The word coming on the interweb tonight is that Apple has scheduled a press conference for Friday 7/16 to presumably talk about the antenna issues. It is obvious that they need to do something after Consumer Reports blasted the iPhone in its press release Monday leading to a recall rumor that took a chunk out of Apple’s stock.

Yes the new iPhone has an antenna issue but other than a few people with bullhorns hyping it there seems to be a lot of chatter that the issue is really no big deal. The phone still performs better in terms of drop calls except when you are in an area with poor signal. And what do people really expect Apple to do? The only real fix would be to redesign the phone. I don’t see Apple doing that. Perhaps they cave and give out free bumpers, but I don’t see them recalling the phones. Instead they are going to send out an update to the bogus algorithm they have been using to display the signal strength. How about that? Come to find out, Apple was gaming the system to make signal look better. Perhaps that’s why I could drop calls on my 3g with 5 bars showing. And yet, given we were truly misled in that area no one seems to be up in arms over that.

I think Apple needs to make it right, but at the same time I think there duty is only to the people who have an issue. Clearly not everyone has an issue, so a recall seems like a waste. We are not talking about a fire hazard, or threat to life or property. We are talking about an antenna that when you touch it, the signal is effected. Sorry, but that happens on all antennas. Its one of the side effects when using radios.