WELCOME TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF LOADED. YOUR
IPHONE 4 UPDATE. IT'S
FRIDAY, JULY 16TH. I'M NATALI DEL CONTE, AND
IT'S TIME TO GET LOADED.
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APPLE CEO STEVE JOBS TOOK THE STATE IN THE
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
TODAY TO DISCUSS THE IPHONE 4 ANTENNA ISSUES.
HE ADMITTED THAT THE
IPHONE 4 DOES HAVE SOME REPLICATABLE ANTENNA
AND RECEPTION
PROBLEMS BUT HE SAID THAT REPORTED DROPPED
CALLS ON IPHONE 4 WERE
HAPPENING LESS FREQUENTLY THAN DROPPED CALLS
ON IPHONE 3 GS. SO IT
HAPPENS ENOUGH TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE
ABOUT, BUT NOT AS OFTEN
AS THE LAST PHONE. OKAY.
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APPLE'S SOLUTION IS THAT THEY WILL GIVE AWAY
FREE BUMPERS TO IPHONE 4
USERS AND REFUND THE MONEY OF ANYONE WHO HAS
BOUGHT A BUMPER
ALREADY. THEY WILL ALSO WAIVE A RESTOCKING
FEE IF YOU WANT TO RETURN
THE PHONE, WHICH WE ALREADY KNEW.
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JOBS SAID THAT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO RESEARCH
THIS ISSUE SO THAT IT
WON'T PERSIST IN FUTURE PHONES. HE ALSO SAID
THAT THIS ANTENNA ISSUE
HAPPENS IN ALL PHONES. BUT THEY ARE GETTING
ENOUGH BELLY ACHING
ABOUT IT IN IPHONE 4 THAT THEY ARE OFFERING
SOMETHING FOR FREE. NOT
TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THEIR STOCK HAS DROPPED
BECAUSE OF BAD
PRESS.
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I WOULD SAY THIS IS A PRETTY GRANDOISE WAY
TO RESPOND TO A VERY SMALL
PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS TO A SMALL AMOUNT OF
USERS BUT AT LEAST THEY
ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. ENOUGH THAT WE DID A
WHOLE SHOW ABOUT IT THIS
AFTERNOON.
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SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, THE REASON APPLE CALLED
AN IMPROMPTU PRESS
CONFERENCE. YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS AT
CNET-DOT-COM.
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THAT IS YOUR NEWS FOR NOW. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
I'M NATALI DEL
CONTE WITH CNETTV AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN LOADED.