Verizon's iPhone 4 Is Redesigned, New Cases Needed

 

After today's announcement of Verizon's iPhone 4, we discovered a new redesigned CDMA-compatible antenna and lowered volume buttons and silent switch. This means most current iPhone 4 cases will need to be updated to fit the new Verizon iPhone 4, now bringing us two versions of cases and we will start to see case companies label their packaging with 'made for Verizon iPhone 4' or 'made for At&t & Verizon iPhone 4'. If you're switching over to Verizon or will be upgrading to the Verizon iPhone 4, consider making sure you are getting a compatible case. Case companies are scrambling right now to have some Verizon iPhone 4 compatible cases for the expected launch on February 10. 

Exclusive Tour At Apple's Antenna Labs

Apple recently let a crew of ABC's news reporter to get an exclusive sneak peak at their very expensive antenna labs. Watch the Hulu video below, sorry this is only viewable by US viewers.

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Antennaid Covers Your iPhone 4's "Boo-Boo"

Although this might look like a ridiculous joke, it's the real deal. Antennaid for the iPhone 4 is made to look like a Band-Aid and will hopefully fix your iPhone reception issues whilst making you look like a big baby. This might be a solution for you, however I would stick with a case for now. The people behind this do not claim that it will 100% fix your antenna reception. The Antennaid is made out of cut vinyl and is available in a pack of six, in six colors for $4.99.

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iPhone 4 Bumper Giveaway Costing $175 million!

 

To sort out the antenna problem with the iPhone 4, Apple is giving away free bumpers to all iPhone 4 owners. But as they don't just appear out of thin air, Apple is going to set aside $175 million of iPhone 4 revenue in the September quarter, according to Apple's CFO Peter Oppenheimer during the Q3 earnings conference call. But as in the same conference call they reveiled that they earned over $15 billion, shelling out $175 million for iPhone cases, won't be too much of a catastrophe for Apple.

The $175 million might seem a huge amount for normal people like us, but compered the $1.5 billion Apple would have to pay for a full recall of the iPhone 4 as some industry analysts are predicting, giving away free cases is a much better option for Apple.

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Apple Posts Press Conference To YouTube In HD

Apple posted the July 16 Press Conference regarding the iPhone 4's antenna to YouTube in HD. Watch it in all full 1080p goodness below.

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The iPhone Antenna Song

This guy got featured in today's Apple press conference with his new video that he just uploaded today. This guy has some serious talent, that Steve Jobs said he just had to show it off at the conference. So when can I get this on iTunes?

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Apple Posts July 16 Press Conference Video

Apple recently posted today's July 16 press conference talking about the iPhone 4's antenna. You can stream or download the video on Apple's page.

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Apple Offers Free Cases!

 

Today, at Apple's press conference about the iPhone 4 antenna problem, Steve Jobs explained everything that was wrong with the iPhone 4.

Steve began the keynote by saying that their phones aren't perfect. But then continued saying that the iPhone 4 was the biggest phone launch ever and that the iPhone 4 has the highest customer satisfaction rating of any any smartphone.

 

Then Steve went on to show some pictures of other smartphones dropping bars and saying that the problem occurs in all phones.

 

Then there stats about the complaints. Apparently, 0.55% of customers have complained about the antenna problem and that in the same time period, the iPhone 4 had has a 1/3 less returns than what the 3GS had in the same amount of time. Also, the iPhone 4 drops less than one additional call per 100 than the 3GS and that "the problem of affects a small percentage of our users."

 

So what is apple going to do about it? Well firstly they are going to offer free bumpers to all iPhone 4 customers and a refund if you already bought a bumper. They also said, as they can't make enough bumpers, they will also offer free third-party cases. This will run until the September 30th. Next, they are going to give a full refund to all unsatisfactory customers and a contract refund as well. All you need to do is return an undamaged iPhone 4 within 30 days of purchase.

 

In other Apple news, the white iPhone 4 will be available at the end of July, along with Canada and 16 other countries getting the iPhone 4 (See them here). Also that the proximity sensor problem will be fixed by a software update.

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