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Mark Papermaster, an executive overseeing the iPhone hardware engineering, is leaving Apple Inc.
The company did not explain the reason why the executive decided to leave the company. It is known that he was a senior vice president of iPhone and iPod hardware engineering. Papermaster provided no comments.

In accordance with news reports, the executive was unable to make serious decisions and had lost the confidence in the company. This quit does either not rise Apple’s PR which has been recently bad due its new iPhone 4 and antenna issues since iPhone 4’s launch in June.

An Apple spokesman noticed that Papermaster’s position will be transfered to a senior vice president of Macintosh hardware engineering Bob Mansfield.

Before Apple, Papermaster had worked for IBM for quite a long time. When he was quitting for Apple, IBM even filed a lawsuit against him and accused Papermaster of violating the agreement.

IBM let Papermaster join Apple last year. Under Papermaster Apple launched its extremely successful iPhone 4 (1.7 mln units were sold in the first 3 days!).

Back in time:

Despite the iPhone 4’s unexpected success, users noticed a significant signal loss provided the device was held in a certain way. It was believed that the reason of the unpleasant issue was defective antenna. At first users were instructed on how to hold the phone in a proper way or suggested to get a rubber “bumper”. Subsequently, an update to the iOS 4.0.1 was issued.
Apple informed it would offer owners a free rubber bumpers for resolving the topical problem.

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