iPhone 4 launch day stories - yellow spots, spotty reception

24 June, 2010
The iPhone 4 launched officially today. Right from day one, it had to endure quite a storm - people are scrutinizing the Retina Display due to strange yellow spots, signal reception is reportedly flawed...

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  • Anonymous
  • FJR
  • 26 Jun 2010

Apple stores are still packed with long lines today. Haters need to try harder.

For what it's worth, I say I get more bars with the iphone4 than my 3gs. I might get the bumper, but I really would hate to cover the beauty of this phone. So I'll see if I can get used to avoiding that lower left corner of the phone.

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    • Anonymous
    • s0M
    • 26 Jun 2010

    stop it please, 25 Jun 2010pls to those who hate apple & its products just stop d... morenot true. ive dropped my nokia many times (and im not proud of it)
    and other than a few scratches, its completly normal. didnt break on anything...

    that is because nokia knows how to make mobiles
    apple knows how to decieve people to think they can make mobiles

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      • mafiosa
      • mxm
      • 26 Jun 2010

      i jus hate the box shaped i phone...
      i donno y som people r paying a huge amt for this stupid fone..
      now i got too mny reasons to hate it more...
      cannot be handled by left hand..!!(most annoyin..)
      yellow spots n lines..(then wats the use f high resolution..??)
      jus breaks up within 5 drops..!!(no protection for money..!!)
      cant change battery..!(ooooph..!!)
      still with a 5 mp cam n led flash..(hi hi.. seems like a joke..)
      and again 'ios4' not at all user friendly..!!

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        • stop it please
        • nCf
        • 25 Jun 2010

        pls to those who hate apple & its products
        just stop diong that stupid things,,,
        with hell,,u r droping it more than 3 times & saying it scrach
        well did u bought this phone just to drop it !!!!
        haaaah !! well lets see what will happen with nokia & se & the rest pal when you drop it from the veryyyyy firsttt time ! belive me,,the whole body & the screen will brakeeee not only scratch

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          • pls stop making this
          • nCf
          • 25 Jun 2010

          pls to those who hate apple & its products
          just stop diong that stupid things
          with hell,,u r droping it more tnan 3 times & aiming it scrach
          weell did u bought this phone just to drop it !!!!
          haaaa !! well lets see what will ahppen with nokia & se & the rest pal

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            • Anonymous
            • FJT
            • 25 Jun 2010

            Wow, the iphone4 will break when you drop it several times? And that is a big deal because?

            I know that Apple has been making a big deal of this new glass casing to be sturdy. And it is. I mean it took three consecutive drops for them to break it, and deliberately too. Regular glass would shatter on the first drop.

            Look, it is still glass, and we still need to handle it with care. There's a price to pay for gaining something. The glass casing is beautiful, and the price we have to pay is, to handle it with extra care.

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              • Bricked
              • nFd
              • 25 Jun 2010

              Anonymous, 25 Jun 2010you said "YET, still the iPhone was the best selling s... moreI've not read his original post, but I'm guessing the 5800?

              By the way, despite the horror stories, has anyone seen what they are doing with the iphone's gyroscope? Wow.

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                • Anonymous
                • nET
                • 25 Jun 2010

                Heartbreak Kid, 25 Jun 2010Show me official proof!!!! ha ha The iPhone was the BES... moreyou said "YET, still the iPhone was the best selling smartphone of 2009" and when challenged you said
                "Show me official proof!!!! ha ha
                The iPhone was the BEST SELLING TOUCHSCREEN SMARTPHONE in 2009. Your talking about a non touchscreen phone that is kinda smart but is cheap.
                Dont make me laugh ha ha ha :)"

                its pretty obvious you made an error, but cant admit it, can you??.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • uEB
                  • 25 Jun 2010

                  Anonymous, 25 Jun 2010crack. rastas. i actually dont see any resemblance dunno wh... moreactually,

                  the nokia sold most of their E series in china. I went to china last February on a business trip, and met around 60 people there. 2 using BB, 3 using unknown phone, and I can assure you that 55 using E71/E72. Because it's a custom in china to put the phone on the table.

                  So, no iphone in china, as iphone is not considered cool there. Asian have a different liking compared to american. we're not easily fool by iCandy

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                    • Anonymous
                    • uEB
                    • 25 Jun 2010

                    Anonymous, 25 Jun 2010crack. rastas. i actually dont see any resemblance dunno wh... morei was joking,
                    when someone said that apple is as bad as mc. d for doing this,
                    i'm saying that it's a racist because mc. d is not that low.

                    so, it's a joke.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • pT%
                      • 25 Jun 2010

                      Anonymous, 25 Jun 2010No, I'm not rastafari, in which crack were illegal. But... morecrack. rastas. i actually dont see any resemblance dunno why u would say that. racism??? nothing to do with poor or rich just saying nokia is old hat good normal fones terrible smartfones and what fones are getting more and more popular. guesswhat smartfones!!! so good bye nokia and watch apple rape asia. in hk and china its getting more and more popular so in time it will get there. only a matter of time. tragic i know but the best will cover the rest. simple maths

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                        • Engineer Man
                        • n5Q
                        • 25 Jun 2010

                        We should actually list the HUGE no of missing features & functions from the IOS4 platform, SDK(Apps)plus the amount of downgraded hardware functions, lies, mis promises to i-fans. There is so many weaknesses. Now where should i-start. hmmm?

