Above, a few of our favourite moments from the iPhone 4 presentation Steve Jobs gave this afternoon. Below, 10 much more candid Jobs quotes from the Q&A session that Apple didn’t put on their site:
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.
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 holiday 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.
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]
Cam
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 11:52 AMNo fanboi’s clapping in that presentation…
Mordd
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 6:51 PM“Would you rather we were a Korean company, instead of an American company? Would you rather we weren’t innovating right here?”
Oh thats right, I forgot that Apple had its products made in Asia by Foxconn where the conditions are so bad workers routinely commit suicide by jupming off the buildings. Oh no but Apple is an all american apple pie company right, no Korean manufacturing here (we use China instead).
What a crock of bullshit steve.
Ward Paterson
Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 10:17 AM@ Mordd, I couldnt agree more. I think he was taking the pi$$ out on Samsung – god knows why. Surprised he didnt mention Taiwan (where HTC manufactures its phones)…
I wonder if Jobs can sleep at night and look at himself straight in the mirror knowing he’s responsible for all of those suicides in China??
Jobs = murderer (and gets away with it)
Rappo
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 11:01 AMI think you may be going a bit far there mate.
Lately I’ve started to think that the whole Foxconn thing is all just a media beat up anyway.
In point of fact the numbers (13 in 800000) were lower than China’s norm of 22 in 100000 (checked Wikipedia).
Brock Taffe
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 11:16 PMiLike the random steve staring pause, but crucial parts are cut from this video that should of been there.
For example Big Steve was talking about the calls per hundred were worse then the 3GS. But before he could say how much, it was cut. (it was 1 call per hundred worse.)
mr-crash
Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 2:42 AMI’m actually a little disappointed here.
He lives in a brick house? I was hoping for steel fortress of superb industrial design. Or Glass bubble. Or at the very least some kind of castle.
DK_Son
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 1:52 PMI thought he lived in an iHouse made up of all his little iDevices like iDump and iSuck.