“ Dear Apple, you’ve lost the iPhone 4 case gamble so pay up
Apple consiracy uncovered:
- Glass panel connects with drop surface on falls. The guys at iFix Your i claimed this design flaw when they noted the steel frame offers no protection to the glass panel when dropped face flat. Apple’s iPhone 4 Bumper has a raised rubber edge to prevent this.
- Square steel edges are uncomfortable in hand. I noted this when I first got my iPhone 4, mentioned it a few weeks ago, and even a genius at the Apple store brought it up without prompting. The 4 is just uncomfortable to hold. Oh, but the Bumper has nice, soft, rounded rubber edges.
- The back is too darn slick. That oleophobic coating makes it wonderfully easy to wipe away fingerprints, but it also makes the 4 a frictionless wonder. Hard to pluck from my pocket, impossible to rest on a slightly rounded surface. That grippy rubber Bumper sure fixes that problem though.
- And finally, there’s that magic spot on the lower left that kills wireless signals on contact, like a can of Raid smashing a cockroach. Can’t touch that spot if there’s a Bumper in the way, can you?
So if Apple knew about the problems and designed the Bumper to address them, why didn’t they include Bumpers with the 4? Short answer: money. If people buy cases anyway, why give them away?
gottabemobile.com
Actually yes, they knew about issues, and they want you to buy a Bumper case along with your iPhone 4. But this time Apple’s habit to put less and less into product boxes finally backfired.
Dear Apple, why didn’t you just include a bumer case with each iPhone 4? If you did, now you wouldn’t have to read all those articles everywhere.
(via dear-apple)
Whilst I agree that it seems like you really need a case to make your iPhone 4 more usable (although the examples above are a bit OTT), I think they would have had complaints if they included the bumper in the box anyway.
The price of the phone would go up $30, so you would effectively be ‘forced’ to buy their case. What about other cases? Not only would case makers call foul (and say Apple has a monopoly on iPhone 4 cases because of bundling), but this would also limit consumer choice.
If you want a bumper, buy it. If you’re pissed off at Apple for the ‘conspiracy’ then buy a case from someone else. Simple.
ReBlogged from dear-apple
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Stephen Fry
