No iPhone 4 thread?

[Furr]

lol at iPhone antenna fail, you would have thought they'd have test that?!

 

[MYstIC G]

lol at iPhone antenna fail, you would have thought they'd have test that?!

Apple don't do "real world" testing unless you count leaving stuff in bars. As for iOS bricking your old phone, that's always a possibility with any update of this nature.

 

[soze]

We got a iphone 4 in work for testing and its nice. Its like "my first smartphone" not nearly as many options for idiot users to screw up.

 

[Krazeh]

According to Engadget Apple have responded to the issue by telling people that they should either change how they hold the phone or buy a bumper case (which Apple are handily selling). So there you have it, you now have to adjust yourself to suit your phone rather than adjust the phone to suit you. I imagine it won't be long till Apple are marketing it as some super-impressive feature that again leads the market.

 

[Tom]

Lmfao. All we need now is a right-arm amputee to sue Apple on the grounds of discrimination.

 

[Cyradix]

hmmm.... I'm right handed but I always hold my phone with my left hand to my left ear. No iphone for me??

 

[Embattle]

In essence the shinny new great antenna that goes round the outside has a problem when you grip it.

 

[old.user4556]

Yet more stories of epic failure.

I Accidentally Broke My iPhone 4 On Day One

First iPhone 4 Broken After One-Foot Drop

The supposed super tough glass is rubbish.

 

[Tom]

I dropped my Nokia 6310i about 346 times. Not once did anything on it break, ever.

So much for progress.

 

[Ch3tan]

The original iphone was also very durable, silly Apple.

 

[Rulke]

I dropped my Nokia 6310i about 346 times. Not once did anything on it break, ever.

So much for progress.

One of those old fashioned phones you could hold with either hand eh?

 

[Tom]

You have to wonder. Was the real reason that Jobs's phone didn't connect to WiFi at the release because of "interference" like he said, or because he was holding it incorrectly?

 

[Bodhi]

Gripping any mobile phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone.

Err, I'm sorry Apple but it isn't a fact of life with every phone - my Satio doesn't care how you hold it. But then again it was designed as a mobile phone, not a shiny penis extension for lamers to sit in Stabucks and use.

 

[old.user4556]

When Apple said that "It changes everything. Again", I never knew it meant holding it.

For the record, my Hero has been bumped and dropped a lot; it's only suffered from a couple of scraped corners.

 

[Raven]

Never had a problem with any phone I have ever owed with the way I hold it... Jacobs is a genius though, sell utter shit to cardigan wearing media types who lap it up, anyone with any clue doesn't go anywhere near an apple product.

 

[Aada]

Never had a problem with any phone I have ever owed with the way I hold it... Jacobs is a genius though, sell utter shit to cardigan wearing media types who lap it up, anyone with any clue doesn't go anywhere near an apple product.

While i probably wouldn't buy another iPhone simply because they are far too expensive i have to say since selling my 3GS and going for the Desire i am starting to miss my 3GS.

This is because i found the iPhone/iTunes combo makes it a lot less hassle free to get music/movies onto my phone without pissing about copying/pasting files onto my memory card on my Desire.

Oh and BBC iplayer runs like a sack of shit on the Desire too and pretty much any other phone i've had.

Don't get me wrong i like my gadgets and i like fiddling around with them but Apple wins because of ease of use+pretty phone beats anything else hands down that's why they are dominating the market and will do for probably the next 10 bloody years until a company gets off their arse and starts to look at why the iPhone is so successful and beat them to the next thing that people want.

It comes down to this at the end of the day: iTunes+Pretty phone+getting everything from iTunes in a click of a button = win.

 

[soze]

While i probably wouldn't buy another iPhone simply because they are far too expensive i have to say since selling my 3GS and going for the Desire i am starting to miss my 3GS.

This is because i found the iPhone/iTunes combo makes it a lot less hassle free to get music/movies onto my phone without pissing about copying/pasting files onto my memory card on my Desire.

Oh and BBC iplayer runs like a sack of shit on the Desire too and pretty much any other phone i've had.

Don't get me wrong i like my gadgets and i like fiddling around with them but Apple wins because of ease of use+pretty phone beats anything else hands down that's why they are dominating the market and will do for probably the next 10 bloody years until a company gets off their arse and starts to look at why the iPhone is so successful and beat them to the next thing that people want.

It comes down to this at the end of the day: iTunes+Pretty phone+getting everything from iTunes in a click of a button = win.

Not meaning to derail. But the Amazon MP3 Download software (Downloads onto the memory card) works as well as iTunes and is normally a bit cheaper. Then using bTunes on the HTC it even looks like an ipod

 

[Jiggs]

Never had a problem with any phone I have ever owed with the way I hold it... Jacobs is a genius though, sell utter shit to cardigan wearing media types who lap it up, anyone with any clue doesn't go anywhere near an apple product.

Come on, those crackers are pretty tasty though.

 

[Rulke]

YouTube - iPhone4 vs HTC Evo

 

[Zenith.UK]

Not meaning to derail. But the Amazon MP3 Download software (Downloads onto the memory card) works as well as iTunes and is normally a bit cheaper. Then using bTunes on the HTC it even looks like an ipod

There's also doubletwist for syncing media with your 'droid phone. It even transcodes video to a viewable format while copying it over.

 

[Tom]

Apple's iPhone 4: Thoroughly Reviewed - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

 

[Chilly]

YouTube - iPhone4 vs HTC Evo

That's fucking quality.

Also, when I drop my phone (htc magic) it falls apart into 3-4 bits, thus absorbing the shock. Since apple phones are welded, and made of fucking glass, they are bound to explode when you drop them, the energy has to go somewhere.

 

[Embattle]

BBC News - iPhone 4 signal fault leaves Apple 'stunned'

 

[Scouse]

I noticed apple's spin is that they're incorrectly calculating signal strength.

They may well be, a nice full signal strength is nice to see on a phone, and considering all apple products are about "nice to see"...

 

[Ch3tan]

BBC News - iPhone 4 signal fault leaves Apple 'stunned'

Wow that's the biggest load of marketing bullshit I've ever seen. Apple fans will lap it up.

 

[ECA]

YouTube - iPhone4 vs HTC Evo

The guy who made this has been suspended from his job pending disciplinary action. ( He works at best buy ).

 

[old.user4556]

source?

 

[ECA]

Best Buy Wants to Fire Employee For His iPhone 4 vs. HTC EVO Video

 

[Rulke]

hehe

 

[Ch3tan]

New Futurama, episode 3. That is all