Tag: iphone 4

If it weren’t for iBox’s aggressive promotion for the iPhone 4 I probably wouldn’t have come across this clean piece of case for the 4S. They didn’t have cases for older iPhones anymore when I checked last month but this time they’ve got a few models out. Glad they’ve got this classy one picked out. There’s a black version too.

For 200k it’s not a bad deal. It’s gonna be filthy within days since it’s all white but at least the iPhone won’t get more bumps and bruises. Hopefully.

Kinda wish they left out a gap for the SIM card slot tough.

I don’t know why people are making such a big fuss on whether Apple will release a brand new redesigned iPhone. The current models are fine as they are. If they’re gonna release a new phone, the design doesn’t have to be changed.

Apple didn’t change the iMac’s design for years at a time. The MacBook went through several revisions over two years without a new design. Same with the transition from PowerBook to MacBook Pro. Oh, and don’t get me started on the Power Mac G5 to Mac Pro.

The design of the iPhone 3G was maintained over two versions, so why not maintain the current form for the next release? iPhone 4 is still the top selling phone in the US, followed by the 3GS despite being more than 15 months old and in the case of 3GS, more than 24 months old. That tells you that the designs work pretty well. It’s never form over function.

WSJ: Jobs lost confidence in Papermaster months ago

According to a report by Engadget, the Wall Street Journal revealed that former iPhone chief Mark Papermaster never settled on his job at Apple and had difficulties fitting in with the expectations of being an Apple Senior VP.

That confirms my earlier suspicion that there was something much larger behind his departure than simply as a scapegoat, evidenced by how much of iPhone 4 is actually Bob Mansfield’s work and his absence from the iPhone 4 video as well as the press conference.

WSJ: Jobs lost confidence in Papermaster months ago

About Mark Papermaster’s departure from Apple

The New York Times reported that Mark Papermaster is no longer with Apple. His position was Senior Vice President Devices Hardware Engineering. In other words, he was in charge of Apple’s mobile devices including iPad, iPhone and iPods.

His departure has been attributed to the issue surrounding iPhone 4’s controversial antenna although both he and Apple have declined to comment on the reason. Apple spokesperson Steve Dowling said to the NY Times that Papermaster’s responsibilities have since been assumed by Bob Mansfield, Senior VP of Mac Hardware Engineering.

Mansfield is also responsible for the phone’s brand new A4 processor, the excellent retina display and touchscreen technology. According to John Gruber, Papermaster was the antenna guy.

It’s rather strange for someone whose previous roles included 15 years of microprocessor development to be primarily in charge of the antenna despite his position as the head of the iPhone division. Apparently Mansfield expressed his concerns about Papermaster before his hiring.

In the iPhone 4 video, Papermaster was the only relevant Senior VP to be absent and in his place was Bob Mansfield who was given the inclusive title of Senior VP Hardware. Of course, Papermaster could simply be video shy. Now I wonder if he was in Apple’s iPhone 3GS video presentation.

At the iPhone 4 press conference on July 16, Papermaster was notably absent and it was Mansfield who went with the journalists on the campus tour following the event.

Papermaster may have taken the tumble following the so called “antennagate” but it sounds to me that the issue is greater and further than that and predated the public controversy.

By no means I’m suggesting that it was office politics, rather perhaps Papermaster simply wasn’t a good fit at Apple as they initially decided, and Mansfield happened to be the person who was assigned by Steve Jobs or Tim Cook to take over the role both publicly and internally.

How they launched iPhone 4 in Singapore

“Singapore Telecommunications, known as SingTel, Southeast Asia’s biggest phone company by revenue, held its midnight launch party at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Center. The venue, with its almost concert-like atmosphere, was blasting with loud music, colored lights, fog and even a VIP lounge, where waitresses served hors d’oeuvres such as sea scallops with green olive tapenade.”

Anthony probably wouldn’t be able to stand it.

How they launched iPhone 4 in Singapore

Just here for the phone

“We’re just there for the phone. All I want to do is line up, wait for the phone, get in the store and leave the store with my object of desire with minimal fuss. No parties, no concerts, no singing, no bright lights and hoopla, no cheering wankers. Just the phone, then home.”

MacTalk’s Anthony Agius vents about iPhone 4 launch events

Just here for the phone

Can’t recommend it

@jdalrymple: I think I’ll write reviews for Consumer Reports. No I won’t; Yes I will; No I won’t. See, I fit right in.

@jsnell: I give that tweet my top rating but sadly I can’t recommend it

neat lighting

Every iPhone 4 TV ad Apple EVER does from now on is going to show people holding it left-handed, just to screw with the complainers.

Peter Cohen

Apple fires up four new FaceTime ads

Technology is about helping people do things and with iPhone 4 Apple puts communication back on the table. It’s not just video call, it’s video call done right.

So why did Apple restrict FaceTime to wifi only? Tried doing this on a 3G network? I have, and it’s not pretty.

Apple fires up four new FaceTime ads