iPhone 4 Going To China On September 25th

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Apple® announced today that iPhone® 4 is coming to China beginning Saturday, September 25 at 8:00 a.m. at Apple Retail Stores. These stores include the new Apple Store® Hong Kong Plaza in Shanghai and the new Apple Store Xidan Joy City in Beijing opening on the same day. And of course it will also be available at China Unicom retail stores for qualified buyers with a new two year contract. Perhaps China Unicom will be able to further bump it's rank among the global mobile carriers

iPhone 4 carries the same specs as that of other iPhone 4 versions and what is not clear is if the imperfect antenna of iPhone 4 has been fixed. Other wise users will need to get a iPhone bumper too! But unlike the iPhone 3G which had the WIFi disabled by China Unicom, this version of the iPhone has it enabled.

iPhone 4 will cost CNY4,999 for the 16GB model and CNY5,999 for 32GB model without a contract. At China Unicom stores, iPhone 4 will be available for qualified buyers with a new two year contract, sold separately. Pricing and tariff information please visit www.10010.com. But the pricing seems to be even crazier than bumble bees path, even if you could understand Chinese, you will need an expert to explain the plans and their costs.
At this price Foxconn employees, who makes iPhones for dirt cheap salaries might not be able to afford one.
The new Apple Store Hong Kong Plaza is located at 282 Huaihai Zhong Road, Shanghai. The new Apple Store Xidan Joy City is located in the Joy City shopping center at 131 North Xidan Avenue, Beijing. For more information please visit www.apple.com.cn.

iPhone 4 Press Conference : iPhone Is Not Great, So Are All Other Phones! Jobs say!

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BGR has put in a nice bullet form what Steve Jobs had to say about the iPhone 4 's faulty antennae. So here it is hope it will make you keep the phone, or return and get a Droid X, oops Droid X is sold out online, so you got to wait. Steve Jobs basically recycled what Apple has said before. The fan boys sucked it up nicely.

• The iPhone 4 death grip signal degradation happens to a lot of smartphones. Apple demonstrated it on a BlackBerry 9700, Samsung Omnia 2, and HTC DROID Eris. Wow, we all had to wait for Mr. Jobs to show us that! Thx, my neighbor is satanic worshiper, does that make me one too?
  
• The software update (4.0.1) released yesterday will take care of the error in the signal calculation algorithm that Apple discovered several weeks ago. Will it show bars regardless of signal?
  
• Another software update to address other issues (like the proximity sensor thing) is due “soon.” Basically they still do not have a proper fix, yet.
  
• Until September 30th, Apple will be giving iPhone 4 purchasers/owners a free bumper or case (depending on supply). Yes it is always safe to use a condom, in this case iCondom. It does not take away the disease!
  
• Users who already purchased a bumper will be eligible for a refund. You had to have purchased an Apple bumper, not a third-party case. If you are not 100% Apple you suck!
  
• The return rate on the iPhone 3GS at AT&T stores was 6%, the return rate of the iPhone 4 is 1.7%. What?
  
• The white iPhone 4 will be out sometime later the month. Will it have a different antennae or will the case go all around?
  
• Apple has sold over 3 million iPhone 4s thus far. There were a lot of people who voted for Bush, twice!
  
• 0.55% of iPhone 4 owners have called in to AppleCare to complain. May be because the phone does not work long enough to call!
  
• Steve Jobs does not use a bumper on his iPhone 4. He is a risk taker no iCondoms, did he apply transparent varnish or something, over the antenna?
  

Go to BGR and join the heated conversation.

Droid X Is A Hit, Sold Out Online.

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While Steve Jobs is telling how iPhone 4 is not perfect and giving a free bumper, Droids seem to be on march! Droid X has sold out! Verizon has said the demand exceeded the supplies and the shelves are empty.
Carrier was quick to point out that here is no shortage, but the online stock has depleted sooner than they expected. The Droid X, is a hot smartphone awaited by many, after the hyped up iPhone 4 fell below the expectations. The phone is $200, after a $100 online discount on Verizon's site. It comes with 4.3" display, an 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, and runs a 1GHz Snapdragon processor with Android 2.1 on board to make life easier for road warriors.
On the scary side, the Droid X comes with a chip called eFuse, it's job is to verify if the user is using the correct software shipped with the devices, or approved by the manufacturer. If the check fails, the phone is rendered useless. But it seems the initial fears are not dire as they seem and gifted programmers will be able to overcome the limitations. Motorola seem to be not liking users easily altering the phone.
Now it is time to watch if Droid X will be able to beat or match, the iPhone 4's 1.7 million sale. I would also like to know how many of those 1.7Million iPhone 4s were returned. (PSST it is about 300,000 according to BGR, they say the return rate is about 1.7%.)

