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I seriously thought that the response would have been to offer a free service where they applied a thin clear layer of insulating material around the phone's ed
by qq66 16y ago
I seriously thought that the response would have been to offer a free service where they applied a thin clear layer of insulating material around the phone's edge. If people start believing that "iPhone 4s must be in a case" it greatly diminishes the fashion/status value of the phone.
- nlanier 16y agoI read the whole thing as "Here, you've forced us to give you a case but it's ridiculous and you really don't even need it."
- mechanical_fish 16y agoit greatly diminishes the fashion/status value of the phone Relative to what? Anyway, those who care enough about fashion will remove the case and only put it on when they need a little extra reception. Or, just as likely, they will flock to the third-party vendor who sells micron-thin transparent cases. That vendor is gearing up as we speak.
- m_eiman 16y agoAnyway, those who care enough about fashion will remove the case and only put it on when they need a little extra reception. Or use the headset and put the phone away in your pocket, the way God intended phone calls to be made.
- pkulak 16y agoHi, how are you? Doing anything fun for the weekend? Uh, hang on... What? I'm not talking to _you_!
- __david__ 16y agoIt's funny to me that when you see a lone person walking down the street or in the mall having an animated conversation with what looks like nobody, you no longer assume they are crazy.
- epochwolf 16y agoThis is what bluetooth headsets are made for!
- martinkallstrom 16y agoAbsolutely agree. Once I even happened to ignore a nutcase that approached me somewhat awkwardly in the street, not because I was uncomfortable but simply because I assumed she was on headset making a call.
- amohr 16y agoThose of us that were on speech team lost that assumption years ago.
- panacea 16y agoI've noticed there is certain body language that people use when speaking into earphone mics. They hunch over slightly, and exaggerate the act of speaking into it... visually emphasizing that they're not just casually strolling along talking to themselves. I know when I'm listening to comedy audio podcasts and can't help laughing, I make sure I'm holding an in-ear bud in place in my ear, or looking at the blank screen of my phone. We're a silly lot.
- pkulak 16y agoI do that all the time when I listen to Wait... Wait and such. Though, I don't try to make it obvious that I'm listening to something. I just don't notice that I'm doing it until I notice people staring.
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- watmough 16y agoYou know, that's a really neat idea. It could be done as a clear plastic clip. Maybe you could have mock Frankenstein bolts on the clips. Lot of possibilities there.
- bprater 16y agoAgreed. It feels like a hack, rather than a proper solution. I'm sure Ive isn't too happy about his gorgeous device needing to be stuffed in a $1 wrapper.
- gamble 16y agoI doubt a thin film would eliminate the attenuation. If the problem occurs because the two antennas are electrically coupled, separating two conductive surfaces by a thin film simply forms a capacitor that will still couple the RF signals in the primary antenna to the secondary. The duct tape hack and the bumper help because they distance your finger from the conductors.
- mrcharles 16y agoIt does help. http://www.anandtech.com/show/3821/iphone-4-redux-analyzing-apples-ios-41-signal-fix/3 http://www.anandtech.com/show/3821/iphone-4-redux-analyzing-...
- afterburner 16y agoPutting an iPhone in a case is really a shame. And yet, so many do it (it seems to me mostly women but my sample size is admittedly not large). The is so expensive, people are afraid to drop it. Maybe it's because it looks delicate? In any case, I've dropped my 3GS phone about a half dozen times, twice from 3 feet. No damage so far; maybe some scratches, but I use a matte screen protector (more easily scratched than the glass) and a custom vinyl backing (edges and corners still exposed). There's some dust now behind the screen from the impacts, but a case might not have prevented that anyways. If I had to put the 3GS in a case, I probably wouldn't have bought it in the first place. But then I prize thinness in phones over other things, since I put the phone in my pocket. At least the iPhone 4 bumpers are less intrusive and ugly than most 3GS cases. Still a shame to cover the stainless steel edge when they finally brought stainless steel back in the iPhone design.
- mmorris 16y agoI'm on the same page as you. I had the original iPhone up until I just bought the iPhone 4, and I never had a case on my old one. I just always keep my phone with my wallet in my left pocket, and keys, coins, etc. in my right pocket. Without a case it's thin enough. And with sharp things in the other pocket you don't scratch the phone up. It also helps, of course, that one's reflexes suddenly become much sharper when one is carrying an expensive piece of hardware. I've made some incredible catches of that phone over the years. There should be a name for this phenomenon - "the hand of Jobs" or "the reflexive property (of smartphones)", perhaps?
- srveit 16y agoI don't use a case for my 3GS. I always keep it in my pocket (not the one with my keys). However, I bought my wife a rubber case for hers, since she keeps it in her purse with her keys, lipstick, pens, pencils, etc.