iOS 5.0.1 causing new issues for some users, along with mixed results on battery life
iOS 5.0.1 was released last week with promises to fix the issue of battery life that has been plaguing many users and some security issues like the Smart Cover hack. As we originally reported, the update even left some of those without battery issues with quicker battery drains. Over the weekend, even more issues within iOS 5.0.1...
iOS 5.0.1 Won’t Fix Your Battery Life, But It Will Forget Your Contacts
Apple issued its first iOS 5 update to the public yesterday — an update which was released to fix “bugs affecting battery life” under the latest firmware, amongst other issues. Following the update, however, users have reported that their battery life has seen no...IPhone 4S gets the Consumer Reports nod but no top spot
Apple's iPhone 4S has secured the coveted Consumer Reports recommendation in its latest round of updated smartphone ratings. That's something its predecessor could never achieve, thanks to a loss of cellular signal reception that could be unwittingly caused by gripping the phone a certain way.
Consumer Reports [hearts] Apple’s MacBooks
Apple's notebooks sweep every category in the latest report, despite middling reliability scores Consumer Reports doesn't always love Apple's (AAPL) products. It still doesn't recommend the iPhone 4 because of problems its testing lab had with the external antenna. But in its survey of the current crop of notebook computers released Tuesday, the magazine gave...
How hard is it to measure an iPhone?
With a pair of high-quality calipers, Consumer Reports resolves a silly dispute A good carpenter knows to measure twice and cut once, which is why you probably shouldn't ask your average Apple blogger to build anything out of wood. Case in point: The story that hit the blogosphere like a bad Donald Trump soundbite last...
How Apple does damage control
Typically, whenever something goes wrong with a company or its products and services, the company will try to head off a media free-for-all by releasing a brief statement that usually does only two things: it acknowledges that a problem exists and...
AnandTech research shows Verizon iPhone 4 ‘death grip’ reports are overblown
Consumer Reports tested the Verizon iPhone 4 using the same methodology as the original GSM version, and with the same results: signal strength drops if the iPhone 4 is gripped in a certain fashion, commonly known as the "death grip." As a result of ...
Consumer Reports Can’t Recommend the Verizon iPhone
In spite of earlier reports that suggested ratings and reviews publication Consumer Reports would give a thumbs up to the Verizon iPhone (and debates on its testing methods), this is clearly not happening. For the second time since Consumer Reports smacked the AT&T iPhone 4 in July due to signal degradation issues (and eventually confirmed...
iPhone 4 Antennagate Returns, Still a Non-Story
Antennagate is back in the news thanks to the Verizon iPhone 4. The Inquirer has an article about it, decrying Apple's willful negligence with the sub-title "Can't keep a faulty design down." Let's put this faulty notion to bed, shall we?
AT&T still smarting from antennagate
Making sure reporters know about every flaw in the Verizon iPhone You can almost hear the pent-up frustration in the e-mail one of my colleagues at CNN Money received Tuesday from AT&T (T) public relations: Hi: I urge you to view the video you can find when you click on the link. Verizon said the...
Verizon iPhone Also Has Antenna Issues
Despite having a brand new antenna, the Verizon iPhone 4 also has antenna issues when held in a “Death Hug,” iLounge has discovered. The “Death Hug” is when the phone is cupped by both hands and held in landscape orientation — not exactly normal. Still,...Should you buy a Verizon iPhone? Your questions answered
The Verizon iPhone has finally become a reality thanks to years' worth of collaboration between Apple and the "nation's most reliable network." We—and everyone else on the Internet—have been flooded with questions abo...
