iPhone Duo Owners Report Screens Breaking Along the Hinge (macrumors.com) 1 points by dabinat 4d ago ↗ HN
[–] lucagiftzek 4d ago ↗ iPhone due owner reports that they have too much money. So if they want to send me some i'll be really happy to help them spend them.
[–] thelastgallon 4d ago ↗ They are opening it wrong. [–] kermatt 4d ago ↗ How do you open a single hinge device wrong? [–] sphars 4d ago ↗ OP was referring to a meme from the iPhone 4 era, where users complained about a dropped signal, and Steve Jobs responded to one person saying to not hold it a certain way.https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/iphone-4-death-grip [–] musicale 4d ago ↗ Jobs wasn't exactly wrong (the antenna worked OK if you didn't bridge it with your finger):https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/But the "fix" was also disappointing: an insulating bumper, or $15 if you didn't want one:https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/antennagate-payout [–] matsemann 4d ago ↗ I see people claiming that others are "closing it wrong". Something about you have to snap it using the edges, absolutely not push into the center?
[–] kermatt 4d ago ↗ How do you open a single hinge device wrong? [–] sphars 4d ago ↗ OP was referring to a meme from the iPhone 4 era, where users complained about a dropped signal, and Steve Jobs responded to one person saying to not hold it a certain way.https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/iphone-4-death-grip [–] musicale 4d ago ↗ Jobs wasn't exactly wrong (the antenna worked OK if you didn't bridge it with your finger):https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/But the "fix" was also disappointing: an insulating bumper, or $15 if you didn't want one:https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/antennagate-payout [–] matsemann 4d ago ↗ I see people claiming that others are "closing it wrong". Something about you have to snap it using the edges, absolutely not push into the center?
[–] sphars 4d ago ↗ OP was referring to a meme from the iPhone 4 era, where users complained about a dropped signal, and Steve Jobs responded to one person saying to not hold it a certain way.https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/iphone-4-death-grip [–] musicale 4d ago ↗ Jobs wasn't exactly wrong (the antenna worked OK if you didn't bridge it with your finger):https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/But the "fix" was also disappointing: an insulating bumper, or $15 if you didn't want one:https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/antennagate-payout
[–] musicale 4d ago ↗ Jobs wasn't exactly wrong (the antenna worked OK if you didn't bridge it with your finger):https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/But the "fix" was also disappointing: an insulating bumper, or $15 if you didn't want one:https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/antennagate-payout
[–] matsemann 4d ago ↗ I see people claiming that others are "closing it wrong". Something about you have to snap it using the edges, absolutely not push into the center?
[–] kmarc 4d ago ↗ The "you are holding it wrong" company's latest innovation: "you are folding it wrong"
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[ 5.8 ms ] story [ 23.0 ms ] threadhttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/iphone-4-death-grip
https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/
But the "fix" was also disappointing: an insulating bumper, or $15 if you didn't want one:
https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/antennagate-payout