13 July

Marco Arment on the iPhone 4

It can be difficult to acknowledge that a product you otherwise love has a couple of significant flaws. That said, the white-washing of the iPhone 4's reception issues by the company and, much more regrettably, some writers is still disappointing. So, it's extremely refreshing to hear Marco Arment say this:

Apple’s arrogance and indifference in issuing this response is offensive, insulting, and disappointing. It’s as if they’re expecting this issue to go away if they just wait long enough and ship enough iPhones. But it won’t. It’s only going to get worse as more people try to exchange their iPhones at the Genius Bar for these two issues, thinking it’s just a problem with their iPhones, and encounter the same problems with every replacement.

Read the whole thing.