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                          • BrianAW
                          • ibc
                          • 25 Jun 2010

                          Anonymous, 25 Jun 2010It is sad that people do not like high technology they l... moreeye candy??

                          another brand also have their 'eye candy' products..

                          nokia,htc,se,mot0,samsung lg..

                          the eye candy is differ3nts into differ3nts eyes..i means iphone4 maybe is a 'eye candy' for some people..thats gr3at..

                          for me..i dont want a thing that called eye candy but unuseful technic ui..

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                            • Anonymous
                            • msx
                            • 25 Jun 2010

                            just buy nokia and u can hold it wherever u want n without any signal loss. Imagine u are making a call n put hand on the left corner n call is ended!!!!!

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                              • BrianAW
                              • ibc
                              • 25 Jun 2010

                              Anonymous, 25 Jun 2010LATEST NEWS! Looks like the china guys at foxconn didn't... moreWhy in my country some of people are using the NOKIA model made in china..does not any pr0blem??

                              Especially app|e????????????

                              Isnt app|e is serious in very care for their pr0ducts??

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                                • Anonymous
                                • IWN
                                • 25 Jun 2010

                                Engineer Man, 25 Jun 2010Actually the Iphone hasn't sold the most handsets throughou... moreIt is sad that people do not like high technology

                                they like eye candy

                                50 percent singaporean teenagers use iphone

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                                  • Engineer Man
                                  • n5Q
                                  • 25 Jun 2010

                                  Actually the Iphone hasn't sold the most handsets throughout the past 3 years. So that's a false statement from Iphone people who don't see outside their little bubble. Look it up. The FACT is Nokia have sold more symbian based handsets through the years through their handsets than apple can even dream about.

                                  Dream on apple boys. Also I hate the iphone because it's un revolutionary actually. Minor evolutional changes won;t do it for me. The problem is apple & the stupid closed source limited architecture. I don't wanna be limited to half lame SOFTWARE that is incompatible & only possible within apples totalitarian world, like their own little equilibrium... or their hardware limitations. Iphone is for simple users who want a poorly features OS, they don't have the compatiblity of other platforms full stop. The only thing it's got going for it is the UI. I'd quickly get bored with the OS.

                                  Apple users can not understandand that the OS they use is running on very old source code, lame again. Limited in it's capabiilities & functionality. I don't like the FACT that Apple is claiming that they have done it first or done it right. Apple might have been first with touchscreen or to ratify the USB standard. Buy anything since then they have not done right.

                                  Take for instance these following Technologies such as multitasking, organized file/folder structures, 3G/WIFI video calling (SKYPE supported api's), their not so world class build. As you can see from the above demonstration a few drops & its knackered basically. I'm apple boys but I have dropped my nokia more than 10 times & it still magically works, because unlike apple Nokia goes through proper FCC regulations & Quality Control QOS routines. What else. Battery can be replaced any time without needing a car near by. That's way inconvenient.

                                  Apple users. Why have apple with the IOS4 removed so much noise reduction to inpractical levels that it smears the image to look unreasonable & unclear & undetailed till the end results in grainy looking image. Annoying. Plus the CPU is mostly samsungs, LG etc... but most manufacturers outsource their technologies but they don't claim it's theirs with their name on it. Another reason not to like apple rubbish. So I've had my rant. Oh, flash can your apple product watch flash movies, or play thousands of flash games, thousands of java games. Nope

                                  The only thing apple have going for them is a OS for simple people to use & integrated soft store for easy apps access. I congratulate them on that. But they are still hugeley incompatible with cross platform uniformity /funtionality. I couldn't use them. Strict rules. I like to manipulate my OS's & be allowed to change parameters freely & run whatever I damn well wish.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • pqB
                                    • 25 Jun 2010

                                    LATEST NEWS!

                                    Looks like the china guys at foxconn didn't even get the volume buttons right!

                                    http://gizmodo.com/5572624/the-latest-iphone-4-problem-some-have-swapped-volume-buttons

                                    Well swapped volume buttons is a thing to be expected froma Made in China device :))))

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                                      • t7T
                                      • 25 Jun 2010

                                      dee, 25 Jun 2010listen to mr jobs hold your iphone in the right way ... moreHilarious! I like this one.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • uEB
                                        • 25 Jun 2010

                                        [deleted post]then your right hand must touch any metal object.
                                        and this is a super secret apple sauces called the human booster project.
                                        it use our body metabolism to increase the cell phone wave power.
                                        you can use your iphone up to 80 miles away from the nearest AT&T suck tower.

                                        and you won't lost a signal again.... even with AT&T.