At least a few of the "fixit" stores out there are using parts that... fit, but are not always the same parts. Some of the "repaired" products that make their way into my hands.. holy cow.. wrong, wrong, wrong wrong... (to the tune of a grandfather clock) Wrong wrong wrong wrong.... Lots of crappy parts out there that.. 'fit'.
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Apple Tells Congress It Hasn't Been Profiting From Repairs in Response to Antitrust Probe
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At least a few of the "fixit" stores out there are using parts that... fit, but are not always the same parts. Some of the "repaired" products that make their way into my hands.. holy cow.. wrong, wrong, wrong wrong... (to the tune of a grandfather clock) Wrong wrong wrong wrong.... Lots of crappy parts out there that.. 'fit'.
No, you're arguing a strawman.
I never said there is anything "anti trust" or "monopoly" in this thread. WHatever your response is, it isn't relevant to anything I've said.
My point is how Apple and Google exert police their respective platforms. Take the vaping app ban for example. Apple just went and did it without any public comment and without consulting any developers. It's not like iOS users can just go to the Google Play Store to get those apps back. I don't want to get into the merits of the actual ban (that is irrelevant here), the point is that its an very important decision that affects a lot of the public that Apple just went and made in a black box. That is wrong.
Hmmm I thought Apple deliberately makes their products nearly impossible to repair (using glue, rivets etc.) so they can profit from the huge repair fees?
Guess that was just the usual Apple-hate crap. How surprising
They profit from the repairs costing so much, that people just go out and buy a new one that's sold at a 20-30% profit margin...
Except it's proven time and time again devices Apple says cannot be repaired economically are trivial for 3rd parties to get working. And that's with Apple getting in their way at every step, imagine if they weren't constantly threatened and blocked.
Why is Apple so scared of second opinions if they're telling the truth?
If Apple can't make a profit why is it scared 3rd parties being able to access original parts somehow will?
You'd be so lucky---2x 32GB 2666V SoDIMMs from Samsung retailed for £240 a week ago, Apple charge +£720 for the same amount for CTO MBP 16"
Looking at a Dell XPS 13 2-In-1 with Ice Lake (7390) and it comes with a 1-Year for free, but three year (3) Premium Support is +$200 and Premium Support Plus - Accidents is +$430 for three (3) years.
Same for a Dell for their XPS 8930 Desktop only the Premium three years is +$299 and Premium Plus three years is +$539.
Im not sure where you’re seeing three year warranty by default, but not here in the US Store.
Because otherwise, you'd buy a shiny new toy from them, and now you're not generating them new profit!
Apple gave me a brand new computer on two separate occasions. So yeah. They would.
Looking at Precision 3541, "3Yr Basic onsite" on their UK website (see attached) ditto stateside (perhaps they don't warrant non-Pro gear, but Apple claims theirs is Pro)
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New, or "new"? They would only give you that if the cost of repair exceed unit production cost of the new one.
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Apple priests bless the parts as they are placed in devices it is 1000x better than the part from Samsung.
But but but, why can't I buy Mario add ons anywhere? You mean I can only get it from Nintendo's store?!!?
They can do this because look at the price they sell a monitor stand for, it's almost theft. LoL =)
So take it to a third party. Seems like an easy-peasy decision for someone. No second guessing.
This right to repair is a distraction to the main point. I don’t have to defend Apple, only respond to the blatant hyperbole in this thread.
Creative accounting---I looked at my "invoice" for the MBP17" GPU "repair" (if you recall that one was at Apple's expense), they billed me usual repair rates then presumably written it off at that price, cf. what you'd think an honest company would do---write it off at cost.
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Hmmm I thought Apple deliberately makes their products nearly impossible to repair (using glue, rivets etc.) so they can profit from the huge repair fees?
Guess that was just the usual Apple-hate crap. How surprising
Also, the products they sell. People will have to select higher specs, knowing that you can't upgrade RAM or HD space after you buy it. A lot of people select minimum specs and add those upgrades later instead getting from higher price Apple.
Right, they purposefully want to run afoul of the sorebanes-oxley act.
Honestly whether you like Apple’s repair policies or not throttling the processor was the right thing to do, a device should not turn off just because it is older and the battery cannot operate at full voltage anymore. Yeah maybe they should have told people about it but it’s not that big of a deal ...
Be interesting to see a breakdown of that calculation. Presumably they include warranty jobs and aren't just talking about paid repairs and exclude replacements that you've gotta pay for because they won't repair?
There's always a trick... Apple aren't feeding the homeless by saying 'nah sorry the green sticker is now red from sweat/humidity, you'll have to pay $400 for a replacement'.
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Three flaws in that logic:
1. Who says batteries were busted? They just throttled older devices, not ones (including new ones that are faulty) with busted batteries. If it was outta good will (and concern that batteries won't last long enough) they woulda had a message to users of new phones saying 'hey your battery is faulty, take it in for a free replacement!'
2. The devices didn't magically throttle back to top-speed when you replaced the battery, so it had nothing to do with your battery's capacity. If it was to do with batteries then they wouldn't have throttled, they woulda had a message saying 'hey your battery is running at 70% capacity... replace it!!'
3. It has nothing to do with their repair policy, it was just a mean spirited nudge tactic that enabled them to say 'maybe get a new phone' when people came in saying 'my phone is running slow' and generic tips like 'delete a few apps or do a full restore to flush things out' didn't do anything. Oh duh, because Apple had hard-coded the devices to run slowly!
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Because we ALL blindly just KNOW that everyone in prison is guilty. Those folks that were exonerated, they weren’t really IN prison, they were just kinda... ok they were in prison, but they were guilty, like, at one point... ok so they WEREN’T guilty, but people THOUGHT they were guilty and... well, until they were proven innocent.
There’s plenty enough “blind allegiance“ to go around, the only difference is who they listen to
Not so hard to belive. Normal repair shops would just fix a broken port for example and Apple would change the entire motherboard plus the ram and the ssd. There is obviously cost deficiency in this model but you make sure that the repair is complete and the client receives back the repaired device in brand new condition. What Apple should do is make public complete repair guides as in the old times.
They are impossible to repair so you end up buying a new one.Hmmm I thought Apple deliberately makes their products nearly impossible to repair (using glue, rivets etc.) so they can profit from the huge repair fees?
Guess that was just the usual Apple-hate crap. How surprising