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Apple to Start Offering iPhone XR as Loaner Device During Lengthier Repairs
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No thanks. iPhone 8 has 3D Touch, Touch ID, and a Qualcomm modem. This is downgrade in every way.
Yea, that’s why I have 2 of everything: house, car, girlfriend…A veteran MR member should already have a backup phone for emergency / repair purpose.If you have been here more than a year and don't already have a backup phone, you are a slacker and your forum membership may be revoked.
Unless the woman I date happens to have multiple personalities, this guy can only deal with 1 woman at a time. lol
If I respond the way I’d like to I will get suspendedUnless the woman I date happens to have multiple personalities, this guy can only deal with 1 woman at a time. lol
Actually most iPhone 8’s have intel modems the ones with Qualcomm are in response to a German court during the apple/Qualcomm trial in which apple in response to circumvent the ruling made iPhone 8’s (and 7 models at the time) with a Qualcomm modem (which were deliberately dumbed down from the intel ones I believe)
Or have you forgotten about that ruling
It’s an even split, in the U.S. AT&T and T-Mobile used the Intel model, while Verizon and Sprint used the Qualcomm model for CDMA support.
If my iPhone 5C needs to be sent for repair may I humbly request they keep my phone and I'll keep theirs?
Depends on your repair nature. Battery/screen repairs can be done same day most of the time, so no loaner would be offered.
The trick here, what capacity of the XR being offered? Although it's a nice gesture, trying to restore, let's say, a 128GB backup into a 64GB phone wouldn't be possible anyway.
I guess that more shows how much we're in the minority hereA veteran MR member should already have a backup phone for emergency / repair purpose.
I need a loaner with 30pin or FireWire 400 port. Since apple launched their regressive MacBook pros it shouldn’t be difficult for them.
My wife’s is still going strong. She really hates the camera on it though.
I'll make sure to run your approach by my wife tomorrow to see what she says.
Apple is always looking out for each and everyone of us with consumer-friendly support offerings like this.
Policies like this just aren't available from anyone else.
Policies like this just aren't available from anyone else.
My watch was swapped the same day at a Best Buy. I don't see why they would send anything.
It only took a supply chain crisis to make them realize the alternative they coach their apple retail employees to chirp is not feasible (that being, oh! Just go and buy a new iPhone and return it within 14 days… most repairs only take a day or so, a few at most, etc… longer than 14 days? Rare. So rare it’s ok to return the “loaner” phone and buy another model to stretch another 14 days!).
And not the bloody amount of $ it’ll cost them because they’re very very profitable.
That is definitely a big improvement from iPhone 8 which was offered earlier, especially now since almost all the iPhones have new design with FaceID.
