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New iPhone 4 problem: Camera crashes, takes down FaceTime
Silicon Beat ^ | June 28th, 2010 | Troy Wolverton

Posted on 07/05/2010 9:32:11 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier

You’ve heard about the yellow screen splotches and the wonky antenna that requires you to hold the new iPhone just right.

But now a new issue is coming to light: a faulty camera system that not only affects your ability to take pictures, it can foil your attempts to use FaceTime, the video chat feature that is the iPhone 4’s top talking point.

(Excerpt) Read more at siliconbeat.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: apple; camera; facetime; ilovebillgates; iphone; iwanthim; iwanthimbad; microsoftfanboys
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Other corroborating sources indicating this isn't a rare problem:

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Appears to be a combination of software bugs and hardware issues, and the only thing that's actually worked is to just send your phone back. Resets, restores, power-downs, nothing else works.

1 posted on 07/05/2010 9:32:15 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

There is no problem with the iPhone camera, you just aren’t holding the image right.


2 posted on 07/05/2010 9:34:03 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: for-q-clinton; driftdiver; TomServo

Ping! The question is do I ping Swordmaker as well, since he’ll probably just call this FUD once again, and blow it off as a non-issue, and the actions of a hater.


3 posted on 07/05/2010 9:35:17 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: mnehring

LOL! You always provide a great laugh!


4 posted on 07/05/2010 9:37:20 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

Unfortunately for you all, the extent of my humor is going to just revolve around that one comment (until Steve Jobs says something else stupid).


5 posted on 07/05/2010 9:39:18 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

And the hits just keep on a-comin’...


6 posted on 07/05/2010 9:40:25 AM PDT by TomServo
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

And meanwhile RIMM sells at 10.5x this year’s earnings while the analytical community assumes it will never grow again.

A few more of these and we will see how quick corporate technology departments put the hold on buying Apple products for their company.


7 posted on 07/05/2010 9:42:05 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

Add to the list of growing MAJOR iphone issues.

And with the weekends hacking of all of those accounts, apple just seems to making junk now days.


8 posted on 07/05/2010 9:42:44 AM PDT by CSI007
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To: LRoggy

I don’t see too much adoption of iPhones in the corporate world, especially considering how bad the Mobile Me product is compared to Blackberry.


9 posted on 07/05/2010 9:47:10 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: CSI007
apple just seems to making junk now days.

My friend who is a Droid podcaster for HTC (yea he is biased) calls the iPhone a Barbie toy. It is almost like they took the exact opposite approach they did with their PCs.

10 posted on 07/05/2010 9:48:35 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

Nothing to see here, move along....


11 posted on 07/05/2010 9:49:51 AM PDT by mikrofon (Literally)
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To: Swordmaker

Ping! I assume you’ll keep it on the up and up?


12 posted on 07/05/2010 9:52:41 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: mnehring

Give it time, Steve will be back in the office tomorrow to say something else wonderful...;)


13 posted on 07/05/2010 9:54:13 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: mikrofon

quite literally, nothing to see... bahaha


14 posted on 07/05/2010 9:55:17 AM PDT by musicbymuzak
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

Apple.com is not a reputable source, sorry. I mean thats not adequate for the ‘arbitrary code execution’ problem, so its hardly going to be sufficient in this case.


15 posted on 07/05/2010 9:55:24 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

Apple has a problem on its hands and it won’t be solved with smugness and the sarcasm of Apple fan boys.


16 posted on 07/05/2010 9:59:15 AM PDT by Maelstorm (This country was not founded with the battle cry "give me liberty or give me a govt check!")
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
OS4 on a 3GS isn't all that great. I have a multitude on annoying issues with my iPhone now. Principal amongst them is the phone's increased refusal to reacquire a signal after it's been lost (getting in and out of an elevator, etc).

Safari is also prone to locking up and the HTML isn't rendered as well.

Interestedly, the camera works way better than it every did on OS3.

Personally, I don't think OS4 was ready for release.

17 posted on 07/05/2010 10:07:37 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Hail To The Fail-In-Chief)
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Personally, I don't think OS4 was ready for release.

Can't let Droid suck up the market share, you know. Better to release a product half-a$$ed and fix it later (after the AT&T contracts are signed so you can't say "to heck with the iPhone") than let Android get the sale. That's the nature of consumer electronics.

18 posted on 07/05/2010 10:12:20 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
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To: Swordmaker

The Trolls are at it again.


19 posted on 07/05/2010 10:21:10 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers; for-q-clinton
The Trolls are at it again.

Hmmm... I read somewhere a post that stated "You should cc when alluding to him.". I wish that person would follow their own advice...;)

20 posted on 07/05/2010 10:31:57 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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