iDB reported about the iPhone 4 arriving in Mexico last week. Today Mac Rumors posted an article claiming an executive from Telcel, the mexican iPhone carrier, says the iPhone 4 will be getting a hardware revision once the free case promotion runs out.
Marco Quatorze comments that the policy of giving away free cases will be implemented the same to the rest of the countries selling the iPhone 4. Following September 30th (the date Steve Jobssaid Apple would reevaluate the issue) the hardware would be changed to resolve the antenna discrepancies. A bold assumption to say the least… Read More
It took 3 years for someone to create the perfect case for iPhone. One that would protect your iPhone and quench your thirst. A case so simple and obvious that it got me saying out loud “why didn’t I think about that”?
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the iBottleOpener, a little marvel of engineering and technology that will bring “a party in your pocket”. Forget normal bottle openers, they are so 2009! For $19.95 you can get yourself an iBottleOpener that will sure be getting you some attention. Read More
So we’ve all seen the diamond bezeled iPhones over the years, as well as gold plated. Usually they are thousands upon thousands of dollars and don’t even look that nice. If you’re more of an outdoors kind of geek, then look no further for the first wooden iPhone 4!
Case maker KARVT has come out with these surprisingly good looking skins, for the iPhone 4 and 3GS. Pre-orders for the lumber looking protectors start at $25 for your iPhone 4, and $14 for the 3GS. I can’t accurately inform you as to how well they work, but they don’t seem to be oak, so no throwing your devices to test them. As to whether or not the case helps or hurts your signal, you better just knock on wood!
We’re not Apple so we won’t be able to give free cases to every iPhone 4 owner out there, but the folks over at iVogue were kind enough to give us 10 cases to give away to our most loyal readers.
Here is what you have to do to enter the contest:
1. You must be in the US.
2. Look at the images after the jump and figure out what case you would like.
3. Go to our FaceBook page and under the entry titled “What Case Do You Want?“, tell us what model and color you would want to receive.
4. Optional: you get extra points for retweeting this article on Twitter.
I will randomly pick 10 winners before the end of the week and I will send them an email via FaceBook to ask for their mailing address.
For more information about iVogue, I suggest you check out their website as they have a great selection of inexpensive iPhone cases. Read More
I just received my free iPhone Bumper in the mail today, courtesy of Steve Jobs and everybody at Apple.
First impressions? Meh. I don’t like cases and the Bumper is no exception. The iPhone 4 is such a beautiful device that it kills me to trap it in a case. I put it on, took it off and gave it to Tina so she can protect her very first iPhone. She’ll definitely need it more than I will.
I ordered my free black Bumper last week and it initially said the item wouldn’t ship until late August. I received an email from Apple yesterday night telling me my order had shipped. I suppose I will receive it by tomorrow.
If you have an iPhone 4, you’re entitled to receive a free case from Apple so make sure you check out these instructions on how to get it. If you’ve already ordered your free case from Apple, you should start receiving a shipment notice soon as well.
If you purchased a Bumper from Apple or AT&T, you can get it refunded. This is part of a move aimed at appeasing angry iPhone 4 owners who are having reception issues with their iPhones.
How to Get Your iPhone Bumper Refunded
If you bought your Bumper by Credit Card, you should have already received a refund. Apple notes it may take one full billing cycle for the refund to appear on your banking statement. If you want to check for yourself, you can always check the status of your refund here.
If you bought your Bumper by cash, check, or gift card at an Apple Store, return to the Apple Store with your receipt by September 30th to get your refund. If like me you don’t keep receipts, I suppose that showing them your Bumper case might be good enough to get a refund, but don’t quote me on that.
If you bought your Bumper from the online Apple Store with a gift card, Apple will automatically mail you a new gift card for the total amount of the refund.
If you bought your Bumper from AT&T, fill out this form and mail it to Apple by September 30th. They will process your refund as soon as they receive your claim.
Note that only Bumpers will be refunded. If you bought a third-party case, you are not eligible for a refund. However if that’s the case, you are eligible for a free Bumper and here is how to get it.
Those of you who purchased an iPhone 4 can claim your free case now. Following last week conference, Apple decided to give away free cases to every iPhone 4 owner to fix the antenna “non-problem”…
Since the antenna debacle is kind of calming down, I thought I would revive it by throwing some big numbers at you.
During today’s Q3 earnings conference call, Apple revealed that it predicts that the free iPhone 4 cases and bumpers will result in $175 million in deferred revenue. It hits Apple’s books as a liability — essentially a debt or a negative balance on the bottom line. Apple says that it will expense the cost of the cases, which will help mitigate the overall cost on the bottom line.
In other words, Apple is accounting for $175 million in lost revenue on its Q4 balance sheet, all due to free bumpers and cases.
It sure sounds like a lot of money but when you think about it, it’s actually not much compared to what the antenna issue could have really cost Apple if they had kept being silent about it.
Yesterday Steve Jobs announced that Apple will be giving away free cases to iPhone 4 owners, a move that will certainly appease most of us. I’d like to get your feeling about the whole situation though. Could you please take the poll below and tell us what you think. Make sure to leave a comment if you have more to say.
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