It doesn’t surprise me. Apple has not been performing well for me  or some friends lately.

Shortly after its release, punters started reporting the problem. Apple denied it.

Then a memo was release informing employees how to handle complaints about it. A.k.a damage control.

Now Consumer Reports has done a u-turn and is not recommending the phone until Apple put a permanent and free fix in place.

Ouch.

How does Apple respond? Why, it deletes discussion reports on the contentious issue. Job well done. (Excuse the pun!)

So, is a recall on the cards? Some say it is ‘inevitable’.

I’m not impressed with Apple of late. I own a iPhone 3G and had recently updated the OS to iOS4 and have had nothing but problems since doing so. The same problems have been reported by my wife and she is due to downgrade the OS like I did yesterday. By the way, if you want to do this too for similar reasons, here is a great tutorial from the folks over at Lifehacker.com

Since downgrading, the problems (network connection loss, unresponsiveness) have ceased to be an issue. I am now running OS3.1.2 and all is good!! Looks like 3G does not have the hardware spec to handle the new features which iOS4 has to offer. Or, on the other hand, maybe some lazy coding is the reason. I would say both.

Since buying a Macbook last year, I’ve bought a number of other Apple products and this is the first time having serious problems with their stuff. Get the act together Apple!

- Update: 15th july

Looks like Apple will be holding a press conference on the matter on the 16th to address the issue.