My response:

Assuming the fix can only be addressed with some amount of re-engineering, yes, but not until after the fix is complete, tested, and press is out saying the new model is working-as-intended. Pre-purchasers will find free phones in their mailbox. Retail buyers will fill out an online form to have a new, fixed phone shipped, and be asked to return the faulty phone by mail, RMA-style. The bad iPhones will be quietly buried in the Arizona desert for future civilizations to puzzle over.

The beef is made worse by the fact that Apple is currently swimming in liquid cash and could conceivably make a recall happen. If they don’t, or just continue to offer “free” bumpers for iPhone 4s, it’s going to look like they cheaped out on the fix for a known design flaw. It will be one of several serious design and manufacturing flaws going back at least through the past five years, several of which have been seen by customers as inadequately addressed by Apple corporate.

And in light of the recent Foxconn blow-back, this would be a great opportunity for Apple to swap some of that loose cash for goodwill and good press.

Via PCWorld Geek Tech