The State of the Android Ecosystem (posted to PCWorld’s Geek Tech blog).

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. (more…)