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Article #612Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem
From: SMS
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:02
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:02
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On 15/07/10 1:25 PM, David Kaye wrote: > Peter Lawrence<hummbaby@aol.com> wrote: > >> Consumer Reports has confirmed that using the Apple Bumper available for the >> iPhone 4 will resolve the problem with the iPhone 4 exterior antenna. So a >> solution is available to all iPhone 4 users for $29 (plus tax). > > Isn't that just like Apple -- charge for the product and charge for the fixes. > I know lots of folks who are mightily pissed that Apple's solution to a > broken iPod is to get a new one. Just too difficult to fix them. My daughter's iPod broke, probably the battery, and I took it apart to change the battery, but it just wasn't worth it. After a while it started working again for some reason. Now my son wants an iPod Touch, but he'll wait for the new model with the camera that was just announced today. > If this were Microsoft they'd have issued a fix at no charge. Microsoft is > just that kind of company... True.
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