Does your brand new prized iPhone 4 not work as advertised? Did all the cool things Steve Jobs was able to do in his demonstration at WWDC 2010 not quite translate to your iPhone you just shelled out some decent bucks for ? As harsh as it sounds – get in line. Right now Steve Jobs likely has a mile long line of lackeys waiting to get punched in the face. If the pre-order debacle wasn’t enough, the obvious glaring smack you in the face problems users are rapidly discovering is enough to send a CEO over the edge.
One of the really cool things about the iPhone 4 was the wraparound stainless steel antennae band. The problem is if too much of your hand covers that band, you lose bars which means strong signals go weak and weak signals all too often go poof! How does a five bar signal going to one bar in under a minute sound? If it sounds like a problem then you are correct. For some reason the problem seems to be more predominate when the iPhone 4 is held in the left hand which caused a ton of weird theories as to why – but did anyone stop to think that most people are right handed and hold their phone in the left to leave their dominant hand free? Just a crazy notion.
How would you feel if your awesome retina display screen powered on and the edges of the unit were discolored with a yellow tint? Okay, suppose it was just one corner of the screen? Would that be enough to be ticked off still? What good is the retina display if it has a creeping yellow splotch?
How about durability? What if you dropped your iPhone 4 from a dizzying height of one foot – 12 inches people – and the glass ceramic back just shattered. How about if you put it in your empty pocket, pulled it out, and the display already showed scratches? Would that be something reasonable to have a problem with?
Mind you, these are problems people are identifying within mere hours of getting an iPhone 4 in their hands. Will more issues be found once they actually start running apps and putting the iPhone 4 through its paces? More than likely the answer is yes. That is not because other big problems have been identified, but rather because everything new winds up having glitches. Some will be easy to fix, and others….who knows?
AT&T has immediately pointed the finger of blame at Apple for the signal problems. Apple has been quiet but those fabulous “unnamed Apple sources” are pointing the finger of blame at AT&T for having lousy tower coverage. Maybe the problem really