@MJDeviant: 'Common sense' is an oxymoron.

@Bug Eyed Gekk: Shane MacGowan

@7 of pi: perfect reply. hearted.

@MacTodd: That sucks, but if you can death grip it to drop calls on demand I'd take it back, you've got a dud.

Common sense suggests that exposed antennas will create problems, and this view is supported by YouTube, with it's bars go down videos, unfortunately it's also undermined by the 'bars stay the same' videos and 'bars go up' videos, you'll notice I didn't qualify that with 'iPhone' because at this point you can pretty…

@MacTodd: That last shot is from the inside of a testing van which judging from the view is OUTSIDE the lab. The things on the table are iPhone's, the hand like things are designed specifically to mimic the effect human tissue has on reception.

@im2fools: Pretty sure he'd rather sell more iPads than celebrate overwhelming the supply of an IPS panel that no one but Apple is going to use in a tablet anyway.

@Ron-Mexic0: that's a joke right?

A subterranean ark on the moon? for doomsday survivors with rocket ships and shit?

Any time anyone makes more than a million of something you're going to get a few duds, don't you guys have contacts in the sales channels to tip you off to to the real stories?

@Kakkoii: I suspected that was the fear, of an 'any colour you like so long as it's Apple' future.

@Kakkoii: I'm dying to know who this magical company is, I'm praying you're thinking Canonical, but I suspect, given the thread context you're thinking Google.

@Kakkoii: Have you considered the possibility that some people actually understand all the pros and cons of various products yet simply have different requirements to you?

Reminds me of the [insert ethnic group] mission to put the first man on the sun, they planned to land at night.

@Bs Baldwin: Wrath? yes, I'm sure they will/do, wrath is hardly unexpected in business.

If Apple faked the HTC phone losing bars then I would have expected HTC to sue Apple for kabillons.

@PhineasJW: No, you have, Apple almost went out of business trying to replicate Microsoft success in licensing its OS to third party manufacturers.

@PhineasJW:

@ITIL_Prince: My thoughts entirely, a 'death ray' that you can't use to attack someone with isn't going to win many fans in the military or with your investors.

Only $300, can't think why that got left out.