antennagate

Apple’s Chilly Response to iPad Heat Complaints

Peter Kafka in News on March 20 at 7:58 am PT

“Well within our thermal specifications.”

Antennagate Ends, With a $15 Settlement

Peter Kafka in Mobile on February 18 at 10:40 am PT

Our long national nightmare, kaput.

Consumer Reports Says iPhone 4S Fixes Antenna Woes, Can Finally Recommend

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 8, 2011 at 5:40 am PT

The magazine says the new model solves the antenna-related issues that caused it to withhold its recommendation of the iPhone 4.

Logical: Smartphone "Death Grip" Is Universal, Say Researchers

John Paczkowski in News on March 1, 2011 at 2:36 pm PT

“Smartphones have weak spots….You can grab them in the course of normal use and you will drop reception.” Steve Jobs said that during Apple’s antennagate press conference last summer and today brings fresh independent evidence to confirm it.

Consumer Reports Can't Recommend iPhone, Can Recommend Consumer Reports Shopping App

Peter Kafka in Media on October 18, 2010 at 8:14 am PT

Consumer Reports’ odd love/kinda-love relationship with the iPhone continues: If you ignore its advice and buy the iPhone 4, the buying guide has a $10 app it would like to sell you.

Ouch: Nokia Ranked Below Palm on J.D. Power’s Smartphone Satisfaction Survey

John Paczkowski in News on September 23, 2010 at 11:23 am PT

Customer satisfaction with the iPhone is as consistent as Steve Jobs’s keynote wardrobe. For the fourth year running, Apple’s smartphone topped J.D. Power’s Smartphone Satisfaction Study, besting rivals like HTC, Research in Motion, LG and Nokia, which placed dead last–below Palm.

Schmantennagate

John Paczkowski in News on September 1, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

A fair bit of time has passed since “antennagate” and Apple’s unprecedented response to it. So how’s the iPhone 4 been selling after all that criticism? As well as ever, says Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore.

Apple, the Angelina Jolie of Tech, Steps Into the Spotlight Again Tomorrow

Kara Swisher in News on August 31, 2010 at 2:55 pm PT

For a secretive company, Apple sure has had a lot of events, launches and communications with the people in 2010. Such as tomorrow’s music-focused event in San Francisco, where oodles of announcements around the iPod and iTunes are expected. In a lot of ways, the company kind of reminds me of Angelina Jolie, the glamorous global celebrity. Let me explain.