iPhone 4 Reception Recall Ruckus Roundup

Readers today have been sending tons of stories about the iPhone 4, so here are a few of the highlights: Following the Consumers Reports announcement that the iPhone has antenna problems, Andy Patrizio asks if Apple can withstand the pressure to recall, while CNet estimates that a recall would cost them $1.5B. But that's just the latest on the iPhone 4 — the long running carrier exclusivity lawsuit rumors have been upgraded to Class Action status.

Re:Stock price is falling too

[dintech]

iPhone 4 Reception Recall Ruckus Roundup

I'm more interested in why CmdrTaco sounds like the narrator from Wacky Races.

Re:Stock price is falling too

[Enderandrew]

"learn a new way to hold a phone" means don't hold the phone how we hold it in every commercial/ad for the iPhone 4, where they touch the bottom left. - Steve

Signals

[Wowsers]

So what we're saying is that the new iPhone is getting a bad reception??? :)

Re:Recall? No way!

[east coast]

I was thinking more along the lines of a free iPhone app.

Re:Recall? No way!

[ProppaT]

An iPhone app depicting the correct way to hold the iPhone, followed by another class action lawsuit started by people who couldn't download the "You're Doing It Wrong!" app because, well, they were doing it wrong.

Re:Stock price is falling too

[erroneus]

Previously I made this remark on the subject:

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1716900&cid=32881054 [slashdot.org]

It would seem my guesses, assumptions and observations are bearing out. Apple has extended itself too far beyond its fan base and has gone into the jungle of varied user types with varied expectations, varied tolerances, varied temperments and varied mentalities.

Apple once worked within its cult. Growing outside of that is proving difficult. Trying to push that cult into the hearts and minds of new users is also proving difficult.

CNet estimates that a A recall would cost them

[tomhudson]

CNet estimates that a A recall would cost them $1.5B

It would cost them a LOT more than that. If the letter A were recalled, they'd be Pple Corportion.

And they'd sell iPds instead of iPads. Their stock symbol would have to change from AAPL to PL - but that's taken, and so is PPL. PPLE is available, but pple.com is owned by a squatter.

And it's not just Apple. If the letter A were recalled:

1. Canada becomes Cnd.
2. The planet Mrs? I though women were from Venus!
3. Caucasian sounds kind of dirty when you're a kid - but nowhere near as bad as Cucsin.
4. Barack Obama becoms Brck Obm
5. Barbara becomes Brbr (sounds more like an abbreviation for bathroom break).
6. The United States of America becomes United Sttes of Meric.
7. email becoms emil - sounds french
8. spam is no longer spam
9. who wants to ride in an uto, a trin, or a plne - but a bot sounds fun
10. when you die, you're ded, and they hold a wke to celebrte.
11. neither utumn nor fll sound like a season
12. Does Pril sound like a month? How about My? Ugust sounds windy instead of hot.

About the only good thing about recalling the letter a is that vaginas stay vgins - no matter how many times they're poked! Hmmm, on second thought, maybe it's worth 1.5 billion.

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Re:The thing is...

[Anonymous Coward]

Giving truth to the misinformed? Good luck with that. [slashdot.org]

Re:Two words for you...

[0xdeadbeef]

Jail. Break. The iPhone is just as hackable as other systems out there.

That's like telling people to adopt Christianity, because it doesn't actually stop you from committing the sins you like.

Re:Stock price is falling too

[Anonymous Coward]

Steve Jobs' Neck: I know there are lot of complaints about the iPhone, but my head doesn't seem to get them.
Tech Support: You're holding it wrong.
Steve Jobs' Neck: What?
Tech Support: You need to take it out of the sand.

Re:Stock is not a big problem.

[bsane]

Well technically the _invasion_ was easy... its the follow up that turned out to be really hard ;-)

Re:Stock price is falling too

[GameboyRMH]

Hey, it was funny, a big improvement on his previous attempt at comedy. Do you remember "ACTA is backta?" x_x

Re:ZOMG a "huge" -5%?!

[Americano]

Based on what? They have strong revenues, very little debt, a ton of cash reserves, and a phenomenally popular product line. If any company deserves to have a high stock value based on fundamentals like that, Apple is surely one of them.

Define what market they have a "~2% share" of.

Re:Three reasons why they have kept silent

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, but see, since you actually own an iPhone, you must be one of those Apple fanboys who can't think objectively about their new shiny, so clearly your opinion can't be trusted! No, the only way to impartially review the iPhone is by reading about it on the web, preferably using an Android phone.

Re:Stock is not a big problem.

[general_ka.os]

5 is a "couple" now? :P

As long as they're all consenting adults, who are you to judge? ;)