Internal Documents Show Apple Knew the iPhone 6 Would Bend

Post by ryanlol » Thu, May 24, 2018, 6:20 PM UTC

simonh wrote: post #15

I understand this is a problem and the phones shouldn't be susceptible to problems like this from normal use. Apple will probably just have to eat this one. The thing that annoys me a little is that if any other phone had a similar bending problem, nobody would give a hoot. In fact it looks like the HTC One had pretty much the same bend-ability[1]. That doesn't make what happened to these people's phones acceptable,…

Post by javamelon » Thu, May 24, 2018, 6:28 PM UTC

_Codemonkeyism wrote: post #18

simonh wrote: post #15

I understand this is a problem and the phones shouldn't be susceptible to problems like this from normal use. Apple will probably just have to eat this one. The thing that annoys me a little is that if any other phone had a similar bending problem, nobody would give a hoot. In fact it looks like the HTC One had pretty much the same bend-ability[1]. That doesn't make what happened to these people's phones acceptable,…

Totally agree, e.g. if Samsung hat problems with their batteries, nobody would give a hoot. Just because everyone is out to get Apple.

Post by forkLding » Thu, May 24, 2018, 6:30 PM UTC

_Codemonkeyism wrote: post #18

simonh wrote: post #15

I understand this is a problem and the phones shouldn't be susceptible to problems like this from normal use. Apple will probably just have to eat this one. The thing that annoys me a little is that if any other phone had a similar bending problem, nobody would give a hoot. In fact it looks like the HTC One had pretty much the same bend-ability[1]. That doesn't make what happened to these people's phones acceptable,…

Totally agree, e.g. if Samsung hat problems with their batteries, nobody would give a hoot. Just because everyone is out to get Apple.

Post by gtm1260 » Thu, May 24, 2018, 6:31 PM UTC

lb1lf wrote: post #24

millstone wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IANAL but I think the idea is this: The plaintiff claim that Apple knew about the defect, and so it was willful deception to omit the defect in any written materials which could influence a purchase decision. Apple's reply is that customers weren't given any written materials prior to purchase, not even the box. So there was no way omissions in the written materials could have influenced purchase decisions.

-Your explanation makes sense; the principle does not. Thanks!

Post by programbreeding » Thu, May 24, 2018, 6:36 PM UTC

pier25 wrote: post #19

Konryan wrote: post #6

This is Apple's modus operandi. The same thing happened with the early 2011 MBPros, which GPUs kept failing systematically, even after costly repairs. It took a class action lawsuit for them to start refunding repairs and provide an actual solution, but by then it was far too late.

> but by then it was far too late My 2011 MBP had been collecting dust for a year when the repairs came and I had already bought a new MBP. Afterwards nobody wanted to buy the repaired 2011 MBP. I ended up gifting that machine to a junior dev on the team. In Mexico, Apple asked for about $1200 USD to replace the logic board on the 2011 MBP, and it made no sense to me to invest that kind of money on an old computer wi…