And because any successful company such as APple has to be busted down. After all, the media just can't stand having so much success--it doesn't sell airtime. The reason all of these other devices receive so little criticism is because those companies simply do not have the success rate as does APple. Although what is more interesting is when Ford or some other company has a recall with failing fuel lines etc. and you hear much less news and there is a case that impacts the user's actual life. :)
On Sep 29, 2012, at 6:15 PM, James Mannion <mannion...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well it would seem that all of those listed are quite minor. I have to > say in my opinion of course, but I really, really think the press is > absolutely grasping at anything to cast a negative shadow over the > IPhone 5. They really, really seem to try hard to do that. I have > heard the new Samsong phone came out with much more impacting > functional issues and also cracked plastic right out of the box. Will > the press make anything of that? Not from what I have seen. No way. > That's Samsong. That's android. They have no intention of every atempt > to trash their reputation. > > On 9/29/12, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: >> article: iPhone 5 honeymoon over already? >> >> week in review Owners of the new smartphone find a litany of fault with the >> new device, while Apple grapples with map miscues. >> CNET News: >> >> After just a week on the market, the iPhone 5 has owners writing up a >> laundry list of faults with the new device. >> >> Soon after the iPhone 5 went on sale last Friday, users started filling up >> discussion forums and social networks with reports of scratches and nicks >> on >> their brand-new phones. People say they've noticed the defects around the >> aluminum band surrounding the phone, with the issue more visible on the >> black version of the new iPhone. >> >> Those complaints don't appear to bother Apple. "Any aluminum product may >> scratch or chip with use, exposing its natural silver color," Apple Senior >> Marketing VP Phil Schiller said in an e-mail, according to 9to5Mac. "That >> is >> normal." >> >> Apple seems much more taken aback by the flap over its iOS 6 Maps app -- so >> much so that CEO Tim Cook on Friday took the startling step, for Apple, of >> issuing a major mea culpa for falling short of delivering the best possible >> experience. "We are extremely sorry," Cook wrote, "for the frustration this >> has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps >> better." >> >> But back to the iPhone: A purple halo also seems to plaguing some iPhone 5 >> owners, reportedly occurring on photographs if you aim your iPhone 5 camera >> toward a bright light source such as the sun or an incandescent light. If >> you then move the camera so the light source is off-screen, a purple halo >> effect can be seen through the camera. That effect also shows up on any >> pictures that are taken. >> >> Users are also complaining of lines of static appearing across their >> keyboard as they type. But the problem seems to occur only when they enter >> their passwords at the App Store or iTunes store. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
