Comment by wolvoleo

It could be that they're doing what Microsoft did 10 years ago, they fired all their QA teams and replaced them with automatic tests and telemetry. It's part of the reason Windows breaks so much these days.

I'm sure they saved a ton of money though.

> [iPhone 4] How did no one ever pick up the phone and hold it in their damn hand?

That's well documented, all their field testing models were disguised as iPhone 3Gs with a rubber case around them. Gizmodo got their hands on one from a drunk engineer who left it in a bar.

So they didn't actually touch it with their bare hands ever, outside of the office at least.