I do not like that move either, but let me play the devils advocate in this particular case:
Imagine your friendly neighborhood independent repair shop turns out to be a shoody place, and replaces your old and tired Apple Genuine battery with a Galaxy note 7 Class battery...
If something, anything happens, who will get the bad publicity, bad reps and possible lawsuits?
Will the press hold off sensationalist headlines until mnore info is known? Will you admit not doing and original repair? Will the shoody place pay for the lawsuits?
So, in something as a fire hazard as a Battery, and something with risk of electric shock as cables and chargers, and things with security implications as fingerprint readers, I thend to side with apple.
Now, screens, cameras, flash et al that lock up if not get a specific switch flipped, or elements glued like mad, yes, I agree, dick move apple.
Making batteries easier to replace is how we keep device service life higher and keep electronics out of landfills.
I call bullshit on this.
A quick search of Apple Authorized repair spots in my tiny little Midwestern town shows a half dozen of places willing and able to do an iPhone battery replacement, all within a short drive. Some of them will even do it while you wait, meaning they aren't just shipping it overnight somewhere and leaving you without a phone for a day or three.
If there is a Best Buy near you then you can quite likely get your iPhone battery replaced in hours. Take your iPhone to the little shop or ki
If Apple didn't have a history of screwing over their customers with similar practices then maybe I could give them the benefit of the doubt. But Apple has pretty much always been this way. The original Mac had essentially no expansion built in and required warranty breaking modifications, it also had the cathode of the display exposed right above the motherboard. Be sure not to kill yourself if you open it up!
Yeah no, Apple wants you to buy a new device every year and if you have to get it serviced they ar
The entire industry already went through this. Early phones with Li-ion batteries had the charge circuitry built into the battery (this enabled a phone to operate with either Li-ion or NiMH batteries). This circuitry was especially important to Li-ion batteries - they can catch fire or explode if you overcharge or over-discharge them. People bought the phones, balked at the price of a spare battery, and purchased a "compatible" battery from China off eBay. The eBay batteries didn't have any charge prote
Dick move buuuut.... (Score:3)
I do not like that move either, but let me play the devils advocate in this particular case:
Imagine your friendly neighborhood independent repair shop turns out to be a shoody place, and replaces your old and tired Apple Genuine battery with a Galaxy note 7 Class battery...
If something, anything happens, who will get the bad publicity, bad reps and possible lawsuits?
Will the press hold off sensationalist headlines until mnore info is known?
Will you admit not doing and original repair?
Will the shoody place pay for the lawsuits?
So, in something as a fire hazard as a Battery, and something with risk of electric shock as cables and chargers, and things with security implications as fingerprint readers, I thend to side with apple.
Now, screens, cameras, flash et al that lock up if not get a specific switch flipped, or elements glued like mad, yes, I agree, dick move apple.
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Yeah, and car manufacturers should make it so only their parts can be used, right? Moron.
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What if people write shoddy apps?
What if advertisers get ahold of your phone number and call you with shoddy ads?
What if you get shoddy spam email on your Apple device?
What if you use a shoddy charger?
What if you buy a shoddy accessory?
What if you buy a shoddy case and it doesn't hold up?
Making batteries easier to replace is how we keep device service life higher and keep electronics out of landfills.
Apple needs to stop their bullshit.
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Which ones of those cause deadly fires?
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Making batteries easier to replace is how we keep device service life higher and keep electronics out of landfills.
I call bullshit on this.
A quick search of Apple Authorized repair spots in my tiny little Midwestern town shows a half dozen of places willing and able to do an iPhone battery replacement, all within a short drive. Some of them will even do it while you wait, meaning they aren't just shipping it overnight somewhere and leaving you without a phone for a day or three.
If there is a Best Buy near you then you can quite likely get your iPhone battery replaced in hours. Take your iPhone to the little shop or ki
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If Apple didn't have a history of screwing over their customers with similar practices then maybe I could give them the benefit of the doubt. But Apple has pretty much always been this way. The original Mac had essentially no expansion built in and required warranty breaking modifications, it also had the cathode of the display exposed right above the motherboard. Be sure not to kill yourself if you open it up!
Yeah no, Apple wants you to buy a new device every year and if you have to get it serviced they ar
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Re: Dick move buuuut.... (Score:2)