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What do you do when complaints about your product reach staggering proportions? If you're Apple you ignore them and begin working on a new model.
According to Scribble, speculation has already started on the iPhone 5’s specifications after the company announced that Benjamin Vigier would be joining the company as head of M-Commerce. It's caused a bit of a commotion around the technology grapevine due to his experience in near field communication (NFC) technology, which if used on the iPhone 5, could potentially turn it into a credit/debit card.
However, before you fanboys get too carried away, it's worth noting that Apple has looked into NFC before. In fact it's filed a few patents concerning this technology including airline boarding pass iTravel as well as an NFC iPhone and iPod controller. And Apple isn't the only one trying this out. Two years ago O2 announced it too was venturing into this field with train ticket NFC communications technology and banks have also looked into this.
We think Mr Jobs however, should concentrate on his iPhone 4 troubles before he even considers his next model.
Other rumours that have hit Apple over the past few months are that the company is planning on releasing three new iPods, including an new iPod Nano, iPod Touch, and a possible replacement for the iPod Shuffle that would incorporate a small 1.7-inch touch screen.
It's also thought the company may release an iPad with a smaller screen.
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Too bad they will let the iPhone broken as it is, I liked the new design, but ith the required case, apple spoiled it.
I'll get a free bumper case for a bit of extra protection and slide-out-of-my-shirt-pocket protection, but other than that, there really is no issue here. I wonder why you want to make it an issue. Android fanboy, perhaps?
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http://www.beatweek.com/news/6896-iphone-4-antenna-issues-not-nearly-as-real-as-verizon-droid-2-antenna-issues/
Excuse me?
Antennagate was manufactured by Apple haters (can you spell Gizmodo? I knew you could) in a futile attempt to stem Apple's success. The story went viral as controversial Apple news generates page hits. But for all the noise, there is little substance.
As millions of satisfied iphone 4 owners, I simply don't suffer from frequent dropped calls. Had it not been for all the adverse publicity, I would never have been aware there was a way to force signal attenuation.
Apple has definitively responded to the issue with an educational press conference, a software update to increase signal strength meter accuracy, a free case program, and a 30 day money back return policy.
iPhone 4s continue to sell as fast as they are made. The return rate is low.
Stop beating a dead horse. There is nothing more for Steve Jobs to "concentrate on".
And of course Apple is "already working on iPhone 5". They probably had been since before iPhone 4 shipped.
Now, this is in Australia, so At&t doesn't enter into the mix.
But it is worth noting that the return rate for the 4, even in the States, is even LESS than it was for the 3gs.
So it ain't broke.
It may not be perfect, is any phone perfect?, but it certainly ain't broke.
I got an iphone 4 just for completing a free trial and telling my friends, you can too: visit http://www.iphone4.net for more info :)
FACT: Millions of people use them everyday. Thousands more each day.
FACT: TechEYE is a propaganda spreading Chinese tech rag.
The bumper is a band-aid solution. Not the sort of (mediocre) solution I would expect from Apple. Very disappointed.
Paul