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Bloomberg: Jobs knew in advance of iPhone antenna risks

Jul 15, 2010 3:23AM PDT

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Yes
Jul 15, 2010 4:03PM PDT

It was obviously thought to be an acceptable compromise for a better peforming antenna. Media hysteria aside.

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Hysteria is exactly the right word for it.
Jul 15, 2010 10:42PM PDT

Its pretty unseemly actually. It does let me know who takes their jobs as journalists seriously (Engadget has done a really good job of reporting the whole story) and who's an attention whoring hack looking to latch onto the news cycle by laying link bait (Gizmodo and lots of the MSM...oh and lets not forget that US Senator who feigned concern to get his name mentioned in the media).

Lets see what Apple proposes today though. I'm betting Apple store credits so people can buy the case of their choosing (similar to the hundred dollar credit after the first iPhone price drop).

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That senator?
Jul 15, 2010 11:41PM PDT

I believe the senator you're talking about is from my state, and he's always, always looking for some cause c

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Apparently he sent the letter AFTER Apple announced today's
Jul 16, 2010 4:31AM PDT

iPhone 4 press event. Not only is he grandstanding, he way late. I guess it matter to constituents who are actually impressed by such blatant examples of political theater.

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(NT) correction: "doesn't" matter
Jul 16, 2010 4:33AM PDT
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I was close. Free cases for all.
Jul 17, 2010 5:09AM PDT
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I think I DID get it right, lol
Jul 17, 2010 11:59PM PDT
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Anandtech
Jul 17, 2010 1:20PM PDT
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True, no hysteria...BUT
Jul 18, 2010 12:00AM PDT

The overarching message from Anand is that Apple blew it on the honesty front, and had their first legitimate "Microsoft Moment", in his words. That's the real takeaway for me from that article, which also does a good job of pointing out antenna strengths pre/post bumper.

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Good article. Can't disagree with any of it.
Jul 18, 2010 1:45AM PDT

My takeaway from the whole situation is this: Apple knew what they were doing, they weighed the pros and cons of the new antenna design and they took a bit of a gamble and that gamble has bitten them. This gamble makes the phone perform better for the majority of users and perform worse for a relatively small minority. It the kind of tradeoff companies make everyday. But then again companies are now dealing with a world where a unhappy minority can become very loud very fast on the net so they must tread carefully.

None of the people I know anywhere in the country are having reception issues. Every one of them has reported that they no longer have dropped calls like they did on their old iPhones. If that's the result of a "design flaw" then I say bring the flaws on.