I am testing this

Thanks for the link, Gene.

What I have read elsewhere is that the European experience with the Infineon chip was “poor”, to say the least, and that most of them moved away from it rapidly. It makes one wonder who at Apple was not paying attention? Presumably there will be a “Rev B” iPhone 3G, but how soon? (Perhaps we will get lucky and have the memory upgraded while they are at it.)

I already got the 30 days, so with the additional 60 days granted the other day, I have the full 90 days.

The place that tears down those parts is called iSuppli, and here’s the link to their iPhone 3G teardown:

http://gizmodo.com/5025546/isuppli-official-estimate-the-iphone-3g-build-price-is-17433

That’s how we know who made the 3G chip, other than published reports that confirm that tidbit of information.

Peace,
Gene

There are some reports (credibility yet to be determined) that the update has actually made things worse.

What I find curious is that no one seems to have disassembled the iPhone and definitively determined the identity of the 3G chip. If it is the “suspect chip”, that would give some degree of support to conjecture that a software/firmware update may not resolve the problems. Conversely, if it is not the “suspect chip”, it would lend hope that it may be fixable with a firmware update. If this were the case, it would seem that Apple would be better served by getting out in front of the issue. Apple have, however, been characteristically silent on the matter, although acknowledging that the firmware update is intended to address this problem.

More to the point, if Apple is not prepared to stop making units that are troublesome while a replacement chip is procured, they may simply expand the problem and further damage the company’s reputation. Reputation is something which is easily damaged or lost and often difficult to regain…although the public does seem to have a short attention span occasionally.

I can not recall the name of the company which disassembles Apple products for the purpose of determining the cost of the components (for financial analysis). It would certainly be interesting if they took a look at the iPhone 3G which they have previously disassembled to determine the identity of the 3G chip.

P.S. Aren’t you entitled to a 90 day extension of MobileMe? There was a 30 day extension and then a 60 day extension wasn’t there?