Place your bets: Odds are on for iPhone 4 recall
Summary: Only Apple knows for sure if an iPhone 4 recall is in the works - but that hasn't stopped oddsmakers from taking bets on the eventual outcome. As of now, odds are that the company will issue a recall.
Wall Street analysts are saying that it's unlikely that Apple would recall the iPhone 4 over its antenna issues, which were called a hardware flaw by Consumer Reports this week. But would those analysts put down their hard-earned money to back their insight?
At least one online betting side, Paddy Power, an Ireland-based bookmaker, said today that odds are on for a recall - slashing those odds from 2/1 to 4/6, meaning that the likelihood of a recall has shifted from No to Yes. As of now, a $4 bet will win $6 if there's a recall. The odds for no recall are 11/10.
At least those were the odds earlier today. As gamblers know, odds constantly change.
In an email, the company said the Consumer Reports non-recommendation sparked "a betting frenzy over the past 24 hours," with gamblers backing a potential recall. The company said:
It looks like Apple may have been a little too fast out of the traps with the iPhone 4 launch. If current betting trends are to be believed it now seems certain that a recall is on the cards.
Of course, the odds are just that. And, by definition, gambling on something that someone else might or might not do is riskier than betting on the outcome of a game. Only Steve Jobs and company knows for sure whether a recall is in the future - but they're not saying anything yet.
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Talkback
There will be no recall
Agreed, NZ
It's certainly the only right thing they can do...
Apple will recall...better long-term financial decision
Frankly, I don't think that there should be anyone forcing Apple to recall, but the free market should make the call. If people walk away from the phone and others don't buy, the free market will force Apple's hand (if the cost/benefit indicates that the recalls are the better holistic financial decision).
That said, this article says that the recall is a done deal. Read it, it is FUNNY.
http://www.dailygoat.com/?p=1491
RE: Place your bets: Odds are on for iPhone 4 recall
Not only that, if Apple can't do it immediately, there will be some one who would bring it courts for class action suite and that makes the lawyers' pocket heavy, neither consumers nor Apple would benefit out of it. So they better react immediately before it goes out of hand.
My Prediction Is...
apple won't recall the phone, but will force AT&T to recall it, thus saving the day (and apple face), and apple will tell the world that the recall was unnecessary, and accuse AT&T of jumping the gun...
You, NonZealot, are correct in that apple will not issue a recall. That would be like some god telling the masses that it abused a child...
A discounted or free case, or even small piece of Scotch tape can fix it
Because the design is the only thing...
RE: Place your bets: Odds are on for iPhone 4 recall
Nope sir, Androids are not good either. They have their own issues. I own EVO 4G. The issue there is touch response and HTC had to release a patch to fix it. Apple has better UX and touch response. I am not saying android doesn't have upper hand, it has some features that Apple misses in iPhone, but iPhone has better aspects than Android in many aspects.
Why not? That is easy to answer.
There, does that explain it well enough?
Apple lets you return and get full refund
The overwhelming majority of people buy iPhone because of many good reasons that outweigh this minor problem, which happens only in places where the signal is weak. If this minor problem turns anyone away, then why would he/she buy iPhone in the first place. Apple knows that this will turn away only a tiny number of their customers, therefore a recall is not needed in a business sense.
30 Day Full Refund = Volunatry Recall
A recall is only necessary when you're stuck with a defective product.
However, Apple does need to admit the problem so that people can return the phone within 30 days.
Huh?
In this case, yes.
Lots of them are going to blame AT&T for their dropped calls, when in fact, their faulty iPhone is the issue. They won't know it's faulty unless someone tells them that it's not AT&T that is to blame.
Here's my guess about what Apple will do.
I have a feeling that they will extend the return period from 30 days to 60--or maybe even 90--with no restocking and full refund.
RE: Place your bets: Odds are on for iPhone 4 recall
May be, but they may give out those cheap rubber material that is not even worth of $1 to every one and will ask people to move on.
As Most People Know...
apple knows that the vast majority of it's initial buyers are fan boys, and would never return their phones, so they could offer 90 day complete refund, and also offer a gift certificate for $100, and none of the fan boys would touch it.
And, as is clear on this board, the fan boys are threatening, coercing and insulting people for even believing that a problem exists. All in hopes that their nazi tactics will shut everyone up, and restore the shine on their Jobs portraits.
People having problems...
Exactly
RE: Place your bets: Odds are on for iPhone 4 recall
I don't think they will. They will give away cheap rubber material AKA bumpers to iPhone buyers and ask them to move on. if they agree the failure, that actually brings them negative remark, because a lot of people buy Apple products thinking that they are above defects.