You'll get support as long as an entire model series doesn't have problems. I'm sitting here with a broken 6 Plus Touch IC (Touch disease) waiting on Apple to either a) get sued, or b) recognize it as a problem and fix it. There are a whole lot of people in the same boat.
I've been reading a bit about this recently since it first cropped up in the press, but I'll admit my knowledge on it is a bit limited. My own 6 Plus has been fine, well it still is.
What I do find odd is that people are saying nothing's being done about it. Have you been into the Apple Store about it, what did they say? I am genuinely curious about it and what they claim the problem to be.
Again I can only go on my own firsthand experiences with Apple. In the somewhere between 15-20 years (getting too old to remember

) I've been an Apple customer I've only had 4 problems, well, 3 and a bit as I'll boringly ramble on about
I had an iMac with a faulty video card quite a few years ago now. I called Apple, we chatted, ran some tests and the next day a replacement iMac arrived.
My first iPhone 4 had an issue with the display/graphics? It would just go black seconds after being switched on. Again, called Apple and the same result. Next morning a replacement iPhone 4 arrived.
The 3rd problem (this is the, and a bit one) I was in the Apple Store, just to make a purchase and during chatting with the chap there happend to mention the mute switch on my 6+ was a little loose. Not broken, it still worked fine, just felt a little loose and I certainly wasn't asking for a replacement or saying it was a fault. But nonetheless he asked to see it, had a brief look and said. I'll get you a new phone. That was out of warranty, no AppleCare and as I say, I wasn't even saying it was a fault.
Final and most recent problem was a couple of weeks ago. The back of my wife's Apple Watch came off when she removed it from the charger. I do have AppleCare on that but it was only 11 months old anyway. Went onto Apple chat, went through the usual routine with serial numbers and so on. In total it took less than 10 minutes. Again, the next day a replacement Watch was delivered (just the Watch bit, no strap or anything.)
So that's the sum total of my experiences with Apple support, though of the friends and family I know who have had dealings with them, they all echo my experiences. Which is why I've naturally nothing bad to say about them. I'll only ever take into account that which I personally experience or can verify.
It's also why I like to hear about issues and experiences such as you are having yourself. One can never have too much information.
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Yes and no. It can do all the above, but not as good as some of the dedicated devices.
About your pricing, i would say you're a bit off...
- GPS - €100-150 (included some of Garmin models)
- Camera - €100 (Canon or Nikon)
- Computer - we can argue about this, but phones will never be a computer replacement. More like a quick excess for info on the road.
- iPod - €240 (and it can be used as camera and as a "computer" for all the iOS apps)
- Cell Phone - €20 (any cheap Nokia will do the job)
and new iPhone 7 starts in Europe at €759 and the 7 Plus at €899...
I'm not arguing against or for any of that, fight it out among yourselves
But one thing I just can't help myself with, because I'm in a typing mood. Our "phones" today regardless of their being Apple/Android aren't phones anymore. Haven't been for a long time. Despite their ability to make calls and send texts, though texting is itself not a requirement in the definition of a phone, they are most definitely computers.
We still like to call them phones or cellphones or mobiles, whatever your poison is. But what we hold in our hands are the very definition of "computer".
Computer, noun. An electronic device which is capable of receiving information (data) in a particular form and of performing a sequence of operations in accordance with a predetermined but variable set of procedural instructions (program) to produce a result in the form of information or signals.
Sorry, had to get it out of my system

But no, they're not what we would typically use the definition of computer for, as in a desktop or laptop computer. They're in general more limited in scope than either of those.
You have to wonder though, look at the way the market is headed. If, like me, you're old enough to remember computers as they were. Being the dominant device used for our accomplishment of tasks. Then track that forward over 30 or so years to where we are now, as people increasingly use "phones" and tablets to achieve those tasks. How long will it be before computers as we knew/know them are nothing but another entry in a technology museum. It'll happen one day, probably, maybe.
Damn I'm far too reflective this morning, maybe I should watch some TV, that should kill off a few brain cells and thought processes
