client who had already buy iPhone Bumpers before Apple bid liberal cases to all iPhone 4 users have begin to receive repayment from the troupe .
At last week ’s iPhone 4 military press league , Apple pronounce it wouldprovide free casesto anyone who buys the iPhone 4 before September 30 . That free eccentric fling includes a option of either Apple ’s Bumper or a third - party case . As part of that offering , Apple enjoin it would offer refunds to iPhone 4 users who had already bought Bumpers from Apple .
On Thursday , some customers who bribe their Bumpers from Apple ’s online store reported receiving refund notices from Apple , according to bothInternet reportsand users contactingMacworld . The message from Apple start by informing the customer of the situation ( just in compositor’s case they have been living under a rock for the past week ) , and that “ as of today , we have automatically process your refund . ” Apple is also refunding shipping and VAT boot as well .
There is no word on how many customers have gotten refund so far or how long this automatonlike repayment process for online Bumper guild will take . Apple also has yet to announce how client who buy Bumpers in retail storage can go about getting a refund , and the company did not returnMacworld’srequest for a input on Thursday .
Apple made the gratuitous font offer for iPhone 4 user after complaints that the new sound ’s feeler . Some users — a little fraction , according to Apple — reported problems with aerial interference . The most common complaint involves the reception bars disappear from the iPhone ’s status prevention when users hold the equipment a certain path , with their fingers covering the phone ’s antennas .
The iPhone ’s antenna issue has gotten extensive coverage , but it has n’t shown much of an impact on sale . to begin with this week , Apple said it had sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s in the first three daylight after releasing the phone — the most successful product launching in the company ’s history .
At last week ’s press conference , Apple tell iPhone 4 owners would be able to apply for a new case at its Website starting at some degree this calendar week . As of late Thursday , Apple ’s land site had not yet been update with new information on how to order a pillow slip .
