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So you’ve got your hammer and piggy bank sitting right next to you thinking that any day now, the white Apple iPhone 4 will be yours. After all, Apple did say that it was running into manufacturing problems with the white iPhone 4 and said that it wouldn’t be available until late July. As a…
Apple had a magnificent third-quarter earnings statement thanks to the success of the iPhone and iPad. The company posted a profit of $3.25 billion on $15.7 billion in revenue (an all-time record) and it now has more than 100 million iOS devices. The company shipped 3.27 million iPad units in the quarter, which is a…
Apple responded to governmental concerns about the location-tracking capabilities of its iOS devices (like the Apple iPhone 4 and iPad) by saying it clearly spells out that it is doing it and that users can turn this off or just not agree to set up an account. As you may recall, Apple recently changed the…
Sad times for Consumer Reports. After being so fickle with its stance on Apple’s iPhone 4, calling it the best smartphone on the market and essentially praising it as some technological work of art, then retracting nearly everything it said by saying it can’t recommend the phone, the company still can’t vouch for the iPhone…
The Apple iPhone 4 can lose signals when it’s held a certain way but this also happens with other devices, a new web page from Apple says. Hot off the heels of its press conference this morning, Apple’s new web page aims to explain how holding various devices can impact the quality of your signal…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said a Bloomberg story saying that it was warned by senior engineers about potential iPhone 4 antenna issues is a “crock” and “bullshit.” During the antennagate/Death Grip press conference this morning, the company said the reports of the Apple iPhone 4 antenna problems were being overblown by the media but it…
We saw them during WWDC and we played around with one to give a short demo, but until now the white iPhone 4 from Apple has been quite elusive. Word has been that it is supposed to become available at the end of July, but it was hard to say whether those plans were still…
During this morning’s press conference, Apple has more or less acknowledged that its iPhone 4 isn’t perfect and the antenna has its issues (even though it sold 3 million units). While it tried to come up with a fix or a solution, Apple is offering some consolation in the meantime: free iPhone cases. That’s right,…
Apple addressed the iPhone 4 antennagate/Death Grip issues in a press conference Friday and CEO Steve Jobs admitted there was a problem but insinuated it was being overblown by the press. Still, the company will be giving out free bumper cases to all impacted users. The company reiterated that the reception issues weren’t exclusive to…
It hasn’t even been a month since the iPhone 4 went on sale, and Apple has managed to sell 3 million units already. In case you didn’t notice, that’s quite about a million per week since its release, and it still seems to be sold out everywhere. Of course, the iPhone 4 isn’t without its…