Apple to Provide Free Cases for all iPhone 4 Owners

Posted on 17 Jul 2010 by PatrickJ

Apple providing free iPhone 4 cases

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Apple is going to be providing free cases to all iPhone 4 owners who want one, as part of their response to the iPhone 4 antenna issues.  This was announced yesterday at their iPhone 4 press conference to address the issue.

They also stated that they cannot make the new Apple ‘bumpers ‘ fast enough to provide one for each iPhone 4 user “ so they ‘ll be sourcing some alternatives (as yet unspecified), and letting users choose a case to have shipped to them.  Users can start applying for these via the Apple web site starting late next week.

Apple is also offering a refund to any users that already bought a bumper case from them.

During the press conference, Steve Jobs lead off by saying that Apple are not perfect, and neither are smartphones.  Towards the end of the event, Jobs stressed that though Apple are not perfect they love their users

So we do all this because we love our users. And when we fall short ” which we do sometimes ” we try harder. We pick ourselves up, we figure out what ‘s wrong, and we try harder. And when we succeed, they reward us by staying our users, and that makes it all worth it. ‘

I enjoy the naked iPhone as much as the next guy, but I ‘ve always used a case on every one of mine since the first gen “ so the idea that a case is needed in order to minimize the chances of seeing the antenna issue is no big deal for me (though I can see how others might not be so keen).

Apple has added an Antenna section to their website “ which offers information on smartphone antenna performance.  You can check that out here:

http://www.apple.com/antenna/

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3 Responses to Apple to Provide Free Cases for all iPhone 4 Owners

  1. Dave says:

    LIED ABOUT DEFECTS
    LIED ABOUT SIGNAL STRENGTH
    LIED ABOUT THE CAUSE OF SIGNAL
    LIED ABOUT NASTY EMAILS TO CUSTOMERS
    LIED AND CALLED CUSTOMERS AND EVERYONE ELSE LIARS
    LIED AND BLAMED ALL 3rd PARTIES
    LIED AND BLAMED ADOBE
    LIED AND BLAMED WiFi NETWORK FOR MALFUNCTIONING iPhone4 AT THE STAGE LAUNCH
    LIED AND BLAMED ATT

    NOW Apple/Jobs DROGING RIMM/NOKIA DOWN WITH THEM.

    Apple/Jobs is dirty game player, lowest of all lows in the corporate world.

  2. Dave says:

    .iPhone4 has a serious defect, it’s a malfunctioning phone, dropping calls and signals. Worse it has been iFAKING signals. Thats fraud, showing signals when there isn’t, Jobs admited to that.

    Consumer report said not to buy iPhone4 because of it’s serious defect. What if 911 Droped calls causes real deaths?

    AAPL/Jobs has forever been lying and dishonest about their security issues and malfunctioning products, then blame the consumers and media.
    AAPL/Jobs has lied about the antena malfunction.
    AAPL/Jobs has lied about the nasty emails to customers
    AAPL/Jobs has been more dishonest and ruthless and selfish than the Chinese communist regime.
    If it was any other company they would have been in more hot water than AAPL is right now.

  3. Adni says:

    iPhone4 is a marketting gimmic. It is not capable of running on 4G network and does not run on 4G network. Only EVO 4G and soon coming Samsung Epic 4G runs on 4G network
    AAPL/Jobs has been forgiven all the time for all wrongs, including on your face lies, and 3rd party blame game.

    EVO 4G vs. iPhone4 vs Droid, EVO 4G wins hands down easy. See it yourself on this 101 comparison infront of your eyes. http://skattertech.com/2010/06/infographic-evo-4g…

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