No reasonable person would purchase a phone knowing that a wear item like a battery can only be obtained by having the manufacturer replace it. Therefore, Apple suddenly adding technological checks to prevent replacing such a wear item without informing the buying public prior to purchase seems like clear and evident intent to defraud the public.
I encourage every person who owns one of the affected products to contact his/her state's Attorney General and demand that legal action be taken on behalf of the
Ok this is napkin math, but the average iPhone age to replacement is about four years now, and there are approx. 190 million iPhones in current use. Apple's battery replacement peaked last year at about 10 million batteries. If we double that to account for non-Apple repair shops to 20 million (which is probably way, way higher than normal), we still have only about 40% of iPhone users changing their batteries during the life of the device.
So yes, in fact, most people that buy an iPhone don't ever expect to replace the battery. They just replace the phone.
How is this not fraud? (Score:5, Interesting)
No reasonable person would purchase a phone knowing that a wear item like a battery can only be obtained by having the manufacturer replace it. Therefore, Apple suddenly adding technological checks to prevent replacing such a wear item without informing the buying public prior to purchase seems like clear and evident intent to defraud the public.
I encourage every person who owns one of the affected products to contact his/her state's Attorney General and demand that legal action be taken on behalf of the
Re:How is this not fraud? (Score:2)