The Death Grip Drama Queens
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What a bunch of namby pamby whiners. You know the people I’m talking about, the ones bitching up a storm about the iPhone 4’s supposed “death grip.” These types of people are always looking for something to complain about. If it were a movie it would be called “Attack of the iPhone Hating Idiots”.
Let’s face it, a lot of this “problem” has been created and reinforced by the media. Over and over and over again, the presstitutes in the technology media have blathered on about the iPhone 4’s “antennagate.” Aside from the idiotic referencing of Watergate, the whole thing has been vastly overblown.
You’d think, given the media hysteria, that an iPhone 4 is good for everything but making calls. My own experience has been much different as I noted in my column “10 Reasons Why I Love My iPhone 4.” I’ve had three iPhones to date: the original iPhone, an iPhone 3G and now the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 is, by far, the best phone I’ve ever had.
I have not encountered dropped calls, poor signal strength or any other terrible problems with my iPhone 4. So far it’s been a genuine pleasure to use it and I’m very, very glad I dumped my old iPhone 3G for the iPhone 4. You couldn’t pay me to go back to my old phone after using my iPhone 4 for a while.
But the death grip drama queens still rant on, spewing their Apple hate and boring all of us as they try to wring a little more false drama from “antennagate.”
Rush Limbaugh to the Rescue!
Rush Limbaugh, of all people, recently tore the media a new one about all of this and rightfully so.
Then we had Consumer Reports, which is a worthless bunch of trash, first saying the iPhone is the best product in its field and then suspiciously coming out and saying: Don’t buy the thing, you can’t hear a call on it. Folks, nothing is real. Now, as you know, I’ve got no brief for Apple, but I do love this country, and I love freedom, and I detest the tentacles of statist big government reaching into every nook and cranny and corner of this country and trying to tell everybody when and where they have to do what and how much. I am sick and tired of successful private sector companies and industries being enemies, perceived as enemies and being targeted by the American left. The irony here is that the people going after Steve Jobs are a bunch of liberals.
The people going after Apple are a bunch of liberals, in the media to one degree or another. Now Chuck-U Schumer piling on, a Senator from New York? New York? How close is New York to Cupertino, California, where the iPhone is designed? What the hell is Chuck-U Schumer got to say about this? ”Oh, he’s a US senator! Oh, yeah, we’re supposed to have immediate reverence. A US Senator is demanding that Apple be transparent because they’re screwing people.” That’s the news, that’s the message: Apple’s the latest company to screw people. If we could return Obama, how many returns do you think there would be? I guarantee you if we could take Obama back to the voting booth there would be a hell of a lot more people returning Obama than have returned iPhones.
I know that a lot of people hate Limbaugh and his politics, but he’s right about the media exaggerating the iPhone 4 signal problem. Suddenly Apple has become public enemy #1 and has to be brought down viciously by many of the same people who usually run around touting Apple products. Between the presstitutes and idiot politicians like NY senator Chuck Schumer, it’s been tough not to want to tune the whole story out completely.
It just goes to show you that if you stick your head up above the crowd, somebody will throw a rock at it. Apple, having been enormously successful over the last ten years, is now the #1 target of whiners, haters and other assorted miscreants who have far too much time on their hands.
Go Tell It On the Mountain!
Let me tell you what I did to test the iPhone 4’s ability. I climbed a mountain with it! Yep, that’s right. I took my iPhone 4 up to the top of Mount Monadnock. I had a wonderful time (well until my legs gave out on me and then I had a hellish climb down, but I made it back alive…barely), and my iPhone 4 performed flawlessly.
I was quite surprised at how good my signal was on top of Mount Monadnock. Mount Monadnock is in southwestern New Hampshire. The mountain is about 3600 feet high at its peak, and it’s definitely not a beginner’s kind of hike. It takes at least a couple of hours to the top of the mountain if you take the most direct route up it.
The only problem I had with my iPhone 4 on Mount Monadnock was trying not to drop it. It’s very slippery, especially when your fingers are all sweaty. I was terrified I was going to stumble and my iPhone 4 was going to go flying down the mountain in a one-way suicide trip.
Fortunately, I was able to keep myself from dropping it.
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So true why let self important people dictate to us what is right and wrong. Frankly the whiners and bitchers (brainless) have been listening too long to these self important people to decide for them what is right and wrong. Totally sad – these people can’t even make simple decision.
