By Neil Hughes Published: 09:55 AM EST Though reports have indicated Apple will not initiate a full recall of the iPhone 4 at its press conference today, some prominent Wall Street analysts believe Apple could institute a “voluntary” recall, or refund dissatisfied owners the full purchase price. Reports from both The Wall Street Journal [...]
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is not planning on issuing an iPhone 4 recall at tomorrow’s press conference. Apple’s iPhone 4 has been dogged by reports of antenna-reception problems since its launch last month. The company has called a news conference to discuss the issue Friday. Apple doesn’t plan to recall the phone, [...]
By AppleInsider Staff Published: 06:00 PM EST Although Apple has called a press conference tomorrow to discuss well-documented problems with the iPhone 4′s antenna and reception, a new report claims that a recall of the handset won’t be among the announcements. Citing a person familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal is reporting [...]
By Neil Hughes Published: 12:20 PM EST Apple’s scheduling of a press conference Friday to talk about the iPhone 4 could foreshadow a product recall, a free in-store modification of the device’s hardware, or a handout of free bumpers, depending on who you ask. A number of Wall Street’s most prominent analysts chimed in [...]
Cult of Mac spoke with several public relations experts who suggest that a recall of Apple’s iPhone 4 is “inevitable” given growing criticism over the device’s antenna issues that is spilling over from blog communities into the mainstream media. The PR crisis grew substantially yesterday when the widely-read Consumer Reports review and recommendation magazine failed [...]
By Josh Ong Published: 08:30 PM EST A recall of the iPhone 4 could cost Apple as much as $1.5 billion, according to one investment research firm. Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst for Bernstein Research, said in a note to clients on Tuesday that while a full product recall is “highly unlikely,” it could theoretically [...]
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Following a variety of criticism surrounding the iPhone 4 antenna design, Bernstein Research analyst Tony Sacconaghi has distributed a note detailing a cost estimate for a full recall. Although he considers a product recall to be “highly unlikely,” it could cast the company $1.5 billion…. IPhone – Smartphone – [...]