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Re: Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 - Not recommended

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From: SMS
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:08
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On 13/07/10 11:11 AM, Peter Lawrence wrote:

> Probably the least costly solution for Apple would be to repackage the
> iPhone 4 with those new "bumpers" that Apple is trying to sell for an
> additional $29. Those silicon bumpers probably doesn't cost more than 10
> cents to manufacture and they solve the iPhone 4 antenna problem. They
> could offer this bumper (in basic black) for free to anyone who already
> had bought an iPhone 4.

All they have to do is to offer a $29 credit to the Apple store. Whether 
that costs them less than simply giving away a silicon bumper to every 
purchaser I don't know, but probably a lot of people will use that $29 
to buy something else like some iTunes cards.
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:08:44 -0700
From: SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
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