other job that requires physical work, the iPhone makes no sense as you'll probably ending up breaking it eventually. I've dropped my phone countless times from up in the joists when I'm running wire for a customer (electrician). If it was an iPhone it would be dead by now.

Well that's just common sense. Somebody who works in that kind of industry is unlikely to need/want a smartphone. Or at least has a spare phone that (s)he uses whilst at work. I agree that while the glass looks very nice, it does look fragile. Actually holding it in my hands it feels very sturdy. Solid. I wouldn't like to drop it though. So far haven't dropped it (touch wood) but the old iPhones were quite susceptible to screen damage from droppage. I know somebody who dropped it only a few feet to the floor and it shattered the entire front screen (iPhone 3GS) he even tried to break it's fall with his foot and it still completely fractured. Luckily the phone still worked, it just wasn't very comfortable to use. So yeah, I don't think it's any more fragile than previous iPhones. Personally, I think the iPhone 4 has been victimised quite a bit by press, I don't really know why, maybe they are jealous of their success or they just want a giant to fall. All I can really say for sure is that my iPhone 4 works fine and I'm 100% satisfied with it.

[Octopod]

Actually never mind. Not relevant.

[Limewater]

For those further interested in "Antennagate," here are a couple of interesting links.

The first is a field test conducted by some antenna engineers using better methodology than the Consumer Reports test. Their results do support the conclusions of Consumer Reports, however.

http://www.antennasys.com/antennasys-bl ... nator.html

And here is an IEEE podcast interviewing the guy who ran the above experiment. It's from the IEEE, but it's really very accessible. You don't need to know much at all about wireless communication to follow it.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/teleco ... na-problem