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After panic broke out over a potential flaw in the iPhone 4.0, an Apple press conference was announced. A potential iPhone recall was on a lot of minds, but there can be no iPhone recall. However, iPhone 4.0 owners can get a free case for their phone to counteract the antenna problems. Apple CEO Steve Jobs addressed the antenna also as some other issues at the Apple press conference.
It is called Antennagate
You can get a transcript on the Wall Street Journal website. Steve Jobs began by saying the problem is endiemci to smartphones and not just to the iPhone 4.0. He pointed out that other smartphones, like the Blackberry, have the very same problem. Jobs did admit the iPhone 4.0 dropped more calls than the iPhone 3GS, but less than one more per 100 calls.
What will Apple do over it?
There are bumpers you can buy, but not enough of them. You can get a free case from Apple if you bought an iPhone 4.0. The offer could be good until Sept 30, and any person who bought bumpers can get a refund for the bumpers and a free case. Those who bough third party cases for their iPhone 4.0 are out of luck. Anybody in the next 30 days who wants to return their iPhone 4.0 can get a full refund.
What Antennagate was all about
The gist of Antennagate was that a common imperfection in smartphones was found within the iPhone 4.0. It drops an almost negligent amount of calls more than the iPhone 3GS. Half of one percent of iPhone buyers complained about the flaw. The media, tapping into a reserve of Schadenfreude, exploited it.
Apple is working on fixing it and spent $ 100 million designing the antenna to begin with. AT and T reported fewer than 2 percent of iPhone 4.0 buyers returned their phone, but 6 percent of iPhone 3GS buyers did.
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