Some iPhone 4s Have Flipped Volume Keys

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Posted June 25, 2010 at 12:25pm by iClarified

9to5mac has received tips that some iPhone 4s were coming off the assembly line with flipped volume keys. The '-' key actually increases the volume, while the '+' key decreases the volume.

Earlier this week, the iPhone 4 was reported to also have a yellow screen issue, so this isn't the first manufacturing issue.

Did Apple rush to get these phones out by June 24th?

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Phucpholuc - June 25, 2010 at 3:46pm

Well that's obvious. Everyone knows that number two is the best.

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Kaveh - June 25, 2010 at 4:26pm

true

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Dynomity - June 25, 2010 at 2:35pm

I'm sure glad that Canada was excluded from the initial launch... we'll let everyone else deal with all these issues first. This way by the time it finally comes to us, the glue will have dried, the buttons will be put on properly and the signals will have stopped fading!

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Mich - June 25, 2010 at 10:59pm

Then we buy the Iphone 5Gs :D

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Sillydrew - June 25, 2010 at 1:30pm

OK so I haven't had any of the problems some people are reporting. I think they're maybe a few defective phones out there but what product doesn't have a few bad apples? The only difference is that people expect more from apple than Google, HTC, etc.

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David - June 25, 2010 at 1:23pm

How does *one* phone become *some* phones? Does any other product undergo this much scrutiny such that a single example of something becomes the story of the day?

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Nt02 - June 25, 2010 at 12:52pm

Not rare at all. Early adopters are used as testers by Apple. Wait fir a few weeks before buying a new Apple product to increase your chance of getting a good product.

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Nt02 - June 25, 2010 at 12:50pm

This version seems to have more problems that the prior iPhone launches.

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phucpholuc - June 25, 2010 at 12:40pm

i've checked that link. the photo appears to be easy photoshop case. lol of course, the video is blurred and held is such a way you can't see the "+" and "-" buttons. i call this one BS until someone else can verify.

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Uh huh - June 25, 2010 at 10:04pm

I call it photoshoped I just did it with a pic of my phone

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