Apple may lose a half billion dollars on iPhone4

Usually, Habré is not particularly welcome topics related to Apple, but this topic will focus on the technical problem of the iPhone4 and the losses that the corporation may incur. In general, there are few IT-related people left who wouldn’t hear about the iPhone 4 signal loss problem. After thousands and thousands of user complaints dissatisfied with the situation, Apple gave an official response , according to which the problem is a signal indicator failure, I mean in the device software. The company even promised to release an iPhone software update that fixes this problem. At the same time, a number of experts conducted an audit, and the decision is contrary to the approval of Apple. Experts believe that the problem is hardware. And if so, then Apple will have to replace devices, make a review.


Another specialist, Tony Sakkonagi, and Bernstein Research, arrived at the same time, who had calculated how much such a review would cost the corporation. He argues that Apple will have to fork out as much as a half billion dollars (!), Which currently represents about 3.5% of the corporation's turnover.
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In general, a solid blow to the company's pocket, which may be one of the "straws that broke the camel's back." So, Tony advises the guys from Apple not to justify the problems with the software, but simply to develop nozzles for isolating the antenna, which will solve this issue with minimal losses.

Such a nozzle currently costs about $ 30, although its cost is $ 1. It will be easier for everyone if they just start distributing the nozzle for free - it will bring much less damage than recall of all devices.

Interestingly, the site Gizmodo received a curious letter from its reader, where he talked about how he handed over his iPhone 4 to the warranty service with a complaint about the very problem with signal reception. So, he was given a device back without a problem with the signal, a new device. It seems that Apple conducts a "quiet" exchange of problematic devices for normal ones.

Here is an English source .