Why even take the chance of getting it soaked. I can't see doing it to prove a point though.
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My Jet Black 7+ Bricked - Water Damage
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Why even take the chance of getting it soaked. I can't see doing it to prove a point though.
Then yes, I have been very lucky. 1 each 4 and 4s, 5 each 5s, 5 each 6s and a 7 with no issues at all.
I expect the latter, hence the evasive maneuvers.I don't know whether to slap you on the back or upside the head for that!
The -gate thing is definitely out of hand around here.
Perhaps Apple should not advertise water resistance with a TV ADVERTISEMENT showing a motorcycle going out into the rain with an iPhone 7 mounted on the handlebars. Perhaps Apple should not list IP67 ratings on the iPhone 7 spec sheet.
Apple doesn't get a pass on this. If they say it has a feature, and that feature doesn't work, the warranty should be honored. It's slimy to brag about a feature if the company isn't willing to stand behind it.
I'd be honest with them. I'd expect Apple to goodwill this as it clearly shouldn't have failed.
That's not even close to being the same as submersion
I have no idea why people feel the need to submerge their phone because of some advertisement. When I buy a new car, I don't drive it head on into a wall to verify it's crash rating.
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It was purposely submerged.
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It was purposely submerged.
Yeah I kinda raised an eyebrow to a similar TV Commercial in the Uk. Especially when it was lightening too. Hmmm not too clever venturing out in such a storm on metal !!
lol..... not the same thing at all. if the car company said smash it into a wall and there will be 0 damage, then that would be a better analogy.
I wonder how many phones were water damged diring these commercials but youll never know!!
Terms like "super faulty" are based on what kind of odds-making? If the normal defect rate is (for argument's sake) .01%, is "super faulty" a failure rate of 1%? (1% is 100 times more than 0.01%, yet it's still just 1% of all units.) Even if the failure rate was 10%, does that mean the 90% who don't have a problem are "super lucky?" Not to me; "super lucky" is winning when the odds are 100:1 (or 1,000,000:1) against winning.
The fact that people complain about a faulty new product is hardly unusual. As always, the complainers get extra attention, because anything regarding a new product is, by definition, "news." The only way to be sure about these things is to have statistics, and statistics of that sort are hard to come by. So, rather than vague statements based on statistically-invalid measurements...
It's generally understood that the first products off any new assembly line have the potential for a higher failure rate. Good manufacturers add on additional quality-control inspections in early stages of production, to reduce the failure rate, because news of unusually high failure rates can be extremely damaging to a company. Just ask Samsung.
There, fixed it for you :^] , and I usually go through 2-3 Samsung and Apple phones if I buy at launch (except my 6s+, they replaced parts 4x and I still have issues)~
If you are so against the new models why order one?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-7-7-apple-com-pre-order-thread.199
I never said I was against it, I merely stated the first batches generally have more/a lot of issues. I don't understand how that is against?
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GategateI expect the latter, hence the evasive maneuvers.
The -gate thing is definitely out of hand around here.
OP did not ride around in rain. He fully submerged his phone into a swimming pool filled with chlorinated water. If Apple advertises swimming with the phone, then I fully agree with you. In fact, I strongly believe that Apple should back any and all warranty claims for water damage with S2 watches damaged from normal swimming.
While I don't necessarily agree that it's OP's fault for not realizing first batch production runs are often faulty (I think it's OP's fault and anyone else's fault who thinks this is a submergible phone, a phone to shower with so people can watch netflix, etc.), what she said is true. They are manufacturing in an extreme rush to meet demand, it's a new product with new specs and machinery, etc.
There are many people with creaking phones when you use light torsional twisting along the longitudinal axis. I've experienced this on all the 7 pluses I've handled. If you can hear creaking, there will be ingress points for water. This creaking is certainly a manufacturing or design defect, and I can assure you that the water rating and resistance design did not account for it.
In order to be water resistant, EVERY seal and barrier to water needs to be functioning at 100%. One ingress point may not catastrophically affect a phone in a thunderstorm, but it probably will affect one that is completely submerged, even if just for a minute at 2 feet.
So why buy at launch knowing you will have to go through the headache of exchanging multiple times?
Apple specifically recommends that the original Apple Watch (as well as Series 1) not be submerged, yet they regularly swap out these water damaged AWs under the standard warranty.
How's this supposed to be any different when it comes to Apple Watch?
