iPhone 4 Signal Saga Continues – Did Apple Know?
News of the day seems to be a series of job postings at Apple – no less than eight – for antenna engineers. Posted on June 23rd, the day before the launch of iPhone IV (or, 4, if you’re not into epic things), the postings raise some suspicion about the alleged signal failure problem, and whether or not Apple might have suspected something was up with the device before it hit the market – or at least after the flood of signal complaints on the afternoon of the 23rd. Whatever the case, Apple isn’t prepared to dick around. Applicants “will be expected to performance radiation performance measurements, create test plans, execute them, publish test reports, provide feedback to the other design engineers, and lead some of the manufacturing of antenna.” How many years of experience? X. Sorry, that’s 10. You’d better have made a goddamn career out of antenna engineering if you wanna help Apple solve this issue – an issue Apple continues to claim doesn’t exist. “We ARE NOT appeasing customers with free bumpers,” instructs a leaked procedure list for AppleCare representatives. But even if they’re lying, it’s good to see they’re doing something about it. In the background. Secret style. Ninja stuff.
Steve Jobs thought that the antenna was not the key problem before launched iPhone 4. Not surprise.
Ya, I think they knew, but nothing is free of bugs.
I don’t consider that kind of flaw a “bug”. That’s something else entirely.
Losing reception when you hold your phone is a wee bit more than a “bug”.
If you’d like to apply to any of the Jobs from that image you can here: – They are not error reports, they are simply jobs available in the apple corporation – this is a poor report that is likely to be taking further for no real reason – and is sad to see
I got a feeling they knew, but like Jobs says, dont hold it that way LOL
Lou
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I am sure they knew, but Jobs has a thing about design (see story about them redesigning an Apple II-era motherboard because Steve didn’t think the wiring of the memory looked pretty).
At Apple, engineering and reality doesn’t win against cool design.
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And as for Steve and the “don’t hold it that way”, what did you expect? Look at the way he treated his daughter Lisa for years. Yes, I know he gave her a lot of money in her 30s and they’re BFFs now. How did those first ~30 years work.
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Apple may make cool stuff, but there is one way there. Steve’s way or the highway, and the laws of physics be damned.
Well it looks like King Canute Jobs can’t stop the sea from rising just by command.
Are they hiring to fix a problem or refilling newly (involuntarily) vacated stops?