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Apple continuing to spread fals propaganda wrt to antennas.


A thought on Steve Jobs....:


I don't understand what all the fuss is about Steve Jobs. Ya he's a narcissistic jerk, but if the product is good, then what does it matter?


But it is not good, we know that an exposed antenna is a flawed design. Jobs can't handle criticism so he goes off attacking every other phone instead of fixing his own problems. Adobe Flash is another example. Lots of people love Flash (millions play flash games on facebook) but since he doesn't, everyone else must be wrong and he must be right. Want a 4.3" screen? Sorry. You must be wrong!
 
No double standard. HE'S IN THE MEDIA WITH HIS ARROGANCE. He has shown no type of remorse or apathy to the thousands of customers that are experiencing problems with their phones.

Or the workers in Foxconn who produce the iPhone...
I think you meant empathy. Apathy means you couldn't care less if people are killing themselves because their job sucks that much.
 
Yeah meant empathy. I get those two mixed up from time to time. Thanks for the clarification. But atleast you knew what I was trying to get at.
 
What's odd is my wife's 3GS is dropping calls like CRAZY after the iOS update. It's night and day from what it was before it's update. This definately makes it a software problem for her.

3GS is also messed up with ios4? I know that the 3G is much much slower with ios4 and doesn't get most of its features.
 
But it is not good, we know that an exposed antenna is a flawed design. Jobs can't handle criticism so he goes off attacking every other phone instead of fixing his own problems. Adobe Flash is another example. Lots of people love Flash (millions play flash games on facebook) but since he doesn't, everyone else must be wrong and he must be right. Want a 4.3" screen? Sorry. You must be wrong!

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Well said! And there lies Job's biggest problem - he just can't admit he's wrong about something. Trust me, this very attitude will come back to bite him in the ass.

Also your first point is dead on: The iPhone 4 has an exposed antenna that can be easily bridged leading to a severe loss of signal strength. That's the bottom line. Whether or not someone is happy with their iPhone or the issue is masked by an area with a strong signal is irrelevant.
 
No double standard. HE'S IN THE MEDIA WITH HIS ARROGANCE. He has shown no type of remorse or apathy to the thousands of customers that are experiencing problems with their phones. Instead he spent millions on smear campaigns against other phone makers and bumpers that people don't want.

Its the fact that this design is his baby and he thought that he was being a revolutionist, he doesn't want to admit a problem. This is making him look like an ass when we all know there is a clear cut problem with a very expensive phone that can't do the main function of what a phone does, make and hold phone calls.

But is his behavior truly different than all the other CEO's on planet earth out there? We can't honestly say "yes", because Steve Jobs is doing what most of the CEO's on planet earth would do, which is to vehemently defend the company and the product to meet the #1 goal of the company: Push Profits (which Apple does very very well)

And please don't confuse what I'm saying here as defending him, because I personally think he's a repugnant human being. It's fair to criticize him for being arrogant, pompous, his revolting personality, ect ect, but it's not fair to criticize him for acting like a businessman and a CEO, because they ALL do that.

1st it was AT&T's fault, now its an every phone loses signal issue, so his advice.... "Dont hold it like that" As a consumer, don't you want the phone to cater to your needs? Not the other way around. Don't you think thats its a little odd that they are pushing back the release date of the white iphone if there is nothing wrong with the design of this phone? Again, he is a delusional narcissist because he fails to even acknowledge the major fault in his "dream that came to fruition." Its ironic that one of his main selling points just so happens to be its Achilies heel.

Yes it's odd that Apple is pushing back the release of the phone, perhaps it's tied to the free case program? Perhaps it's tied to the fact that white is a difficult color to cast in the fashion they're attempting to do? Who knows? All we can do is speculate.

Sure, it's we can speculate that Apple will redesign the phone, but likewise I can speculate that Apple would never redesign the phone because:

1. That would essentially be admiting that there WAS a problem with it.
2. Apple would face an unimaginable media and PR shitstorm.
3. Apple would piss of millions of customers.

To much to lose, the best course for Apple is to stay the course and continue to deny any problems with the Iphone 4.

You may not have a problem with your phone but I can tell you, all my friends that have the I4 hate it for the same problem that Steve Jobs says doesn't exist. I've seen it first hand and experienced it for myself. My best friend took his back twice with the second occasion being a final return. So nobody can say to me that this is a random occurence.

I don't know if its a random occurrence, perhaps certain stores were given faulty batches of phones, so when people return it they received another fault phone in exchange. Who knows?

I can only speak for myself and what I've seen first hand, which is all my co workers and friends with the phone have zero problems with it.
 
I think some folks have an unrealistic view of the corporate world.

I make a product. It sells like hotcakes. Problems are found. It still sells like hotcakes. What do you think Apple is gonna do?

If Toyota had still been selling cars like that during the whole pedal debacle, we would have seen different response their as well.

Narcissism is a trait shared by CEOs worldwide.
 
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