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"There's no right or wrong way of holding it. [Close up] I don't have to change myself to fit the product. It fits me." --Jony Ive, iPad intro video (1:12) I s

"There's no right or wrong way of holding it. [Close up] I don't have to change myself to fit the product. It fits me." --Jony Ive, iPad intro video (1:12) I suppose this is a trivial feature of iPad's design, since it clearly doesn't apply to iPhone 4, which is beginning to epitomize form over function--no design ought to sacrifice usability, no matter how beautiful. It becomes simply bad, sub-optimal design. I'm not happy at all about how Apple is responding to this.

jrockway 16y ago
I'm not happy at all about how Apple is responding to this. Admitting that they fucked up will cut into their profits. Convincing people that the phone is fine and that the user is the problem moves more units. Apple has investors like any other company. This move is good for the investors.
- whichdokta 16y ago
  > Apple has investors like any other company. This move is good for the investors. Any move that is bad for the customers won't be good for investors. There is no short term vs long term thinking once you reached profitability and have cash reserves. The short term will inevitably become the long term. The _responsible_ thing to do for your investors is to solve problems before they get any more expensive to solve. i.e. solve your problems _now_ You have to simultaneously satisfy customers, investors, employees and the community you operate within. If you cannot wrap your head around that you cannot be trusted by anyone because you will always be sacrificing one for the other to save your incompetent ass. Sheesh. This is not rocket science.
  - whichdokta 16y ago
    It's a shame you feel that way, but down-voting the truth is not going to fix your economy, un-pollute your oceans nor end your wars. Feel free to shout once you've had enough and want the beatings to stop. :-)
- DannoHung 16y ago
  And if I were an investor, I would be wondering what the FUCK they were doing shipping a product with as big a flaw as this. This is shit that should have been corrected in the DESIGN stage.
  - signa11 16y ago
    > wondering what the FUCK they were doing shipping a product with as big a flaw as this most likely, the reason being that they field-tested this whole thing with 3gs look-alike dielectric (non-conducting) case...
    - amirmc 16y ago
      Or maybe they just thought AT&T had really crap reception wherever they went? Admittedly that's a flippant remark but I still haven't seen any indication as to what proportion of users are having the problem. It's getting press because it's Apple, not necessarily because huge proportions of users are having issues. I expect someone here will correct me if I'm wrong though.
jodrellblank 16y ago
no design ought to sacrifice usability, no matter how beautiful That way leads to the Homer Simpson car. Every design makes trades away from an ideal of usability for aesthetic reasons as well as cost and practicality.

jrockway 16y ago

I'm not happy at all about how Apple is responding to this. Admitting that they fucked up will cut into their profits. Convincing people that the phone is fine and that the user is the problem moves more units. Apple has investors like any other company. This move is good for the investors.

whichdokta 16y ago
> Apple has investors like any other company. This move is good for the investors. Any move that is bad for the customers won't be good for investors. There is no short term vs long term thinking once you reached profitability and have cash reserves. The short term will inevitably become the long term. The _responsible_ thing to do for your investors is to solve problems before they get any more expensive to solve. i.e. solve your problems _now_ You have to simultaneously satisfy customers, investors, employees and the community you operate within. If you cannot wrap your head around that you cannot be trusted by anyone because you will always be sacrificing one for the other to save your incompetent ass. Sheesh. This is not rocket science.
- whichdokta 16y ago
  It's a shame you feel that way, but down-voting the truth is not going to fix your economy, un-pollute your oceans nor end your wars. Feel free to shout once you've had enough and want the beatings to stop. :-)
DannoHung 16y ago
And if I were an investor, I would be wondering what the FUCK they were doing shipping a product with as big a flaw as this. This is shit that should have been corrected in the DESIGN stage.
- signa11 16y ago
  > wondering what the FUCK they were doing shipping a product with as big a flaw as this most likely, the reason being that they field-tested this whole thing with 3gs look-alike dielectric (non-conducting) case...
  - amirmc 16y ago
    Or maybe they just thought AT&T had really crap reception wherever they went? Admittedly that's a flippant remark but I still haven't seen any indication as to what proportion of users are having the problem. It's getting press because it's Apple, not necessarily because huge proportions of users are having issues. I expect someone here will correct me if I'm wrong though.

jodrellblank 16y ago

no design ought to sacrifice usability, no matter how beautiful That way leads to the Homer Simpson car. Every design makes trades away from an ideal of usability for aesthetic reasons as well as cost and practicality.