Cost benefit analysis is only a part of the motivation.They knew iPhone 6 would sell in huge numbers so to force people to upgrade to iPhone 7 they intentionally removed the underfill and added it back on the 6s.The underfill also existed on the 5sapple should address this issue. They are not a "dumb company", they know there is an engineering issue and imo, did a cost benefit analysis and decided to wait for the lawsuits and handle everything in a consistent manner.
As to the outcome, we will see.
I really hope the courts give a kick to Apple's rear.Time they learnt to respect the customer like Samsung learnt the hard way
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They dont care as the iPhone 6 is the most popular iPhone till date.Solving its issues makes upcoming updates less enticing.Hence forced upgrades ftw.Oh and with Sammy down for the count and iPhone 7 surpassing expectations Apple has lesser incentives than ever to listen to old customersApple has known about touch disease for a long time. It's absolutely disgusting that they have refused to do ANYTHING about it. What stuns me is, Apple knows they made the mistake, yet they charge people ridiculous prices to fix it.
Apple likes to act like they are better than all the major phone makers...maybe that used to be true. But now they're just another greedy Fortune 500 with absolutely no imagination, run by a bunch of clueless bean counters like Tim Cook, getting ready to run Apple in to the ground