Most everyone has heard now about the iPhone 4's antenna issue, touching the bottom left corner of the phone will result in a dramatic loss of signal. To this Apple's first response was "hold it a different way" which is a nice slap in the face for our left handed friends, then it was actually a software problem "no no, all the time the phones were showing more signal than they actually had.." and now finally they're going to give users a free rubber case, I mean come on, really?
Lets put this in a different scenario to see how futile it is, lets do a little role-play...
Man: "Hey Doctor, every time I try put weight on my left foot to walk it hurts incredibly and I fall."
Doc: "Just walk a different way!"
Man: "I can't!, look this is really bad I don't exactly have another way to walk and the pain is too much"
Doc: "Your brain is lying to you and telling you you're in much more pain than you actually are"
Man: "What!?, This is ridiculous you have to do something"
Doc: "Fine, here take this crutch, you'll be able to walk fine as long as you rely completely on this."
Man: "But my leg is still broken!, you've not addressed the problem at all, it's just temporary fix!"
Doc: "I don't see the problem..."
Medical care by Apple, you wouldn't go see this doctor again would you?
It's no secret I was looking forward to getting a new iPhone, held off for months because i new of the iPhone 4's impending release but I'm not so much of an apple fan boy that I'll over look this, I think the HTC Evo4 is calling or I'll hold off till Apple "readdress" the situation on September when the free case offer expires.