Apple to Charge $279 to Repair or Replace a Damaged HomePod Without AppleCare+

[I7guy]

So to avoid fake opinions, I will refrain from criticizing the iPhone X's round corners as it probably will belch along the Apple IIe's round corners, TV screens of the 60's and all tragic mistakes/design anomalies since from anyone but Apple.
They are excused !
Together with the Notch, it helped them to revive the software industry ! Just another example of how hw/sw coëxist in their coherent appr....
Blahpedi Blah

Ths is a deflection in discussion of apple’s management and the running of the company in a thread regarding HomePod. Hey, you’re entitled to your opinion of the iPhone X and notch, it’s a natural follow up to “cults/tech cults and money cults”. Everything Apple, complaints dept.

 

[hlevolve]

The price has to do with the tremendously complex technology packed into these devices, which in turn makes them difficult to repair.

I love how they make devices that don't need to be repaired very often.

I'll give you that. I have only had to repair 2 Apple devices that I have owned. One was like the iPhone 3G I believe that had glue or something under the screen and they took care of it while under warranty. The other was a Macbook Pro which I declined to get repaired because the cost was astronomical. They make those so that the boards die and you have to just buy a new computer. That was out of warranty by that point. But yes it is nice to have pretty solid products.

 

[SPUY767]

iPhone 4 repair cost wasn’t 80% of the phone’s cost.
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Let me break it down for you. If the cost of repairing a product is almost 80% of the cost of the product then the consumer would prefer investing their money in a brand new product because well it will be new and there will be fresh warranty. All you can do is “dispose” the old product and get a new one.

That may well be the case, but that isn't what disposable means. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/disposable

 

[fedaykinwolf]

I wish people would start to see that Apple is a crappy product, and crappier company...

 

[pankajdoharey]

You're comparing apples to oranges. Your comparison doesn't work.

People are building entire phones out of maker boards like Raspberry pie in $50.
http://www.techradar.com/news/project-zerophone-the-ambitious-diy-raspberry-pi-phone
https://wiki.zerophone.org/index.php/Main_Page