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Or that, once shipping a piece of software, the team was ready to re-staff for the next major release, coming in a year. You don't add engineers on at the end

by nirvana 14y ago

Or that, once shipping a piece of software, the team was ready to re-staff for the next major release, coming in a year. You don't add engineers on at the end but at the beginning. There was no mass firing for "Antennagate" in fact there was no "antennagate"... like this BS maps "issue" Antennagate was just a bunch of apple haters bashing the company. The reality is, the iOS maps app is already far better than google maps around here. Apple has terrain data and correct streets, google doesn't even know this major city exists (becuase it isn't in the US or europe.)

stevoski 14y ago
Which city/country are you in? The new iOS map app is fine here in Barcelona, except that all the street names are in Spanish instead of Catalan.
- jlmendezbonini 14y ago
  It might help to verify Maps label's language configuration. It solved my English - Spanish labels problem. Settings --> Maps
raverbashing 14y ago
Yes, the issue was blown out of proportion But heads rolled at Apple, ask a certain Mr. Papermaster (not only because of that)
rustynails 14y ago
Antenna gate wasn't real? I can reproduce the antenna fault with a significant drop in signal strength with one pinkie. I classify that as a major fault. For a premium product, that's unacceptable.
- batista 14y ago
  >Antenna gate wasn't real? I can reproduce the antenna fault with a significant drop in signal strength with one pinkie. I classify that as a major fault. For a premium product, that's unacceptable. Really? Because tens (hundreds) of millions of people found it _totally acceptable_ and made that phone the top selling phone. Not to mention that they found that the "issue" was a non issue in practice.
  - blinkingled 14y ago
    I know at least 3 friends of mine that bought the 4 on AT&T and suffered through several dropped calls - they even used my Moto once and Nexus the other time to complete their calls at the same place on the same carrier. So Antennagate was real, iPhone <5 dropped more calls than any other phone on AT&T. That's the disingenuous part about how Steve handled Antennagate - sure competitors dropped bars when holding hand over their antennas but the competitors antennas weren't badly designed such that they would be easily covered while holding the phone and their phones didn't drop as many calls. People decided to live with it but 2 out of my 3 friends are on non-iPhones as their work doesn't afford them dropped calls.
    - batista 14y ago
      Well, I, for one, still have an iPhone 4. Never updated on 4s (or 5). Never had any reception problems that I can recall (i.e not getting through a call). It might be that I get a good signal where I live and work (and in 2 different countries, neither of which is the states). So, YMMV. But, I do remember iPhone 4 owners actually reporting LESS dropped calls than iPhone 3GS: "iPhone 4 owners are reporting fewer dropped calls than iPhone 3GS owners": http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/04/report-iphone-4-owners-report-fewer-dropped-calls-than-iphone-3/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/04/report-iphone-4-owners-report... And after the media noise blew out, there weren't any complains about it --as if the forums and people forgot all about it--, just people using their phones. And AT&T could be to blame, not the iPhone. For: ""According to a March study by ChangeWave Research, AT&T is the reason the iPhone drops calls. Users of the Verizon iPhone 4 reported a 1.8% dropped-call rate, the same rate as users of other Verizon phones. Users of the AT&T iPhone 4 reported a 4.8% dropped-call rate, 2.7 times the rate of Verizon iPhone users.""
  - bitcartel 14y ago
    It was real enough that Apple settled a class action lawsuit over the dodgy antenna. http://articles.cnn.com/2012-02-20/tech/tech_mobile_iphone-4-antenna-settlement_1_antenna-problem-iphone-protective-case?_s=PM:TECH http://articles.cnn.com/2012-02-20/tech/tech_mobile_iphone-4...
- SpikeDad 14y ago
  And since the exact same "fault" appears in 75% of the phones of that generation your point is what? Oh, nothing.
mikeash 14y ago
BS maps issue? It's comforting to know that the fundamental uselessness of this app to me is, apparently, just a figment of my imagination. This whole thing pisses me off. People can't just be content to say that it works for them. They have to declare that the problem doesn't even exist, and all of us who are actually experiencing it are somehow wrong. How do you even get the idea to do that?

by nirvana 14y ago

stevoski 14y ago

Which city/country are you in? The new iOS map app is fine here in Barcelona, except that all the street names are in Spanish instead of Catalan.

jlmendezbonini 14y ago
It might help to verify Maps label's language configuration. It solved my English - Spanish labels problem. Settings --> Maps

raverbashing 14y ago

Yes, the issue was blown out of proportion But heads rolled at Apple, ask a certain Mr. Papermaster (not only because of that)

rustynails 14y ago

Antenna gate wasn't real? I can reproduce the antenna fault with a significant drop in signal strength with one pinkie. I classify that as a major fault. For a premium product, that's unacceptable.

batista 14y ago
>Antenna gate wasn't real? I can reproduce the antenna fault with a significant drop in signal strength with one pinkie. I classify that as a major fault. For a premium product, that's unacceptable. Really? Because tens (hundreds) of millions of people found it _totally acceptable_ and made that phone the top selling phone. Not to mention that they found that the "issue" was a non issue in practice.
- blinkingled 14y ago
  I know at least 3 friends of mine that bought the 4 on AT&T and suffered through several dropped calls - they even used my Moto once and Nexus the other time to complete their calls at the same place on the same carrier. So Antennagate was real, iPhone <5 dropped more calls than any other phone on AT&T. That's the disingenuous part about how Steve handled Antennagate - sure competitors dropped bars when holding hand over their antennas but the competitors antennas weren't badly designed such that they would be easily covered while holding the phone and their phones didn't drop as many calls. People decided to live with it but 2 out of my 3 friends are on non-iPhones as their work doesn't afford them dropped calls.
  - batista 14y ago
    Well, I, for one, still have an iPhone 4. Never updated on 4s (or 5). Never had any reception problems that I can recall (i.e not getting through a call). It might be that I get a good signal where I live and work (and in 2 different countries, neither of which is the states). So, YMMV. But, I do remember iPhone 4 owners actually reporting LESS dropped calls than iPhone 3GS: "iPhone 4 owners are reporting fewer dropped calls than iPhone 3GS owners": http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/04/report-iphone-4-owners-report-fewer-dropped-calls-than-iphone-3/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/04/report-iphone-4-owners-report... And after the media noise blew out, there weren't any complains about it --as if the forums and people forgot all about it--, just people using their phones. And AT&T could be to blame, not the iPhone. For: ""According to a March study by ChangeWave Research, AT&T is the reason the iPhone drops calls. Users of the Verizon iPhone 4 reported a 1.8% dropped-call rate, the same rate as users of other Verizon phones. Users of the AT&T iPhone 4 reported a 4.8% dropped-call rate, 2.7 times the rate of Verizon iPhone users.""
- bitcartel 14y ago
  It was real enough that Apple settled a class action lawsuit over the dodgy antenna. http://articles.cnn.com/2012-02-20/tech/tech_mobile_iphone-4-antenna-settlement_1_antenna-problem-iphone-protective-case?_s=PM:TECH http://articles.cnn.com/2012-02-20/tech/tech_mobile_iphone-4...
SpikeDad 14y ago
And since the exact same "fault" appears in 75% of the phones of that generation your point is what? Oh, nothing.

mikeash 14y ago

BS maps issue? It's comforting to know that the fundamental uselessness of this app to me is, apparently, just a figment of my imagination. This whole thing pisses me off. People can't just be content to say that it works for them. They have to declare that the problem doesn't even exist, and all of us who are actually experiencing it are somehow wrong. How do you even get the idea to do that?