Comments on: Apple 3G iPhone Issues: Finger Pointing http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2008/08/19/apple-3g-iphone-issues-finger-pointing/ Movie Reviews, iPhone App Reviews, and Tech Commentary by Jason Kaneshiro Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:45:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aibal Psychology http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2008/08/19/apple-3g-iphone-issues-finger-pointing/comment-page-1/#comment-23139 Aibal Psychology Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:29:27 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/?p=2786#comment-23139 The whole 3G reception issue really bothers me. Everyone would like to thing that it's the software at fault, but there's at least a couple rumors saying that it's the hardware, which would explain the rather slow and reluctant response by Apple. I remember when the iPod Touch came to market. Many of them had a terrible viewing angle problem. At first, Apple did what all other consumer product companies do: they denied the problem, even suggesting that it was supposed to be that way! Then, they suggested that they could remedy the issue with tweaking the contrast/brightness settings on the device. Finally, an engineer on some forum explained the issue fully and chalked it up to shoddy QC during the screen cover manufacturing. Apple eventually gave in and offered replacement units (most likely refurbs).<br><br>Don't even get me stared about the iPhone 3G's case cracking phenomenon! The whole 3G reception issue really bothers me. Everyone would like to thing that it's the software at fault, but there's at least a couple rumors saying that it's the hardware, which would explain the rather slow and reluctant response by Apple. I remember when the iPod Touch came to market. Many of them had a terrible viewing angle problem. At first, Apple did what all other consumer product companies do: they denied the problem, even suggesting that it was supposed to be that way! Then, they suggested that they could remedy the issue with tweaking the contrast/brightness settings on the device. Finally, an engineer on some forum explained the issue fully and chalked it up to shoddy QC during the screen cover manufacturing. Apple eventually gave in and offered replacement units (most likely refurbs).

Don't even get me stared about the iPhone 3G's case cracking phenomenon!

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