Antenna wars: RIM, HTC and Nokia strike back at Apple

18 July, 2010
That was one hell of an odd press conference on Friday. Typical Apple. Instead of just admitting its faults Apple decided to point a finger at the other mobile phone manufacturers and accuse them of selling...

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  • Craig
  • M3s
  • 19 Jul 2010

Heres some "Evidence"

I work for Phones 4 u in the UK

I personally own an iphone 3gs and do love it.

We have a iphone 4 return rate of only 2.4% but a faulty exchange rate of just below 31%!!
Thats unbelieveable! And we are now having to tell customesr two of the main faults they are having are not problems but fundemental falws they are going to have to DEAL WITH!

Its a joke tbh.
and i prob wont be upgrading to an iphone unless they sort this out as i dont like my iphone in a case i like it as it is they look great and i want to show it!

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    • So no 1 no what SAR
    • m55
    • 19 Jul 2010

    So no one knows what SAR is!!!!!!!!

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      • Anonymous
      • pV%
      • 19 Jul 2010

      He's really screwed up this time! All the other companies are all over him with his slanderous words, he'll never learn. What an arrogant little man.

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        • Anonymous
        • pV%
        • 19 Jul 2010

        Steve jobs should be fired.

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          • shiladitya
          • t@J
          • 19 Jul 2010

          Anonymous, 19 Jul 2010Where's some numbers to back up your claim? How many cal... morestop living in the virtual world mr..........(whatever u r)
          i too love apple
          but
          only those that grow on trees.

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            • bob
            • pV%
            • 19 Jul 2010

            Wonder if anyone will now realise that the iphone isnt up for the job.

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              • Anonymous
              • G2G
              • 19 Jul 2010

              I guess Apple believes that the only bad press is no press...Poor ol' scrawny little steve...

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                • Anonymous
                • G2G
                • 19 Jul 2010

                Lol... Apple's pathetic! Is it just me or the guy (I bet it was Steve himself) holding the other phones looks like his about to break them? What a sad loser steve is...

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                  • Anonymous
                  • qFF
                  • 19 Jul 2010

                  Lol @ apple fanboys. Face it, your phone is an expensive piece of garbage and Jobs is spoon feeding all of it right down your throat.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • F$Z
                    • 19 Jul 2010

                    appeling!!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • IVD
                      • 19 Jul 2010

                      Anonymous, 19 Jul 2010Yes, it did point out but was it obstructing the antenna if... more"IFANS are just too desperate to defend their almighty brand. They are behaving just like Steve"

                      and you're too desperate to bash "i"brand? it doesn't make a difference of you to them. look at other post, most of the haters are unreasonably commenting, childish ways.
                      looking at the HTC manual, it shows that any smartphone have this weak spot. Which is mentioned in Apple conference. You're right, there is a call drop as mentioned also in the press con and that's

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                        • Anonymous
                        • UGj
                        • 19 Jul 2010

                        Anonymous, 19 Jul 2010"IFANS are just too desperate to defend their almighty... moreArent him doing the same thing as Steve? Pin pointing the issue to other brand.

                        Now look at all the other manufacturer reply, they are focusing on the design of iphone4 antenna. No one deny that a phone has a weak spot, but it was apple that chose this design, they design the antenna in such a way where users would often interfere with it.

                        In what way was i wrong to this the above mentioned out? Was i wrong?

                        As a multinational corporation, you do not pin point director at your competitor when you make wrong decision. Especially when you have no stand. Did Nokia, HTC, Moto or even samsung force apple to design their antenna in such a way?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • IVD
                          • 19 Jul 2010

                          Anonymous, 19 Jul 2010Yes, it did point out but was it obstructing the antenna if... more"IFANS are just too desperate to defend their almighty brand. They are behaving just like Steve"

                          and you're too desperate to bash "i"brand? it doesn't make a difference of you to them. look at other post, most of the haters are unreasonably commenting, childish ways.

                          looking at the HTC manual, it shows that any smartphone have this weak spot. Which is mentioned in Apple conference. You're right, there is a call drop as mentioned also in the press con and that's

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                            • Anonymous
                            • yyX
                            • 19 Jul 2010

                            Anonymous, 19 Jul 2010Where's some numbers to back up your claim? How many cal... moreWhy don't YOU back your claim up. You say we're making stuff up? I say YOU are making stuff up. Tell me, if this issue exists in all phones, why has it never been brought up before? And if you have the nerve to say its because everyone's picking on Apple (absurd claim fyi) then why didn't anyone complain about the 3GS, the 3G or the original iphone? Why is this the first time we have ever seen anything like this?

                            Tell me, out of the tens of thousands of phones from the reputable companies you listed (Samsung, Nokia, Motorola etc) list ONE phone that has had reception issues comparable to the iphone4! You are the one making up lies. And if I am wrong - show me!

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                              • Anonymous
                              • UGj
                              • 19 Jul 2010

                              Anonymous, 19 Jul 2010Where's some numbers to back up your claim? How many cal... moreFrom the start, it has been term that it was a design flaw, so now, was it NOKIA or HTC or Samsung fault that apple design their phone with flaws?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • UGj
                                • 19 Jul 2010

                                Anonymous, 19 Jul 2010Where's some numbers to back up your claim? How many cal... moreYes they are true but are their antenna design placed in such a manner that users would always interfere with it? Think about it.

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                                  • Chrisp
                                  • Mx@
                                  • 19 Jul 2010

                                  And the reason why this is causing more of a storm than any other phone, is that simply put this phone costs almost double that of other handsets (here in the UK a 16Gb iPhone4 costs £500; a Desire costs £350-400 and a BB 9700 can be bought for £250). A phone that commmands that sort of price you would expect it to work AS A PHONE.

                                  So tell me, if you spent your hard earned on a car, and found that it doesn't actually work as a car and kept on stalling, you'd complain.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • P%n
                                    • 19 Jul 2010

                                    Anonymous, 19 Jul 2010Yes, it did point out but was it obstructing the antenna if... moreWhere's some numbers to back up your claim?

                                    How many calls do iPhone 4's drop in comparison to other phones?

                                    You are just making stuff up.

                                    HTC, RIM, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, not one of them denied Apple's claims, you know why?

                                    Because they are true.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • UGm
                                      • 19 Jul 2010

                                      No offends but iphone is a rip off. knowing it sells here (Singapore) at SGD2200 for an export version really cost alot for a phone + the signal and the sensor are not stable. i rather get a decent phone such the winmo or the android or even symbian? or a simple phone + an ipod touch. good enough and cost cheaper than the iphone4. Anyway 3gs works pretty well. So my conclusion. Save your money and wait for the better version of iphone 4. Don't you agree with me apple fans? Don't waste your money now. Save until the systme is stable. then get it! it happen to new lauh phone anyway. By the way i am not apple fan but a big fan of a winmo. and my opinion is that iphone is really a user friedly phone. big vote for that.

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                                        • ka ka
                                        • tVv
                                        • 19 Jul 2010

                                        hey steve's! just go to the market and sell apple's. people can buy it and make juice or pie. that is real purpose of apple. not for making mobile phone, looser!!

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