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tonybarnaby

macrumors 68020
Dec 3, 2017
2,385
1,741
I think you might be missing the point. Point is, sometimes if there is more _Known_issues with an iPhone, others want to know which manufacturing week it might be experiencing the Hardware problem.

For example: If a certain batch of iPhones are experiencing ‘Yellow displays’ and it was on week 35, others want to know specifically when their phone was manufactured if their phone might be a factor not during that week number.
The amount of work to determine this would be enormous. It’s easy enough to look up, but I doubt anything could ever be pinpointed down to a bad batch from a certain week.
 

Wayward

macrumors regular
Nov 24, 2007
100
54
Family name:
Group1: iPhone
Group2: XS Max
Generation:
EMC number: 0
Screen size: 6.5 inch
Screen resolution: 2688x1242 pixels
Colour: Gold
Production week : -36- (September)
Production year : -2018-
Model introduced: -2018-
Capacity: 64GB
Memory - flavour: Soldered
Factory: FF (Refurbished?)
 

tarsins

macrumors 65816
Sep 15, 2009
1,170
848
Wales
People with early production weeks will start thinking they've got an inferior phone to later weeks or have not got a feature or fix the others have.
My week: don't care.
 

44267547

Cancelled
Jul 12, 2016
37,642
42,491
The amount of work to determine this would be enormous. It’s easy enough to look up, but I doubt anything could ever be pinpointed down to a bad batch from a certain week.

Its all theory. I already gave the example of how some might be experiencing certain issues based off a certain manufacturing week, then they want to see which week their phone was manufactured. It’s the nature of a tech site, not necessarily real world experience.
 

MrGimper

macrumors G3
Sep 22, 2012
8,475
11,745
Andover, UK
Family name:
Group1: iPhone
Group2: XS Max
Generation:
EMC number: 0
CPU speed: 2.49GHz
Screen size: 6.5 inch
Screen resolution: 2688x1242 pixels
Colour: Silver
Production week : -35- (September)
Production year : -2018-
Model introduced: -2018-
Capacity: 256GB
Memory - flavour: Soldered
Memory - maximum total: 4GB
Factory: F2 (China, Zhengzhou - Foxconn)
 

Mackie99

macrumors regular
Jan 14, 2004
238
59
California
Week 35 - Max 256 Silver - no sim

https://weeknumber.net/35

Family name:
Group1: iPhone
Group2: XS Max
Generation:
EMC number: 0
CPU speed: 2.49GHz
Screen size: 6.5 inch
Screen resolution: 2688x1242 pixels
Colour: Silver
Production week : -35- (September)
Production year : -2018-
Model introduced: -2018-
Capacity: 256GB
Memory - flavour: Soldered
Memory - maximum total: 4GB
Factory: F2 (China, Zhengzhou - Foxconn)
 

tcannizz

macrumors member
Sep 20, 2016
51
16
Family name:
Group1: iPhone
Group2: XS Max
Generation:
EMC number: 0
Screen size: 6.5 inch
Screen resolution: 2688x1242 pixels
Colour: Gold
Production week : -36- (September)
Production year : -2018-
Model introduced: -2018-
Capacity: 64GB
Memory - flavour: Soldered
Factory: FF (Refurbished?)

Mine is a week 33. From factory FF. As well. The (refurbished?) part worries me.
 

Shadowbech

macrumors G3
Oct 18, 2011
9,038
5,894
Mine is a week 33. From factory FF. As well. The (refurbished?) part worries me.
I wouldn't worry too much about it, as long as you have all the retail packaging inside it's brand new. Mine also starts with FF and it's coming from Zhengzhou factory, which is the F2 as well. They have F1, F2.
 

tcannizz

macrumors member
Sep 20, 2016
51
16
I wouldn't worry too much about it, as long as you have all the retail packaging inside it's brand new. Mine also starts with FF and it's coming from Zhengzhou factory, which is the F2 as well. They have F1, F2.

Thanks! So what do you think the FF is referring to? Could it be some internal refurbished before shipping? Idk!
 

Shadowbech

macrumors G3
Oct 18, 2011
9,038
5,894
Thanks! So what do you think the FF is referring to? Could it be some internal refurbished before shipping? Idk!
Not likely. Even replacement unit has regular serial number. Only way to distinguish is the model number. Retail unit typically have M in the model number, and the replacement unit from Apple starts with N at the beginning. It's likely a new factory maybe and that the chipmunk doesn't have any good record of?
 

TreRep

macrumors 6502
Aug 9, 2008
308
84
Venice, ITALY
mine is week 32 … apparently the first week of production

mine is xs space grey 64gb

i will Exchange it, i don't like to have a so old unit… it's already 2 months old… bah

i think early production week are not good

don't kill me with comments please :D :D respect my point of view
 

tarsins

macrumors 65816
Sep 15, 2009
1,170
848
Wales
mine is week 32 … apparently the first week of production

mine is xs space grey 64gb

i will Exchange it, i don't like to have a so old unit… it's already 2 months old… bah

i think early production week are not good

don't kill me with comments please :D :D respect my point of view
See?
 

Dulcimer

macrumors 6502a
Nov 20, 2012
895
717
Week 38, Factory FF. Just last week! Looking at the battery graphs I see it was on last Saturday, which is cool.
 
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