Antennagate - It Could Cost Apple $900 Million?

If you have been following any of the iPhone 4 developments over the past few weeks you'll have no doubly heard about lack luster antenna and poor reception in the phone.  Well it would seem that stock speculators are now saying the antenna issues could cost Apple as much as $900 Million in stock loss and repair costs.  WTF?

That number seems a little high to me, especially since some of that cost is estimated based on a stock drop and the expected warranty repair costs.  (which most companies are insured against)  So despite the obviously paranoid nature of this story, and that is written in an attempt to make it sound like "insider information", I'm sure Apple is going to be just fine.

Now for the best part (and only reason I started ranting about it to begin with) the title.  "Antennagate"  It would seem that if you want to get people's attention and somehow add a "scandalous" tone to your news report just add "gate" to the end of a word and make up a title.

For instance:

"Motherboardgate - exploding caps cost companies millions in RMA and thousands of hours in lost game time"
"Fermigate - excess heat and lackluster performance are prime to suck nVidia into a black hole"
"Trafficgate - slight of hand? Or an actual problem?"

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