You can think what you like. If your happy to be Nickeled and dimed by such a large company, then you must be in your own eutopia.
I'm definitely in my own utopia. Unlimited battery life!
You can think what you like. If your happy to be Nickeled and dimed by such a large company, then you must be in your own eutopia.
Have you asked Apple if they will replace it?
I don't see any claim on Apple's site that the charger is made of stainless...
What have you been using to clean this, or the surface it sits on? What kind of surface is it sitting one?
Even the highest quality stainless will rust depending on what it is exposed to. If it is sitting on a carbon steel table, or exposed to carbon steel shavings etc carbon can "infect" the stainless steel and allow it to rust.
Also, as far as I know there are only 2 different Apple watch chargers (or three if you count the stand), and the only difference between them is the length of the chord. You don't get a different charger with the stainless watch compared to the aluminium watch.
As the Americans say, they are nickel and diming customers.
Have you asked Apple if they will replace it?
I don't see any claim on Apple's site that the charger is made of stainless...
There was no mention of how it happened, only surprise that it could happen, as I thought it was SS and a request for how to clean it. I didn’t realize Apple were that cheap to put a faux SS bottom on the charger of a SS watch that they had already added a vast price premium to.
For info, the Sport came with just a plastic puck and the SS watch comes with the metal housing.
I have a Space Black Stainless Series 3, and my wife has an Aluminium Series 2, they both came with the same charger. Maybe it was different with Series 0 or 1?
I propose that this thread be temporarily locked (before it goes even farther off the rails) until the OP comes back with Apple's response to the rusty charger.
Then he should S T F U and clean it like a big boy.Except the OP never stated they were going to address the charging puck with Apple through this entire thread.
I have a Space Black Stainless Series 3, and my wife has an Aluminium Series 2, they both came with the same charger. Maybe it was different with Series 0 or 1?
Localized corrosion can occur in a number of ways, e.g. pitting corrosion, crevice corrosion and stress corrosion cracking. Such localized attack is most common in the presence of chloride ions. Increasing chromium, molybdenum and nitrogen contents provide increasing resistance to localized corrosion and thus increasing chloride levels require more highly alloyed stainless steels. In general, higher chromium, molybdenum and nitrogen contents provide greater resistance to localized corrosion. Design and good fabrication techniques combined with correct alloy selection can prevent such corrosion.[11]
Localized corrosion can be difficult to predict because it is dependent on many factors including:
- Chloride ion concentration (Unfortunately, even when the chloride solution concentration is known, it is still possible for chloride ions to concentrate, such as in crevices (e.g. under gaskets) or on surfaces in vapor spaces due to evaporation and condensation.)
- Increasing temperature increases susceptibility
- Increasing acidity increases susceptibility
- Stagnant conditions increase susceptibility
- The presence of oxidizing species, such as ferric and cupric ions
I think the OP encountered an unusual set of conditions - I suspect some material or other was present on the surface of the workbench in addition to water. The warmth of the charger then "baked" it onto the puck.