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    News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    In response to the furore over iPhone 4 antenna issues, Apple’s offering free cases to draw a line under the affair.
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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    everyone should return them for refund, screw you apple!

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    Quote Originally Posted by GoNz0 View Post
    everyone should return them for refund, screw you apple!
    The kind of people who buy iphones do want to screw apple... but not in the way you meant... So they probably won't return it, they will slide on the rubber and keep screwing apple products

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    Quote Originally Posted by SiM View Post
    The kind of people who buy iphones do want to screw apple... but not in the way you meant... So they probably won't return it, they will slide on the rubber and keep screwing apple products
    This has made my night lol

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    Quote Originally Posted by GoNz0 View Post
    everyone should return them for refund, screw you apple!
    Alternatively those actually with the phone enjoying them very much indeed will keep them.

    Number of people who've commented in this thread already that have iPhone 4's = 0?

    Tho I did lol at SiM's post

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    Quote Originally Posted by Gordy View Post
    Number of people who've commented in this thread already that have iPhone 4's = 0?
    That's because if we had an iphone 4 we wouldn't be able to browse this site to post a reply

    Sent from my HTC

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    Rofl

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    Quote Originally Posted by SiM View Post
    That's because if we had an iphone 4 we wouldn't be able to browse this site to post a reply

    Sent from my HTC
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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    So the the main reason to buy one is because its pretty, yet now you have to cover it so it works properly...

    ...epic fail

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    Apple had to respond with the building negative effect this whole antenna fiasco was causing and financially speaking this is the cheapest solution compared to a recall or some sort of in shop fix they could be fashioned.

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    News just in, Apple fixes iPhone reception problem with free condom. Correction, free sheath. Ah well, same idea - protect the users from their own stupidity.

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    And this cures the problem how ?

    They are just saying "Yes we knew about the problem, here have a nice case worth 50p"

    They haven't actually addressed the issue.

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    Quote Originally Posted by Behemoth View Post
    And this cures the problem how ?

    They are just saying "Yes we knew about the problem, here have a nice case worth 50p"

    They haven't actually addressed the issue.
    It makes it so the problem doesn't manifest itself, as the user can no longer short the antenna with sweaty hands.



    How long until they introduce kids versions of things?
    To screw yet more money out of parents that have to give their sprogs Apple products.

    Although they might have to carefully think about naming...

    As "iTouch Kids" might put a few people off...
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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    Well they have, because it seems that contact with the antenna (the shiny stainless steel band around the outside) reduces its effectiveness - probably from the bodies own electronic something or other. Breaking the electrical connectivity between the two (in this case with a bit of rubber) stops the problem from occuring.

    Gah, beaten to it by TAKTAK.

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    Jobs then moved on to announce a white iPhone 4 and reveal that a bunch more countries will get the phone soon.
    OMFG, so they call a press conference and say yeah we knew about the problem have a free case for the non-issue, oh btw new iphone4 but in white omgz!

    In this hand I have a product that has a fault, and we knew about it before we launched, its not really a..
    OMFG in my other hand I have a new iphone4 in white..


    Seriously, wtf.

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    Re: News - Apple emergency press conference: free sheaths for all iPhone 4 owners

    lmao

    Press coverage controlled by Apple - good thing.

    Press coverage thats real - bad thing.

    Gotta love Apple.

    Earth to Jobs, if you mess up, expect to get called out on it.

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