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Dating Site Says Android Users Are More Likely To Give It Up On The First Date
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 2, 2012 10:00 AM
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Match.com did some very scientific research in Canada, polling singles living up there beyond our borders, and found that Android users are a lot more likely than other smartphone users to put out on the first date. Maybe don't use that as your pick-up line, however, if you spot someone with an Android phone. More »
Do You Use Your Mobile Phone In The Bathroom?
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 1, 2012 12:00 PM
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We've all got that person at work who just yakkety yaks away on their phone in the bathroom, and it's probably the same guy/gal who uses their shoe to flush and opens the door with a paper towel (so inconsistent, germaphobes!) Hey, maybe that's even you, because as a new survey says, lots of us use our mobile devices in the john. No judgment! More »
EECB To AT&T Succeeds Where Small Claims Court Fails
By Chris Morran on January 4, 2012 5:00 PM
66 Comments
Consumerist reader Judy has three young daughters, all of whom have Samsung Impression phones, many of which have failed over the last year or so and needed to be replaced by AT&T. So when the holiday times rolled around, Judy wanted to upgrade her kids' regular ol', buggy cell phones with iPhone 4S smartphones. She'd hoped that AT&T would see the benefit in allowing her to upgrade early and get a head start on paying them more money. Alas, the Death Star did not see the wisdom in her way of thinking. More »
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Apple Gives Thief A Replacement iPhone When The One He Took From Me Wouldn't Work
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 2, 2012 1:00 PM
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Apple's policy of not intervening in the theft of their products from customers is costing them a wad of cash, after store employees in Toronto handed over a new iPhone to a thief. More »
AT&T Dealer Makes Error That No One Has The Power To Fix, Ever
By Laura Northrup on December 15, 2011 4:30 PM
90 Comments
When Zach bought iPhones for his parents and added them to his AT&T plan, someone made a mistake. One of the new phones became the primary line on the account, Zach's phone became one of the secondary lines, and this messed up his ability to upgrade to a shiny new iPhone of his own so he could FaceTime video conference just like his super-cool parents. Only that's not how things work at AT&T Wireless. Zach was told that no one in the entire company has the power to fix this error. Not the customer service reps. Not the managers. Not the CEO. Not even the combined forces of Seal Team Six and the ghost of Steve Jobs could undo this error committed by a single authorized AT&T dealer employee somewhere in the Western United States. More »
Apple Removes App That Let Users Make Fake Driver's Licenses
By Chris Morran on December 12, 2011 1:30 PM
35 Comments
Well, that was quick. On Friday, we wrote about the iOS app that allowed users to craft fake driver's licenses — for the sole purpose of entertaining and amusing their friends, of course — and how one U.S. Senator had appealed to Apple CEO Tim Cook to have it removed from Apple's online store. Looks like that may have been sufficient, as the app has is no longer on sale. More »
Motorola Wins Patent Battle And Potential For Injunction Against Apple In Germany
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 9, 2011 11:00 AM
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Apple is having a tough go of it over in Europe, as they're involved in various lawsuits in several countries, including one they just lost. Motorola Mobility just scored a big hit against Apple, winning a patent infringement suit against them in Germany. More »
Android Users Will Also Be Able To Take Faux-Vintage Photos With Instagram
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 8, 2011 12:00 PM
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Good news, Android users who have been just dying to take as many cool, faux-vintage retro-ish pics on your smartphones — soon Instagram won't just be for iPhones anymore. Developers are working on a version of the photo app for the Android platform. More »
Reader Gets AT&T To Admit It's Their Towers That Suck, Not The iPhone
By Ben Popken on November 11, 2011 5:00 PM
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Melissa couldn't get any reception around her home on her iPhone, despite living only 25 miles from downtown Chicago. Zero bars. It wasn't just annoying to always miss calls, it was also damaging her rental business. But thanks to a detailed, and snarky, email to the CEO of AT&T, she was able to get the wireless provider to reset its towers and fix the service around her house. More »
