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Re: Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 - Not recommended

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From: John Higdon
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:23
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In article <Xns9DB4A20F8CE8Enoonehomecom@74.209.131.13>,
 Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

> A defective phone can kill you or your family if it COULD work where the 
> car accident happened but it DOESN'T work because the goddamned company 
> wanted to deny it was defective......

Do you have a little anger management problem when it comes to Apple?

> You tell your little denialist bullshit to the crying plaintiff mother 
> suing their asses over it in front of the crying jurors because her 2 kids 
> died from the fucking shitphone 4 NOT making that 911 call.  I'm sure the 
> jury will just give Jobs a fanboi ovation on their way into the 
> deliberation room to figure out how many millions to give her and her 
> attorney for each kid that died....

Actually, wireless telephone service is a "best effort" enterprise. 
There are no performance guarantees by anyone. If it works, great. If it 
doesn't...tough luck. There are so many variables that bringing legal 
action over a minor design flaw is pissing in the wind. Do you sue the 
carrier if the cell site goes down? How about if the system is 
congested? What about if the battery goes dead, or the phone suddenly 
fails for no reason?

> It doesn't matter how much you love Apple or what the law is. 

Yes, "what the law is" does matter. In fact, that's all that should 
matter in court. I doubt that anyone here "loves" Apple, any more than 
anyone can "love" or "hate" any company. This issue is less than a week 
old. I think I'm content to wait a few more days (or even weeks) to see 
what Apple does. I can almost guarantee it *won't* be a recall. 

But chill out, man. The beauty of it all is that if you don't want an 
iPhone 4, you don't have to buy and iPhone 4. Isn't competition and free 
enterprise wonderful?

-- 
John Higdon
+1 408 ANdrews 6-4400
AT&T-Free At Last
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