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When this  happened to Toyota a few months ago, it was forced to spend billions of dollars to recall and repair the flawed cars. In addition, the Japanese car company had to pay a fine to the U.S. for putting unsafe vehicles on the road. The same applies for drugs, food, etc.

So why shouldn’t Apple be forced to recall its iPhone 4 and fix the hardware flaw the once and for all instead of giving away cheap cases? Consumers around the world should not pay “full price” for a flaw product. Apple’s or anyone else’s.

Steve Jobs, did you miss the call for the iPhone 4 recall?

I call it shameful, very shameful especially the lame excuse by Mr. Perfect, Steve Jobs that “we aren’t perfect” when it comes to the iPhone 4 and its antenna problem.

Wasn’t Apple known for its flawlessness? Isn’t this what made Apple addicts stand out from the crowd and point fingers to  the imperfect designs and functions of competitors?

“Between AT&T and the antenna problem, this “phone” can do everything but a phone call. Plus I am a lefty. It’s unusable,” commented a user.

Apple CEO came on stage at a press conference the company held this morning in its Cupertino, Calif. headquarters to address the gnawing antenna issue: the imperfect human being and an imperfect design. Need we say anything?

Why would Apple act so immaturely? I am surprised they didn’t know about the issue before they launched the device at the WWDC 2010. Actually, according to a Bloomberg News report, Apple antenna chief engineer Ruben Caballero told Steve Jobs that the iPhone 4 design will hurt wireless connectivity.

To make things worse, users voiced almost immediately on the release of the device the connectivity issue. After initially falling into Jobs depth ears, Apple is now forced to come clean, pointing fingers to competitors flaws!

But this time, Steve Jobs trick to take attention off the iPhone 4 problem by pointing similar handling issues with other mobile devices – the BlackBerry, Omnia, HTC, etc – wouldn’t do.

“Antenna technology can be tricky, but as far as I know, it’s not something that has plagued smartphones in the way Steve Jobs characterized. He has a way of making Apple problems everyone’s problems when it suits them,” confided an industry insider.

I am not sure when was the last time he loved calling out names of devices other than those from Apple, but he sure has taken the names this time to justify the flaw in the iPhone. It might just be one call that is dropped in a 100 or so a user makes, but given the reputation Apple and its products enjoy, this is an absolutely crazy approach to cover up your flaws.

So how should I hold my iPhone 4? Or should I bluff about the issue stating that my gadget is competing more directly with other devices? Funny but I congratulate Apple on becoming apart of imperfection.