Its not. I have used all of my iPhones the same and baby all of them. I always have a case on it and screen protector.
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iPhone 14 Pro Max Apple's quality control is garbage on the iPhone 14 Pro
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Its not. I have used all of my iPhones the same and baby all of them. I always have a case on it and screen protector.
I feel for you, DMG35. Quality control & customer service has really declined in my lifetime - Can’t say that for a great number of other large well known & previously reliable companies though.
I’m a senior citizen, tech-savy Apple user from way back (began using computers when we had only DOS to work with😵💫), am fortunate to have had only one bad iPhone, but have had issues lately with several accessories - 2 chargers (MagSafe-will not use ever again - still using Apple 18W - always have a Anker battery pack on hand), leather cases cracking (2). I’m overly careful with my phones - always use case & screen saver - & even put my phone in a padded case when it’s in my purse (yes, I’m an old lady) - I treat them as the expensive products they are.
As for the eSim issue - I refuse to buy another iPhone after the 13 due to the lack of a SIM card slot. It’s OK it if also allows for eSim, but I’ve had friends who have had way too many issues with eSim (I’m with AT&T). I have a 13 Mini, 13 & last year bought from Apple a refurbed 11Pro (I’ve had great luck over the years with their refurbed phones & if you want a backup phone I highly recommend them), all of which I’ll keep & replace batteries as long as Apple provides security updates, so I’ll always have a backup phone . Hopefully, at some point in the future Apple will come to realize they need to put back a SIM card slot & I’ll take a look at a new phone again. Don’t know what I’ll do if I can’t replace battery and/or no longer get security updates.
Glad you finally got your problem resolved. Give some thought to getting a backup phone - these days you never know what can happen - stolen phone, etc. Good luck.
I’m a senior citizen, tech-savy Apple user from way back (began using computers when we had only DOS to work with😵💫), am fortunate to have had only one bad iPhone, but have had issues lately with several accessories - 2 chargers (MagSafe-will not use ever again - still using Apple 18W - always have a Anker battery pack on hand), leather cases cracking (2). I’m overly careful with my phones - always use case & screen saver - & even put my phone in a padded case when it’s in my purse (yes, I’m an old lady) - I treat them as the expensive products they are.
As for the eSim issue - I refuse to buy another iPhone after the 13 due to the lack of a SIM card slot. It’s OK it if also allows for eSim, but I’ve had friends who have had way too many issues with eSim (I’m with AT&T). I have a 13 Mini, 13 & last year bought from Apple a refurbed 11Pro (I’ve had great luck over the years with their refurbed phones & if you want a backup phone I highly recommend them), all of which I’ll keep & replace batteries as long as Apple provides security updates, so I’ll always have a backup phone . Hopefully, at some point in the future Apple will come to realize they need to put back a SIM card slot & I’ll take a look at a new phone again. Don’t know what I’ll do if I can’t replace battery and/or no longer get security updates.
Glad you finally got your problem resolved. Give some thought to getting a backup phone - these days you never know what can happen - stolen phone, etc. Good luck.
The SIM tray is an outdated technology, similar to the 3.5mm headphone jack. I would say that carriers need to level up on their end for activation, as it is not an easy process (they provide the service, and do a terrible job). That said, your device if you truly did all of the steps like plug into a computer and attempt to put it in recovery mode and it still didn't work is a 1 in 5 million situation.
By no means is your case representative of everyone else's experience. I've had the 14 pro max since September when it launched and have yet to see any sort of issues with it other than occasional software glitches including unexpected shutdowns that were an easy fix. I expect this being someone who uses 75% of my storage and my phone as my primary computer. Best of luck.
T-Mobile switched my iPad Mini 6 to eSIM over the phone - real straightforward.
I’m glad the situation was resolved but it bears mentioning that is absolutely not the purpose of the eSIM.
You do not have to do that. You can login to your carrier via Safari from home wifi.
I do feel in apples recent trend of cost cutting the esim is just another example of something changed for no reason other than saving on component costs.
This is the same as the headphone jack, charger etc and soon the mute switch.
Greed over margins means we are getting less but they’re charging us more.
This is the same as the headphone jack, charger etc and soon the mute switch.
Greed over margins means we are getting less but they’re charging us more.
Hey @DMG35 this Luke Miani video popped in my YouTube recommendations and I immediately thought about you and this thread.
Mind you, I'm not super fan of Luke, there's something off about him that I cannot describe, but many of his videos are interesting so I watch them from time to time.
In this video, as you can see, he's experiencing similar issues, that are apparently happening more than usual on 14 Pro models.
Mind you, I'm not super fan of Luke, there's something off about him that I cannot describe, but many of his videos are interesting so I watch them from time to time.
In this video, as you can see, he's experiencing similar issues, that are apparently happening more than usual on 14 Pro models.
Yes I agree with you the 14pm is trash and folks who upgraded from the 13pm got played. But with that being said apple can do no wrong people gonna keep on buying them regardless . I hope you will upgrade to the 15 pm ok
Probably never going to buy another iPhone. The SIM card, like the headphone jack probably isn’t coming back.
And while I feel empathy for the op (you know they incorrectly say lightning doesn’t strike twice in the spot) my launch day i14pm works well. As they say and we know all too well, YMMV.
Exactly... There is NOTHING ever manufactured that involves micro-electronics where about 1-2% of them sold don't have issues. That means every time they sell 100 of them, 1 or 2 of those people will be angry/upset/disappointed.
This has been going on since the first digital electronic devices were ever produced.
The part where I feel like Apple failed here is being unable to provide customers with an immediate replacement unit. Like the original poster said, he paid $1600 for this phone and it's a device most of us rely on for both business and personal use. There really needs to be a better solution for in-warranty failures than "we'll mail it back in and let you know in a week or two when it comes back".
Even offering a comparable loaner phone would be acceptable, but not some iPhone XR.
I don't mind the eSIM concept. My iPhone 13 Pro is using Mint Mobile via eSIM right now and it made the initial activation process really painless. But again, Apple should have figured out a way to make it easy for people to transfer service between their phones when one is dead/won't power on.
Yes, that's exactly what happened to both of my iPhone 14 Pro models. The only difference is that they would not power back on and even the Apple employees could not get them back on. Both were completely bricked and it was not because of anything I had done to either phone.
Maybe it’s the way you was using the iPhone 5 and iPhone 12PM that caused your issues? See how that theory works?
Lots of pertinent information in the thread about all the different ways the OP tried to get the phone to power on including the answer to the question you asked...
Log into your account, click manage device. Toward the bottom of the page, you will see manage your sim. Click that and then Get New eSIM.
I was starting to agree until you called the headphone jack outdated. What do you use, headphones with a lightning plug? Wireless Airpods? I don't even want to know.
I started using AirPods with my 6s+ (when the headphone jack was still around) and hasn't plugged anything into it since.
Been my experience as well with T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. Switching around ESIMs, adding ESIMS, moving ESIM phones between lines has been painless, instant, and fairly easy.
I guess we can judge manufacturers on just 2 phones? So using that same logic here... I have a 14 Pro and a 14 Pro Max. Neither of them have problems. Apple is PERFECT and their Quality Control is PERFECT. I also have had Apple replace a broken phone (dropped) recently (last year) within 5 mins of walking in the store. Excellent.
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Alrighty. lol. Guess I need to go create my thread about how Apple's QC is perfect on the 14 Pro. I probably won't get as much attention tho.
