Above, a few of our favorite moments from the iPhone 4 presentation Steve Jobs gave this afternoon. Below, eleven much more candid Jobs quotes from the Q&A session that Apple didn’t put on their site:
https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-4-meta-live-coverage-today-10am-pt-1pm-e-5588113
On all smartphones sharing this problem (except maybe large ones):
To our knowledge, it’s not possible to make a phone that doesn’t have weakspots. You could make a really big one! I mean, some of these guys are making Hummers at this point. But no one’s going to buy that.
On BlackBerry Bold, specifically, sharing this problem:
Q: I can’t get my [BlackBerry] Bold to drop [a call] right now, maybe you can show me how to do it?
A: You may not see it in certain areas.
On reportedly having prior knowledge of the antenna issue:
Q: Were you warned about this issue?
A: I assume you’re talking about the Bloomberg article. It’s a crock. I’ve challenged them to prove it. I’ve talked to Ruben (the antenna engineer who supposedly warned Jobs during the design process) and he agrees it’s bullshit.
https://gizmodo.com/top-apple-engineer-warned-jobs-about-iphone-4-antenna-p-5587815
On the networks of the Cupertino campus:
We’ve got strong signal here. We have AT&T and Verizon cell sites on campus.
On cutting some slack:
We’ve been around for 34 years… haven’t we earned the credibility and the trust of the press? I think we have that from our users. I didn’t see it exhibited by some of the press as this was blown so far out of proportion.
On overtime:
I don’t think we could run any faster – we’ve had cots in the labs, cars in the parking lots all night, we’ve been living here.
On vacation time:
Q: How’s your health, Steve? How are you doing?
A: I’m fine! I was on vacation in Hawaii, but this was important enough to come back for.
On patriotism:
Would you rather we were a Korean company, instead of an American company? Would you rather we weren’t innovating right here?
On precautionary measures:
Sometimes websites buy stolen prototypes and put ‘em on the web, and we don’t care for that. But if we give the designs to case makers, they have a history of putting them up on the web as well.
On the reportage of the New York Times:
Q: NY Times says this might have a software fix, is this something that can be helped with software?
A: We just spent the last hour going through how the iPhone 4 drops only 1 more call per hundred than the 3GS. … Go talk to the Times, because you guys talk to yourselves a lot, and they’re just making this stuff up.
https://gizmodo.com/nyt-says-a-second-software-update-will-fix-the-iphone-4-5588491
On life in a brick house:
I use it in my home—and I live in a brick house. And I’ve gotten reception where I haven’t gotten it before, I’m thrilled. That doesn’t mean other people don’t have problems, but that’s been my experience.
Note: Q&A were taken from live blog updates and will be updated should a full transcript be made available. [GDGT, Ars Technica, Macworld]
