Considering the fact that the Apple iOS4 has been met with nothing but criticisms lately, it seems only natural for the Cupertino-based company to release a tweak for their operating system. The iOS 4.0.1. update was released in a hurry, perhaps because Apple is trying to appease their fans and make up for the reception issues plaguing the Apple iPhone 4.
This new operating system promises to fix the infamous signal bar discrepancy in the iPhone 4. In the support notes, Apple described the update, saying that it “improves the formula to determine how many bars of signal strength to display”. This sounds a bit misleading, since the real problem with the launch batches of iPhone 4s are suffering from bad design and not an overly optimistic formula.
With reports hinting at a mass recall for Apple, the mobile industry giant may want to reconsider this course of action. After all, their quick fix years before is the one that brought about this big reception quality mess in the first place.
Nevertheless, Apple’s update is compatible with not only the iPhone 4 but also the older iPhone 3G and 3GS models. It is now available through iTunes if you would like to check it out. While it does not improve the reception quality or solve the problem of your hand blocking the mobile phone’s built in antenna, at least it can tell you accurately how bad your reception actually is.
When new users connect their iPhones, there will be a prompt that leads them to the update page. At least Apple is not just sitting back and counting their profits from their 1.7 million fans. Hopefully there really is something good and useful about this upgrade.
This little tidbit was just released, hours before the Cupertino company’s conference. At the moment, the bigwigs are trying to figure out how they can fix the number of things wrong with their device.
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