HTC Corp. Furious Over Apple Inc. CEO's Remarks During Last Week's iPhone 4 Conference (AAPL,RIMM)

Officials from HTC Corp. announced Monday that Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) antenna issues are not a problem for other smartphone manufacturers and that Apple should try to fix the iPhone 4's network-reception issues before spreading the blame to other smartphone manufacturers. Apple CEO Steve Jobs highlighted the antenna-reception issues via a video of HTC's Droid Eris, Research in Motion Ltd's (NASDAQ:RIMM) BlackBerry Bold 9700 and Samsung's Omnia II last Friday during a press conference on the iPhone 4s problematic antenna that causes calls to drop when held in a particular manner; Jobs hoped the videos would highlight the idea that all smartphones are not perfect and face reception issues as a whole. Jobs affirmed that the iPhone 4 drops one more call per 100 than the 3GS model, and offered free cases and bumper refunds to customers beginning later this week. HTC chief financial officer Hui-Meng Cheng commented, "Apple should face its own problems." Shares of Apple are trading down 2.84% Monday morning at $242.81.
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