Arrogant dragon will have cause to repent
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Apple stops bashing rivals over antennagate
VIDEOS OF CONTROVERSIAL TESTS Apple carried out to disparage its rivals over reception problems allegedly similar to those of its Iphone 4 have disappeared from its websites in both the US and the UK.
In the tests, Apple tried to claim that mobile phones from rival firms such as RIM, Nokia, Samsung and HTC also had reception problems when their handsets were held in a certain way. The videos showed devices from those companies suffering similar if not worse reception problems.
The companies were very vocal in their complaints about Apple's behaviour. Whatever the reasons might be, and you could guess that legal threats might have been made, Apple has pulled the videos of its tests from Apple websites on both sides of the Atlantic.
It could also potentially have something to do with outside tests conducted on the Iphone 4 published late last week by PA Consulting.
The tests showed that in the 'death grip' the Iphone 4's performance was considerably worse than those of the Blackberry 9700 and HTC HD2 it was tested alongside.
The Iphone 4's general connectivity performance was also at the lower end of the range in comparison with the other phones tested.
If Apple hadn't first claimed that the Iphone 4 reception problem didn't exist, and then said that it's a common problem shared by its competitors, no one would ever have gotten interested enough to conduct such careful testing of the Iphone 4 against other smartphones.
It's apparently another triumph for the Apple PR machine. µ
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Because "Tu Quoque" (you too) is a logical fallacy, and only serves to reinforce the fact that Apple does not pander anything exceptional.
Thought that antennagate was over with since the offer of free iCondom's by Jobs, to save the iPhone from the grip of death (mainly from lefties). Guess I haven't been paying attention as much as I should of been.
So is anyone else aware that the Droid X had a display issue? No? Perhaps Motorola's response - "Oops, sorry, we'll replace any failures with a new phone at no cost to our customers" - worked better than Apple's "deny, then blame the customer, then claim we're no worse than everybody else" strategy?
Just a thought, Apple.