Why Consumer Report can't recommend the iPhone 4

ZDNet on Consumer Reports' article ‘not recommending’ the iPhone 4.

The Consumer Report report dominated headlines today - and not just on Techmeme and other tech blogs. The CR news went mainstream, which means that those non-techie customers who may have been on the fence have now been influenced. The on-air hosts on Bloomberg television even went so far as to compare it to the Toyota debacle. Ouch.

Consumer Reports seems willing to recommend the iPhone 4 later (that’s how well-liked it was) but “Apple needs to come up with a permanent—and free—fix for the antenna problem before we can recommend the iPhone 4.”

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Related: - Apple deletes Consumer Reports/iPhone 4 discussion threads

emily | 4:33 PM | News, Buzz |
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