Apple iPhone 4 Bumper Giveaway Timeline Doesn't Add Up

> It’s awesome that Apple is granting full refunds, but you might > not get a bumper in time to determine if it’s an effective solution > or not before the 30 day deadline expires. And, by the way, just > because Apple is willing to give you a full refund doesn’t mean > that AT&T is willing to surrender your contractual > obligation. Tony, can you please make it more obvious that you hate Apple and are willing to defy logic and bend the truth just to make Apple out to be a villain, no matter what the cost to your reputation?

Where to begin?

For starters, the quote above. All cell phone carriers give you a 30-day window to get out of any new contract. They are obligated to do that by law. Any tech journalist knows that, so Tony is obviously hoping his readers are too stupid to know this.

Second, this insistence on hyperbole and colorful adjectives. “Stubborn denial that a problem exists at all.” “All smart phones has the same issues and there isn’t anything wrong with the iPhone 4.”

Actually, Jobs started the press conference with a simple statement: “We’re not perfect.” That doesn’t sound like a stubborn denial of anything. He did compare the antenna issues to other phones, offering video proof that all phones have “similar” issues. But that’s a far cry from claiming that Apple tried to suggest that iPhone 4 is no different at all from any other phone.

Next, the timing “conspiracy.” Apple won’t ship you a free case in time for you to figure out if it will solve the problem to your satisfaction before your 30 days are up. WTF? Maybe you didn’t read the numbers clearly, Tony. Apple has sold over 2 million phones so far. The cases were in limited stock at launch, and Apple can’t make them fast enough to sell them to the small percentage of users who want to BUY them. What makes Tony think that Apple COULD overnight cases to all 2 million people in the next week or so? There are some simple laws of physics involved in manufacturing and shipping that much product, you know?

Besides, the case has been proven to solve the issue. There’s no figuring out if the case fixes the problem or not; we know for a fact from several sources that for the few people who have this issue, a case completely fixes it. The only reason to return the phone would be if you simply don’t like to put your phone in a case; if that applies to you, you can return it right now without waiting for Apple to ship you a free case first.

Man, I knew the haters would somehow find fault with Apple after it did EXACTLY what all the haters recommended Apple do. But this is just over the top. How desperate do you have to be to try and make this out to be a big deal?