Southpaws up in arms over iPhone 4
Two fingers to Jobs' 'get a grip' advice
Apple has brought down the wrath of the UK's lefthanders after Steve Jobs' insensitive advice on how to use the firm's brand new on-again-off-again iPhone 4.
Jobs advised iPhone 4 buyers that the reason they were losing reception was down to the way they're holding the device - so, people just need to avoid gripping it in the lower left hand corner.
This is clearly discrimination designed as a design flaw, cried the Left-Handed Club, according to The Telegraph.
According to The Telegraph the Left-handed Club's Lauren Milsom said: "It seems ludicrous to suggest that 10 per cent of potential users should be told they have to adopt a less natural hand hold to use this latest technology.
"I would strongly suggest that Steve Jobs employs left-handers in his design and testing team in future, and urgently address this issue to ensure the phone is fit for purpose."
The club is quite serious about the disadvantages lefties face, with one of its stated aims being to "dispel many of the superstitions and fiction that have surrounded left-handedness in many cultures for hundreds of years, and which still create prejudice today".
It cites other problems such as "hugging", "taking neighbours drink/bread roll at dining table" and "organising files back to front".
Of course, it's not just lefties who could fall foul of this particular design quirk. Just think about people who like to flip the bird while using their phone. Or smoke. And of course, drive. ®
COMMENTS
Actually...
...if you look at the stats, most normal people don't have an iPhone 4.
like normal people?
most normal people don't get iphones in the first place.
Imagine if you used that same reasoning whilst buying a car
Using your reasoning, imagine if you purchased a car and that everytime you touched a particular part of the stearing wheel the lights on the front of your car shorted out. Would you still be happy buying a cover for your steering wheel? I would assume most sensible people would call this a design flaw.
But hey, if you need Jobsy to teach you how to hold a phone then who am I to tell you otherwise?
Thats because .....
..... I dont think it affects you so much if you have hairy palms.
