True. But the people making that analogy are attempting to transfer the life-threatening gravity of faulty cars onto, well, an antenna. The gross unfairness goes both ways.
Apple started the war by making their design decisions out to be things of monumental consequence. When you portray your each and every device as a mind-bending magical artifact that will change your life, I think it's fair to look at the shortcomings through the same lens.
That said, I wish we could just stop dissecting each and every Apple product. I'm tired of hearing about it. It's a piece of engineering, it has features, flaws, and useful applications.
Well stated. Anyone who suggests that we need to be giving Apple a break for gloating about a new amazing magical antenna design and not calling them on it not working needs to realize this. The same perspective/lens should be used. It's not our fault Apple feels the need to gloat and spew words nearly referencing fairy tale unicorns. They should be prepared for some lash outs if they're going to deliver a phone that fundamentally doesn't even perform as a phone well, when they're boasting so much.
Couldn't agree more. I'm tired of the whole Apple form/function mantra. Too often it's just a pretentious way of saying "That's so pretty." I'm not sick of hearing (or not hearing) about Apple. I'm sick of the religion and the fawning and the lack of serious criticism.
That would be grossly unfair to Toyota. There's a measurable and reproducible problem with the iPhone 4.