When Apple released the iPhone 4 back in 2010 it is arguably the most
innovative smartphone from the company so far and really wowed the
watching tech world, but that’s not to say everything was all rosy with
the handset though. Now we have news that some iPhone 4 owners are
getting cash back from Apple after the Antennagate issue.
Soon after the Apple iPhone 4
started to arrive in customer’s hands some were met with issues with
dropped calls and signal problems with the smartphone. Eventually it was
found to be an issue with the design of the handset and how the user
gripped the device when making a call.
The design of the handset with its glass body and aluminium on the
side made it hard for the company to get a signal to the antenna of the
smartphone when it was held in a certain way, or too tightly. Shortly
after the company decided to offer owners of the iPhone 4 a free bumper
case that would help the device pick up the signal better when held in
the hand.
Not everybody got a free case though for one reason or another and
the company also got issued with a class action lawsuit as well, and
last February an agreement was reached for those iPhone 4 owners that didn’t receive a free bumper case for their iPhone 4.
Instead these owners that have already applied for a refund are
entitled to $15 and the first cheques issued by the company have started
to arrive, but are only valid until July 16th so if you receive your
cheque you will have until then to cash it in.
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