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Do Not Call 911 Five Times About Your Broken iPhone
By Laura Northrup on November 11, 2011 10:34 AM
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911 emergency services are a very helpful community resource, but they have their limits. They cannot, for example, deliver you a pizza. Or transfer you to AppleCare when your iPhone doesn't work. That didn't stop a man in Illinois from doing the latter...and then getting arrested for it. More »
Consumer Reports Issues Its Verdict On The iPhone 4S
By Chris Morran on November 8, 2011 8:15 AM
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When Apple last overhauled the iPhone, our corporate cousins at Consumer Reports ruled that, in spite of all the device's positives, they could not recommend it because of the so-called "death grip" issue, a fundamental design flaw that could lead to weakened signals or dropped calls if the user placed their hand over a certain spot on the edge of the phone. Now that the iPhone 4S has hit the market and the testers at CR have had the chance to put it through its paces, would the new phone fare better than its predecessor? More »
Apple Confirms iOS 5 Bug Is Screwing With Some iPhone 4S Batteries
By Chris Morran on November 2, 2011 7:51 PM
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It's been almost a week since some iPhone 4S users began complaining about their batteries not charging or draining too quickly and all the while Apple had remained quiet on the topic. But today, the cool kids of Cupertino confirmed that some glitches in the latest iPhone operating system appear to be the cause of the problem. More »
Returned iPhone Within 30 Days, Still Charged $350 ETF
By Laura Northrup on October 28, 2011 1:30 PM
77 Comments
Justin's and his wife live in a major metropolitan area, and therefore their phone service with AT&T Wireless is crappy. His wife upgraded to an iPhone 4, found it even more unusable than her previous phone, and returned it within the 30-day return period. This means that they shouldn't have to pay an early termination fee on her contract. Yet she did, and now AT&T won't refund the fee. More »
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How's Your iPhone 4S Battery?
By Laura Northrup on October 27, 2011 9:30 AM
90 Comments
Our lab-coated colleagues down the hall at Consumer Reports are still testing various features of the iPhone 4S, so we don't have their verdict on its battery life yet. But many customers online, including reader Bill, are already complaining that the battery drains much too quickly, and never fully charges to 100%. More »
iPhone Preorder Customers Find Long Wait Unfair
By Laura Northrup on October 21, 2011 9:00 AM
108 Comments
Customers like Stacey thought they were doing the responsible thing by pre-ordering the iPhone 4S and having it delivered to their doorsteps, instead of queuing up on release day. But now some customers won't get their preordered phones for weeks while brick-and-mortar stores have stacks of them, and they can't even cancel the preorders to go buy one from a local store. More »
Cell Phone Company With Only 1 Million Customers To Get iPhone 4S
By Chris Morran on October 19, 2011 12:30 PM
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Until a few minutes ago, most of us had barely heard of C Spire Wireless, even by its previous name of Cellular South. Regardless, the wireless provider with only about a million customers announced today that it is now taking orders for the iPhone 4S. More »
Cheap AT&T Text Message Plan IS Compatible With iPhone 4s
As reader Hillary discovered, AT&T's cheapest text plan ($5 for 200 messages) isn't compatible with the new phone, so people with that combination just don't get their messages. Update: We heard from an AT&T rep, who told us that there's no reason why the 4S shouldn't work with a 200-message texting plan, and isn't sure why this happened to Hillary. More »
By Laura Northrup on October 19, 2011 9:30 AM
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Have you fired up your new iPhone 4S, only to feel lonely because no one is texting you? Don't be sad. You might still have some friends after all.
iPhone Owners Complaining About Yellow Screens Again
By Chris Morran on October 18, 2011 12:15 PM
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Back in 2008, Apple faced a minor controversy when some iPhone 3G owners complained of yellow screens. Well, everything old is new again, as the screens on some iPhone 4S devices have buyers seeing yellow. More »
Apple Allegedly Kicks "The Situation" Out For Trying To Cut iPhone 4S Line
By Ben Popken on October 17, 2011 1:00 PM
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The Situation's six-pack was allegedly sent packing after the Jersey Shore star tried to cut an iPhone 4S line at an Apple store this weekend. More »
