Tuesday, July 20, 2010

To come is the Apple press conference were iPhone recall is doubted by analysts

Numerous wonder if there is going to be an iPhone recall while they play with their new phones. Numerous think the Apple press conference on Friday will talk about an iPhone 4 recall. At the very least, Apple probably will address the iPhone 4 issues with the antenna. It is more likely that iPhone software updates could be announced. Apple’s stock price dropped Thursday because of the rumors of an iPhone recall.

Is an iPhone recall going to be announced?

At the conference on Friday, it is unlikely there will be a recall announced just for wireless reception issues for the iPhone. Computerworld reports that a giveaway for a $ 29 Apple iPhone 4 bumper case that fixes the iPhone reception problem could happen at the conference also. There are also suggestions of the conference being something to make people forget about the reception problem. Others suggest Apple might use the media event to announce the release of an iPhone software update. As outlined by Macrumors, the iOS 4.0.1 with a new signal strength indicator will ship on Thursday as a solution proposed by Apple on July 2.

Phones benefit from issue of the iPhone antenna

The iPhone recall is a hot Internet search term on the same day Verizon Wireless is launching the Motorola Droid X. According to Ken Hyers who was on eWeek and is a Technology Business Research analyst, Apple is having these iPhone 4 troubles at a very bad time. According to Hyers, great reviews of other smartphones with the Android OS are coming out of this. Consumers are buying them in increasing numbers. But he went on to say that the iPhone 4 antenna issue is not severe enough to warrant a recall.

iPhone 4 still selling

Since June 24, when the iPhone 4 came out, it has been selling quite frequently. 1.7 million were sold by Apple in just the first 3 days. July 14th, Apple stock had dropped around 8 percent because of the issue. But demand for the iPhone 4 remains brisk. As outlined by the Wall Street Journal. Retail shelves nevertheless have limited supplies. Apple says they received a revenue of $ 13.5 billion in the second quarter with a new quarterly profit of $ 3.07 billion.

Discover more information

Computerworld
computerworld.com/s/article/9179203/What_will_Apple_say_about_the_iPhone_4_?taxonomyId=163&pageNumber=1
eWeek
eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-to-Address-iPhone-4-Issues-Report-248066/
Wired
wired.com/epicenter/2010/07/apple-stock-drops-since-iphone-4-analysts-consumers-unfazed/



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