Comment by masukomi | Hacker News Reader

Comment by masukomi | Hacker News Reader

> Remember the iPhone 4? I even believed your bullshit about the antenna, but yes, it really didn’t work. I spent a year of my life with dropped calls, thanks for that.

translation: I was too stubborn to buy a case / bumper to prevent this and suffered and bitched for a year instead

> iPhone: I can’t even get a day’s charge out of it

possibly valid, possibly using some rogue app that's killing the battery life, possibly bad unit

> apple TV: Whenever I turn my unit on, without fail I have to rip the plug out of the back and start again.

Obviously defective unit. too dumb to replace it.

> appleWatch: Never has a piece of technology made me more miserable.

never actually mentions any QA related problems.

> So why do I have to tell my Watch not to disturb me in a meeting?

because it's a device designed to give you notifications and most people want them even in meetings. I would.

> Or worse still shake my wrist like crazy when I’m on a live TV set?

that's just your own personal brand of crazy.

Not OP and don't care much about this, TBH, but:

>> Remember the iPhone 4?[...] > translation: I was too stubborn to buy a case / bumper to prevent this and suffered and bitched for a year instead

It might be just me, but a phone that doesn't work as a phone should mean refunds. It's a design problem (industrial design) and the case is a temporary workaround at best. Are we going to start blaming the clients for the mistakes of a company?

>> apple TV[...] > Obviously defective unit. too dumb to replace it.

Funny, I have the same issue now, a few years after I got it (as a company gift, I wouldn't have bought it), I wonder how many apple TVs that are 4-5 year old are still working. But again you are blaming the client for mistakes that are solely in the hands of apple.

I agree with you on the other points and personally, the only apple thing I have (apart from the apple TV, as I said, not my idea) is a rMBP that is 4 years old and still works flawlessly. I stand with you on things that are his/her opinion. But faults in manufacturing being passed as client's stupidity?

For those with AppleTV problems, try a new HDMI cable. A cheap cable caused all sorts of problems with mine - easily resolved with a $15 replacement.

"translation: I was too stubborn to buy a case / bumper to prevent this and suffered and bitched for a year instead"

Or, the product is faulty as he rightfully stated. The fact that a fault like this can be remedied by purchasing another product, which you shouldn't have to, is besides the point.

It's a cellphone, if there's anything it should do properly, it's make calls.

>> "Or, the product is faulty as he rightfully stated. The fact that a fault like this can be remedied by purchasing another product, which you shouldn't have to, is besides the point."

You didn't have to buy anything. They offered the cases for free. If you don't like the workaround return the product.

Once again, doesn't take away from the fact that the product is faulty. Cellphone that doesn't cellphone.

I tried really hard to find this problem. I never could. (Might have been GSM-specific, though).

possibly using some rogue app that's killing the battery life

AKA, "...has Facebook installed."

Weird downvotes - I'm guessing the author is alluding to Facebook running audio processes in the background to keep their app alive. Which is pretty relevant.

> > apple TV: Whenever I turn my unit on, without fail I have to rip the plug out of the back and start again.

> Obviously defective unit. too dumb to replace it.

I have the same problem. Unplugging/replugging it always fixes it, even though logically it sounds like it shouldn't.

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