News - Apple being kinder to competitors

[HEXUS]

Apple removes videos of rival handsets from ‘antennagate’ page.

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[kalniel]

iCaramba

[TheAnimus]

its amazing that they still don't have to fix the issue.

or admit putting a live antenna that could be so easily due tuned in a prominent place was a tard like mistake.

even a bigger cap, using the corner might have been enough to stop this....

[jim]

People of the jury.

I accept that I may have murdered a person (or possibly two), but here's a picture of Stalin. He murdered millions.

So really, in the great scheme of things, I don't think I did much wrong, and you should stop getting so caught up over it.

I rest my case.

[.havoc]

yet videos posted by Apple on the website seemed to suggest otherwise, with different handsets losing reception when held.

Said it before and will say it again - the test Apple did wasn't holding the phones...its squeezing the freaking life out of them (you can tell by the pressure against the guys thumb!). My brother has an iphone 4...i held it very lightly in my hand...like i hold my own phone...and shockingly...signal dropped to nothing.

Keep digging Apple...

[finlay666]

iPhone 4 was field-tested in nearly every possible coverage scenario across different vendor and carrier equipment all over the world.

Since when did leaving your top secret prototype phone in a bar after a piss up become field-testing?

[finlay666]

Well they did say "nearly every possible coverage scenario"... apparently they covered a piss up and lost phone but somehow forgot to test people holding the phone with more than 1 finger.

I found their perfect user



Plenty of money, no hand to cause reception issues

[Rob_B]

but thats his right hand.....

[finlay666]

but thats his right hand.....

(I knew I missed something)

then he is doubly screwed, has to hold it in the deathgrip and scratch the screen to use it!

[jim]

They'd probably sell him a hook-holder for £20

[miniyazz]

When they field-tested them, didn't they have them in iphone 3G cases to make them look normal? Meaning there was no antenna issue?

[jim]

Pretty much, yep

[Barkotron]

"The antenna page now solely features a video of Apple's testing labs, which the company has reportedly ploughed more than $100m into. It is said to feature 17 different chambers to measure wireless performance."

And they _still_ managed to ship with a massive design flaw. Magical and revolutionary testing procedures, oh yes.