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Glassgate.

Sound familiar?

You may be thinking of that fiasco called “Antennagate,” where it was a small, minor problem that was blown out of proportion by every single media outlet possible. It was the problem of degrading cellular signal whenever contact with the bottom left-corner was made on a bare and naked iPhone 4.

Some people had the problem, but there were also those that didn’t. But of course, no one cares about the people that don’t have these problems, because the only thing everyone could talk about for weeks was ‘I wanted an iPhone 4 but I’m hearing about this antenna problem - I don’t want to try it out myself, despite return policies, so I’ll just take everyone else’s word for it!’

Believe it or not, there were actually people that did not have this problem. But who cares about them, right? They must be wrong. WRONG AND BLASPHEMOUS! Of course there’s a problem with every device because the media says so!

Apple responded to Antennagate by giving everyone free bumpers or cases (whichever the people preferred). The best way to shut someone up is to give them free stuff. Hey, it worked, because the tides of Antennagate died down after the Free Case Program.

But there was a catch to that - it ended September 30 (though I hear if you contact AppleCare you can still get a free bumper or something).

Apple did a half-assed job of solving the antenna problem and wanted to move on. We let them. They probably redid the manufacturing process of the iPhone 4 anyway, since there hasn’t really been much talk about antenna issues anymore.

We can let Apple and the iPhone 4 go, right?

Nope.

It seems that Ryan Block, the leader of the ever popular Engadget, is trying to make it seem as if there is another ‘design problem’ with the iPhone 4.

This time, it’s about the back panel made of glass and how it will crack when used with sliding cases because of any particles that may get between the case and the glass when applied.

Ok.

Let me get this straight - because of one’s own carelessness to check if there are tiny debris particles when inserting your phone into a hard, sliding case, it some how becomes Apple’s fault if the glass cracks because of a so-called ‘design flaw’?

What bullshit are you trying to pull?

Apple designed the iPhone 4 to be used either without a case or with the bumper. The sliding cases are made by third party manufacturers.

Did you read that? Third party manufacturers.

In other words, Apple should not be responsible for the damage (if any) caused by third party cases because they are not the ones that made the cases, right? Yes.

If you want anyone to blame, blame the crappy quality of the sliding case that you’re using.

Wait, no.

Blame yourself for not cleaning and checking for loose particles before you slid your phone into a hard shell, you moron.

Tech pundits are always trying to find a way to make Apple look bad, ever since Jason Chen of Gizmodo got his greedy little hands on the iPhone 4 prototype and Apple sent police to raid his home. Well you shouldn’t have obtained a stolen prototype and think it was right to publish the specs of it before the official announcement, dum dums.

I guess if you can’t beat them, you just gotta be desperate enough to make them look bad, even though they’re far from it.