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Apple "denying warranty work".... does the FTC need to get involved?
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The 3G/3GS phones were prone to plastic cracking around the dock connector and microphone/speaker openings. The white ones would turn a little brown in places due to heat.
We really can't be sure, since the OP hasn't come back and the original post is so awkwardly worded. It makes sense that someone wants his iPhone replaced because the finish worn off, and likewise apple refusing this, as its considered wear and tear
How deep do you think the anodizing can go on such a thin walled device? Certainly not industrial deep, so of course the ano will wear faster. People's expectations are unrealistic sometimes OR they're simply ignorant on the subject of anodizing.
Well just looking from a customer service point of view, you engineers work out the technical details.
But it would be the same as with the water indicator. There will be warranty repairs refused because of this indicator, and customers will swear that the phone never got wet / never was dropped, and nobody knows whether they tell the truth, or whether a "friend" used the phone in the shower or dropped it without telling the owner, or whether they are lying.
That's the point though isn't it... If you can't anodize it properly on a device handled as often as a phone, then pick a different finish.
It's done properly, it simply isn't realistic to expect a deep anodized finish on such a thin walled device. I have the white i5 but the black mini i and the finish is pristine on that except for the areas that impacted the body s/p dropping and my kids are using that most of the time. IF you don't take steps to protect the finish i.e. covering with skins ect you should expect normal wear. IF there were defects with anodizing when unboxed, then that is on the consumer for not pointing that fact out right away and requesting another phone OR returning that phone and getting a new one.
Like I said, people's expectations r/t anodizing are unrealistic. That can either be from ignorance or stupidity. Luckily ignorance can be cured..... http://www.ablcomponents.co.uk/anodising-anodised-anodisers.htm
Thanks but I don't need the link. I am very familiar with the anodizing process, and like I said before, if they can't anodize it good enough for a lasting finish, then they should have chosen a different finish.
You may not but many do. What's YOUR def of lasting? I feel the finish is very durable. You seem to expect industrial anodizing thickness on such a thin walled device, and THAT simply isn't realistic. Maybe YOU need to change your expectations or buy a different device..... OR protect the device you now have.
This. ^^
When the OP abandons a rant post I just assume they were blowing off steam as a result of their own frustration and are too embarrassed to return & reply.
Regardless. Apple Care+ $49 replacement. Game over. Either you take advantage of the accidental damage and the extra year of warranty for $99 at the point of purchase or inside of 30 days or you don't. That would be the FTC opening argument and then everybody would go out to lunch. Case closed in 3 mins.
I've had the exact opposite experience any time I've ever had an issue.
And I cant imagine apple voiding a warranty because of "worn anodizing" on the corners. Its easy to spot the difference between anodizing that has been worn off over time, and anodizing that gets removed due to trauma (aka dropping, etc). So if what you say is true, I would just try another store. Maybe you just caught someone on a bad day. And I don't think it's a widespread pattern either. Apple is very fair with their warranty.
wow.
cant believe i just read that whole thing.
all i gotta say is WOW, and i thought i liked to bitch about innocuous things.
the OP really should just get a plastic android phone, same $600 price tag, less hassles.
but he wont. he'll probably stick with apple and get the 5S or 6 or w/e the hell its going to be, and we can all meet back here in 3 months tops.
cant believe i just read that whole thing.
all i gotta say is WOW, and i thought i liked to bitch about innocuous things.
the OP really should just get a plastic android phone, same $600 price tag, less hassles.
but he wont. he'll probably stick with apple and get the 5S or 6 or w/e the hell its going to be, and we can all meet back here in 3 months tops.
How a typical MacRumors troll post pans out:
1) Op posts a thread with a sup'ed up title, usually involving some kind of intervening body.
2) People fight back.
3) Op attacks everyone who doesn't agree with his/her apple hating, saying they work for Apple (because everybody on the internet who doesn't bash Apple must be Apple - amiright?).
4) Ops argument is picked apart, piece by piece.
5) Op seemingly disappears from thread.
How to internet? Simples. Just repeat steps 1-5.
1) Op posts a thread with a sup'ed up title, usually involving some kind of intervening body.
2) People fight back.
3) Op attacks everyone who doesn't agree with his/her apple hating, saying they work for Apple (because everybody on the internet who doesn't bash Apple must be Apple - amiright?).
4) Ops argument is picked apart, piece by piece.
5) Op seemingly disappears from thread.
How to internet? Simples. Just repeat steps 1-5.
Seriously, with in the first few hours of the post he personally attacked me because of my user name and completely discredited anything I said because of my user name and I am a so-called "fan boy". The mods quickly deleted the posts, but it was just completely ridiculous.
In his previous post (locked due to thread going off topic), he noted the Genius diagnosed his iPhone 5 as out of warranty due to:
"Device had indentation and markings from drop"
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1541612/
My original iPhone 5 had some scuffs and a dent where I had dropped it once. Took it in because of dead pixel issues (that some may not have cared about, but it bothered me) and they replaced it on the spot no questions asked.
My experience with Apple customer service has never been anything but stellar.
My experience with Apple customer service has never been anything but stellar.
