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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:48:14 -0700, John Navas
<spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:50:10 -0700, in
><33gq369au9jlqfqjgclooijdb6vptifga1@4ax.com>, Jeff Liebermann
><jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:13:29 -0700, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>In article <h8gp36p0q615drdj9m055iks15jq3ni9am@4ax.com>, Jeff
>>>Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Please don't use bars for signal strength unless you know
>>>> whether the phone uses SNR or signal strength for an indication, and
>>>> know the dynamic range of the bar graph. 
>>>
>>>a very good point. now tell that to the masses who are basing their
>>>criticism of the iphone 4 on the number of bars they see, rather than
>>>actual data or whether calls drop (which some have said does not happen
>>>as often).
>>
>>The GUM (great unwashed masses) don't seem to care.  A friend just
>>ordered an iPhone online and found that Apple has a 3-4 week backlog.
>>I don't know who's really doing the complaining and litigation, but
>>it's probably not owners of the iPhone 4.  Besides, with a 30 day
>>return policy, what's there to complain about?
>
>What does backlog have to do with sales?

It's a tolerable indication of continued demand or selling more units
than was originally predicted.  If the ABC (Apple Buying Consumers)
considered the antenna problems to be significant, then sales and the
attendant backlog, would not exist.  Apparently, the ABC's do not
consider the antenna problems to be sufficient reason to either wait.

>In other words, how do you
>know Apple hasn't throttled sales while it investigates the problem?

Like most big manufacturers, Apple orders parts and finished units
well in advance of any anticipated demand, along with a well
controlled delivery rate.  I'm not sure they could throttle sales as
delivery rates are probably contractually negotiated well in advance,
with penalties attached.

If Apple was restricting deliveries, it would be much like admitting
that there is a real problem.

More:  I had lunch with several geeks yesterday.  At the table were
four iPhone 4's (with rubber bumpers), one Droid, and me with my
ancient junk cell phone.  Peer pressure was dutifully applied, but I
resisted.  We did the finger test to see if the signal strength would
drop.  It did on three of the phone, but the 4th phone acted
differently.  The signal strength was somewhat less (4 bars instead of
5) and the finger test only dropped it one bar (from 4 to 3).  Of
course, I managed to mix up which phone belonged to whom.

Drivel:  Air Phone No. 4
<http://www.clonedinchina.com/2010/06/air-phone-no-4-got-unboxed.html>
<http://www.shanzhaiji.cn/labs/20100628/18524.html>  (Chinese)
There are others, but this seems like the best looking clone.
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