Remember, kids, it isn't lying if you tell the truth in a sarcastic tone of voice!
My linking to these videos proves that I’m a hack on Apple’s payroll.
John Gruber thinks he's making a point by posting videos of other phones suffering signal degradation in his attempt to defend the iPhone, when he is really doing freelance PR for Apple, Inc. Unfortunately, none of those other companies made a huge deal of the brilliant engineering of its antenna system, with its remarkable precision and the advanced technology. The best they've ever shipped. As I wrote, no other company has made claims of its every product as revolutionary. "This is going to change everything, all over again." A defense by saying everybody else is just as bad shatters the mystique of Apple as uniquely gifted. That this is the new Apple script is unwise in the long term. Why should I lust after an iPhone if it is just another phone?
Another check from Apple came in, so I’m posting another video of a competing smartphone that loses its signal when “held wrong”.
Hopefully those checks clear John. And I hope those checks are damn big for you to exchange your critical thinking skills for such a poor defense.
(Also note the misdirection inherent in the videos where everybody is gripping their phones for dear life to get it to attenuate. The issue is that the iPhone can attenuate at a much lighter touch.)
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