well, just hold it differently. that didn t go down very well. consumer reports earlier this week did not recommend buying this because of the reception problems. in fact, they kind of sarcastically suggested maybe a little duct tape would help the situation. what are we expecting expect dag? we re not sure. is steve jobs himself going to be there, will they put out an engineer? we don t know. but certainly a lot of people want to know what apple is going to do to fix this problem, jon. jon: i thought they said it was a software problem. i thought that was the company s official position. reporter: well, that s to do with the bar that shows the signal s strength, they say that is a software problem, we can fix that, but it doesn t address this issue of the antennae with its very sleek design which obviously looks good. one of the fixes is to put a bumper case around that but how cool is that, you buy the phones because they look so slick and they got this lovely metal ring around i
is that plastic? honestly, $29 seems like a lot of money. what do you think it costs them to manufacture? it is. but it s free if you bought an iphone 4. it looks like a piece of rubber, like a rubber band. and on the side, they have the little buttons so you can turn up or down the volume watt without taking off the case. some of the people who bought one of these, one guy told us he bought it not because he had reception problems, but just because the iphone itself is slippery. so people buy these anyway, but if you bought one, you get your money back. it s funny, i was downstairs below 30 rock, and there were people lined up at a display of iphones, so there is this sort of attraction that once people get into the whole apple world, no matter what, it s almost as if steve jobs knows, they re going to keep with it. it s a little i don t want to say cult like, but people love their apples. it is a little cult-like. i think you could definitely say that. and one thing that
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we ll continue to follow that breaking news, as well. this developing story that continues. there may be reception problems with the new iphone, but apple is hearing the message loud and clear. some users of the iphone 4 are simply furious over what they call a design flaw and it is being blamed on the antenna. now, with an impending lawsuit and internet blogs lighting up with bad press. the company will hold a news conference today to address the issue. let s bring in gina kim live in cupertino, california and brett stein. gina, let me start with you. do we know what to expect at this news conference? well, yes, absolutely. we re going to get to that in just a second. first of l chris, let s just say if any other phone company had reception problems you would not have a dozen national media outlets standing here this morning waiting in high anticipation for this press conference that is about to happen. but this is apple, which has such an impeccable, near perfect, almost holy rep