Apple press conference: Free iPhone 4 cases for every owner, says Steve Jobs
At Apple's iPhone 4 press conference today in Cupertino, Calif., Steve Jobs declared that iPhone 4 owners will receive a free case for their handsets in what is widely regarded as a cheap fix to the antenna problems that have surfaced with a tiny percentage of users, according to the AP and other news sources.
Jobs said the company has sold 3 million iPhone 4's in three weeks, with a complaint rate of only .55 percent.
iPhone 4 owners will have a choice of an official Apple bumper case, but the company can't make enough of them, so it will allow consumers to buy cases by other manufacturers and receive a refund from Apple.
Apple will make a Website available for the cases late next week.
Tune in to GDGT or Engadget for their live blogs. (BaltTech, unfortunately, wasn't invited to the event... :-( Whattup, Steve Jobs?!)
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Categories: *NEWS*, Gadgets, Smartphones
Comments
Apple is so evil it's funny :
http://disenchantedjourno.blogspot.com/2010/07/thought-of-day-i-told-you-so.html
Posted by: DJOURNO | July 16, 2010 2:11 PM
I have an iphone 4 and haven't really had a problem but I'm getting a case regardless. Anything free is for me!
Posted by: minpinmama | July 16, 2010 2:18 PM
Antenna Gate is right. I have not had any problems with my iPhone 4. But will gladly accept a free case
Posted by: gilv | July 16, 2010 3:05 PM
Not terrible I suppose:
http://whatsnottaken.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/apple-press-conference-7152010/
The problem remains that the phone cannot be charged with the bumper in place, as Apple makes no chargers/docks for it yet.
Posted by: Ben | July 16, 2010 3:10 PM
Ben,
That is not true. I charge the phone with the bumper on.
Posted by: john busteed | July 16, 2010 4:01 PM
The fact is that iPhone 4 is the best of the smart phones. It is proven that when you grim any smart phone that way the signal will drop. I've tried it on my own iPhone 4 and the signal dropped but I didn't drop the call. If you don't like the phone, return it. The fact is that no one wants to return the phone, because the phone doesn't really have a problem.
Posted by: iPhone Applications | August 9, 2010 1:24 AM