Tuesday, June 29, 2010

HEARD ON THE STREET: The Curious Case of iPhone 4 - WSJ.com

Another iPhone reality check

If the iPhone 4 has become "the most successful product launch in Apple's history," as the company says, one wouldn't want to imagine the worst.

Apple's statement overlooked the fact that its fourth-generation phone has an antenna design that may require consumers either to buy a case or learn to hold the phone in a particular way to ensure reception. Usually the idea is to produce phones that get clearly better, not worse, with each new version.

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The real question has to be whether concerns about the antenna, combined with carrier congestion issues, will slow uptake of the iPhone among customers not yet converted to Apple worship. Not only are they likely to be less patient with any product failings, they can now choose from an ever-widening array of alternative smartphones.

HEARD ON THE STREET: The Curious Case of iPhone 4 - WSJ.com

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