Apple Says You Can Return iPhone 4 For Full Refund But What About The AT&T Contract?

Apple Gets the Equation right but the formula wrong! http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/

 Apple has released a statement describing how iPhone is as bad as Droid, Nokia, and RIM. It looks like Apple is grasping every possible straw but the tide is carrying them along. First it was the way you hold the iPhone 4 and now it is the formula they use to calculate the number of bars. Well I think the formula is deducting the number of fingers touching the exposed Antennae from the number of bars!.
What ever the case is if you are not happy with your iPhone 4, you can return it and continue to use your iPhone 3GS (or get one for $99). But Droid X is coming along and it's antennae are away from your fingers and the their formula for calculating bars, are correct.
Moronic fanboys and those who does not have problems or refuse to accept the facts, can keep the iPhone 4 and perhaps apply the iScotch solution for iPhone 4.
Hey those impulse buyers, now you can take the advantage and return it too!
As for me, what ever they do, like faking the bars or making them taller will not make me buy one, period.
Hey Apple, what about AT&T Contract?

CUPERTINO, Calif., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Dear iPhone 4 Users,
The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple's history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned.
To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by 1 or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. But some users have reported that iPhone 4 can drop 4 or 5 bars when tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band. This is a far bigger drop than normal, and as a result some have accused the iPhone 4 of having a faulty antenna design.
At the same time, we continue to read articles and receive hundreds of emails from users saying that iPhone 4 reception is better than the iPhone 3GS. They are delighted. This matches our own experience and testing. What can explain all of this?
We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising.
Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don't know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.
To fix this, we are adopting AT&T's recently recommended formula for calculating how many bars to display for a given signal strength. The real signal strength remains the same, but the iPhone's bars will report it far more accurately, providing users a much better indication of the reception they will get in a given area. We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to see.
We will issue a free software update within a few weeks that incorporates the corrected formula. Since this mistake has been present since the original iPhone, this software update will also be available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.
We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same— the iPhone 4's wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. For the vast majority of users who have not been troubled by this issue, this software update will only make your bars more accurate. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused.
As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online Apple Store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.
We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do.
Thank you for your patience and support.
SOURCE Apple

iBumper : Apple Acknowledges The Antenna Issue, "You Do NOT Know How To Hold The Iphone 4"

Apple Acknowledges The iPhone 4 Antenna Issue http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
, "You Do NOT Know How To Hold The iPhone 4!"  is basically what Apple is saying. And the 600,000 whatevers seem to be fine with it! This is a major design flow and Apple should have recalled the iPhone 4. FCC, are you watching the saga? Hope some one among those 600,000 has brains.

"Gripping any phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone. If you ever experience this on your Phone 4, avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many available cases."

I tried many times, with my old iPhone, what ever the way I held it, the signal did not change. So I think Apple is BSing us when it tells that "This is a fact of life for every wireless phone." Can you prove that? Apple. Just take your iPhone original, the iPhone 3G and show us that the way it is held could change reception. I have had many a cell phone and even now I have, but non display the same fault that  iPhone 4 does.
Now I like to know where the next 600,000 comes and will they buy it this known fault? How many will go for Droid X?
Well Now we can definitely say Droid X wins!

iPhone 4 Brilliant Failure Has A Brilliant Solution! BumperGate!

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It is more and more evident that if you want to make calls with iPhone 4, either you need iScotch Solution, Bumper case or keeping the phone on the table! (I got a fanboy here, whom I laugh at, continuously today, I will wait for iPhone 4.2 I guess!).
When I stop laughing, I remembered how Steve Jobs introduced this brilliant creation, the antenna no droid boy could think of!

Oh what it That?

Got three of them

They are brilliant ways of design (Oh God Why?)

 Yes they work, Only if you get one of these!

Ok We got This video How To

Solution For iPhone 4 Antenna Problem Found! Scotch Tape, Bumpercase!

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Looks like the iPhone 4 Antenna problem is real! Steve Fail! Anyway the fanboys / gals who pre-ordered or stood in line (I saw plenty this morning) are in a lurch now. Phones are not working. They are not working due to the antennae system that Steve Jobs said ground breaking, Yes ground will break if all 600,000 phones were slammed on the floor, at once.
Anyway the analysis so far seem; if you hold the phone completing the circuit connecting two sections, as seen in the photo above, you tend to lose your signal. (Put a scotch tape over it until you get a case)
So the solution to the problem, it seem, as some Apple geniuses have suggested, fork over $30 and get a Bumper case, or any other case, preventing you from touching the edges!
Brilliant Steve, Brilliant!
May be you should give away these pinkies for free!