Spot on. Almost no journalistic integrity on the internet except for the rare outpost where the writer actually uses critical thinking and doesn’t just repeat what some other faux journalist has repeated from some unnamed source without any actual checking of facts. Can’t let facts and objective analysis and reporting get in the way of whipping up hysteria and hits. Make it up and they will come. Too many false experts, analysts and others who can’t find a real job so they spend their days wasting bandwidth on the internet. Hilarious that Mr. Jobs hurt their feelings, but its just false indignation. They dish it out but can’t take it, By the way, you’re one of the outposts.
Well, I can’t say that I am a consumer of Apple products, but I certainly think that the media – and the politicians – have simply chosen to pick on Apple because they have had a great deal of success in recent years, achieving enough success that people are willing to pay a premium for many products in their product line that excel at a variety of things, from a unique desktop experience on the Macs to a craze with the music iPods, to the point that mp3 video media is often called a Podcast, then the iPhone and the latest iPad.
No doubt every one of these products DOES have solid value, and those who get them are generally quite happy with them. I believe I read some reports that only around 1% of the early customers even had some kind of issue with the iPhone 4 – and may not have even noticed had the media not made such a stink about “signal bars” and what some are now calling “Antennagate”!
I think we have a lot more that we could take issue on with our current national leadership. On the other hand, because Apple does generate a significant premium for their products and services and tries valiantly to prevent others from copying it, they are going to attract attention.
I find the whole thing a bit amusing. Now personally I am not a big Apple fan. I prefer to “Live Free or Die”, both in where I live (NH) and how I use software (as much freely licensed software as possible). I tend NOT to want to pay a premium for anything in the software space. I’d rather save my money for an occasional dining treat, to take my kids on some extra trips or get them treats, or contribute to causes that matter to me. At the same time, I have nothing against Apple whatsoever.
I do think that Steve Jobs, as soon as he caught wind of these issues, should have said, “You know what, we did not spot any issues in this area during our engineering development, but we take great pride and satisfaction in engineering and product excellence in every way, so we have immediate plans to investigate the reports we’ve heard, and as soon as we can either isolate the reported issue and provide a permanent solution, or at the very least provide an interim work around, we will do so, and we will be providing both communications and updates on our progress until we’ve reached a mutually positive solution to the reported issues.”
That kind of statement would put the whole thing to rest right away. From what I’ve read, there may be, under certain conditions, some truth to the antenna issues. Hey, as long as I’ve known antennas – since I was a young boy, who happened to be VERY interested in radios, antennas, even the old “Short Wave Radios”, I’ve known that depending on the type of antenna and the band in which it is operating, touching an antenna will either IMPROVE reception – usually in the rather low frequency bands, or HURT reception – usually in the high band frequencies. Well, a phone uses pretty high broadband wireless frequencies. In high bandwidth applications, the antenna does not have to be very large at all, but for those of you who remember AM versus FM radio, AM can bounce off the atmosphere, but FM needs direct line of sight signals. Microwave cell towers need that direct line of sight, which is why some carriers who have more towers and repeaters have better reception.
So let’s leave it alone, but you are all right. What a crock all of the noise has been. Apple could have squelched it a lot earlier though, and even now, I saw an article suggesting that Apple KILL the iPhone 4, if you can believe it! I wouldn’t. In fact, if Apple does all of this right they may have gotten some FREE publicity, and if they let it be known that bumpers are standard equipment on the best phone in the industry, they could leverage even more sales.
ME? I am a Droid kind of a guy; I was looking for a Linux based phone for a long time, but I wasn’t going to pay megabucks in days past for a Sharp Zaurus, just as I won’t pay a lot for an i-this or e-that today. I prefer to wait and look for stuff that leverages my freedom of choice. At the same time, I am VERY KEEN that my freedom of choice INCLUDES Apple products, it includes Microsoft products, and it includes stuff that is either highly proprietary or completely free. I want THAT kind of choice, too, and Apple is most certainly a leader in most everything that they do.
Way to go, Rush, for calling it as it is and way to go Jim for speaking out on this nonsense. Finally some journalism that resembles reality, NOT a reality SHOW!
I wonder about folks who think Consumer Reports (CR)isn’t a valuable source of carefully constructed, unbiased reviews of products (I thought you were in that game). But, since you quote Rash Lamebaugh to that effect, you must have some evidence to the contrary. Provide it. I’m certain CR will be interested. Their habit of suing the bejesus out of anyone attempting to smear their reputation is as admirable as it is pervasive.
I call BS on your assessment of the iPhone 4 critics until you prove that the various reviewers, especially CR, are loons out flying at the Moon.
I am so glad to read a positive article about iphone 4 & its well written jim. i dint got iphone 4 yet but will get it for sure as soon as its released in middle east.