Apple iPhone 4 is Released Along With Several Operational Problems

Its now the end of June, soon it’s going to be the start of July and we all know what is in store! A new iPhone model is preparing to be released to consumers on, the 24th of June.

Already the iPhone 4 has it’s share of drama around the release, some of the issues as early as April of 2010. In early April, Gizmodo staff member Jason Chen bought a then top secret iPhone 4 prototype model from a nameless person for a sum of $5,000. Gizmodo.com held extensive coverage of the iPhone 4 and even was discussed on large reports channels like FoxNews and MSNBC. His home was later raided by the California Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team and had his PCs seized. The reason for the raid on his home was something to do with industrial espionage; but how could you be guilty of that if all that you are doing is purchasing something? You are not stealing it so whats the difficulty.

Then when the iPhone was ready for advance order online, the system crashed after over six hundred thousand preorders had been registered. Not just that, ATTs systems were suffering from security breaks and folk were accessing other peoples accounts incidentally, and having the ability to view and change other purchasers info. There were reports of AT&T stores being shut down over the amount of folks attempting to preorder and the strain of ATTs systems being far too overloaded. ATT in the end had to shut off the pre-ordering system due to mass misunderstanding and problems. What they really needed was computer virus removal Burnsville to keep their system up and running.

Staff member Sam Axon of Mashable.com informed the readers that he was mugged while he was waiting for an iPhone 4 in Chicago. He posted on Twitter the following “I was just mugged while waiting in line for the iPhone 4. Not kidding.” What’s this world coming to? And finally, there are reports abound of the iPhone 4 having issues with its hardware. Gizmodo.com is reporting the iPhone 4 will drop all service if the case of the phone is squeezed near the antenna mount on the side of the case. It turns out that you can bridge two antenna with your finger and that will cause the phone to drop calls. The solution is as easy as a tiny piece of scotch tape, or put the phone in a case. Such a straightforward mend for a five hundred dollars machine but it should not exist in the first place?

There is also verifiable proof that the screen of the iPhone 4 has issues with yellow pixels, bands and splotches on the screen from standard use. Most likely Apple will not fix the issue for free and will claim that the user damaged the LCD themselves. Again, should this be a problem at release or should it have been fixed before the absurdly pricey item was sold to the public? Sony found out the hard way some time ago with a huge recall for digital camera repair to fix the CCD sensor on millions of cameras consumers had previously bought.

Apple has a record of making excellent products, but with the knowledge that the iPhone 4 was going to be as popular as it is, they really should have invested more in research and development. It’s far easier to handle design issues before you put item into mass production than it is to handle them after the patron has purchased the item. You don’t want to have to provide millions of buyers with home computer repair Prior Lake after the fact. It’s possible Apple will learn an important lesson from this release.
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