I just felt like posting a few links to articles about the “wonderful” iPhone4. Some of these you may question but mind you, they are real. Maverick didn’t believe one of them and tried it on a friends (the reception problem). Really Apple? Did you make ANY calls with this before releasing it? I find it extremely hard to believe that noone there noticed that the signal disappeared while it was in the user’s hand. Was every tester using a bluetooth headset? Were they all fascinated by the “Facetime” video calling with it laying on a table? This is ridiculous. “Oh, let’s just sell it, it’s the iPhone4. They’ll buy it no matter what’s wrong with it. Our fans will follow us regardless of our problems. We’re ingrained too much into their lives with iTunes for them to give up on us now.”

  1. iPhone4 Reception problems (Apple tries to encourage “hands-free” phone calls *by preventing use in hand*) Wired.com Article Explanation
  2. iPhone4 precious “Retina” display has had it’s share of controversy due to the poor choice of wording. But now it shows it’s REAL colors (yellow primarily).
  3. iOS 4 Causing Frustrated Adopters
  4. iPhone breaks on second drop; “Gorilla Glass” my ass…
  5. iOS 4 Multi-tasking a big letdown
  6. Privacy violations?

And just for fun…the banned iPhone4 promo vid

Update:

Steve Jobs’s response (as seen @TechCruch……@Engadget) to the reception issue.

Just avoid holding it that way.

Also, a friend of mine brought up a good point. The field testers for the iPhone probably didn’t notice the problem because of those camouflaged 3GS look-a-like covers they had on them when testing. With that on, noone would have been touching the metal band. Oh if only someone had realized it was going to be a problem (Thanks Professor Gert).

Update:

Response to Jobs’s response…@Engadget

You’re holding it wrong. We’re only holding it the way you showed us.