Oh Apple…

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/07/02appleletter.html

So what you’re really trying to say is….. You’ve been falsely depicting signal strength since the beginning and now you’ve been caught with your pants down. This cop-out might slide with others, but not with me.

What gets me about all of this is the simple fact that AT&T has had coverage and reception problems since the beginning. Was this Apple’s way of trying to cover it since the start? It’s already been stated, but how does Apple not notice this antenna/hand problem during testing??

My theory: Apple is sick of AT&T, they created this phone with the hardware flaw purposely in order to justify rolling out this new signal strength formula (which is recommended by AT&T as the press release carefully states) , which will show much lower bar levels on all iphones. This signal strength issue will further weaken the public’s interest in AT&T as a service provider. The new iphone is already the best selling iphone ever so Apple obviously isn’t hurting sales with this ploy. 

None of this really makes any sense, but Jobs has already proven he’s a vengeful man. Remember what he said at D3 about how he can’t let things (such as the iphone 4 being left at/stolen from a bar) go because that would change the basic principles of the company. He’s sending out a strong message here. He can put out a shit product just to fuck with a cell provider and still make it the best selling product in that line’s history.