Apple Calls for Conference, iPhone 4’s Future at Stake

One of the reasons why Apple’s issues with the iPhone 4 have escalated to such an extreme point is due to the fact that the company has decided to ignore the problem long enough.

It originally did not take long for early Apple iPhone 4 owners to realize that there was an issue with handset’s antenna. Reports about dropped calls started popping out within days of the launch. It only took a short time before the problem has been isolated by users to a design flaw in the antenna.

Of course, Apple could have taken a very important step at the point and come up with a special program to help out existing users. But since the issue was a hardware problem, Apple did not want to tackle the daunting task of repairing the over 1 million devices they had already manufactured. Now, the issue has gotten to a point where the Apple’s own stock value has taken a hit due to the lack of consumer support for the company.

In an effort to restore public belief in their products and to convince stock holders that Apple is still in charge of things, the Cupertino based company has called for an emergency conference to discuss the iPhone 4. While actually letting the world know what they plan to do would be a big step, we all know that certain solutions would never solve the problem.

Take a software based patch for instance. Since the design flaw was in the hardware side of things, it cannot be fixed by a software solution. There is no way that an app or a patch could ever reconfigure how an antenna is able to receive receptions and signals. It is easy to see how crucial this conference is for Apple, and in some ways, what they plan to do here might determine the fate of the company in the mobile phone industry.