06-01-2016, 07:25 PM
(06-01-2016, 07:15 PM)chaosvrgn Wrote:(06-01-2016, 06:50 PM)Shannon Wrote: But Apple wants you to stay with them, so they... mess with your standards and... make you jump through... hoops... hmmm. Makes me wonder what they're smoking at Apple.
I was the biggest Apple fan a few years ago. Slowly but surely, Apple lost their way after Jobs died. Some of the decisions they've made... Jobs would've never allowed. That nonsense about the iPhone bending? Are you kidding me?
I bought a brand new iPhone 6 Plus. Fell in love with it. Bought a nice case. Dropped it a few months later, screen shattered. That's okay, Apple said -- repairs are only $129, but they'd give me a discount of $99!
Cool. I first had to make an appointment and wait a week to go in. I get it, they're busy. So I drive the hour to the Apple store, ready to get my phone fixed. What happens? They tell me that they can't fix the phone because it's bent. I was like, this phone has been in a case since the day I bought it, and it didn't fall from that far of a height, it just landed on the screen. According to them, they use a machine to pull off and fix the screens, and if the machine determines that it's too bent, they won't fix it.
I'm like, htf does a phone bend?! They said that it was a design flaw in the iPhone 6 and that it bends very easily if you put it in your back pocket. He says the phone is one month out of warranty, and since I don't have Applecare, I don't qualify for a free exchange.
My only option at this point is to buy a refurb at $350. At this point, I'm fuming. I'm like, let me get this straight: You built a phone with a ridiculous design flaw that prevents you from putting it in your pocket, and if that design flaw manifests, you can no longer make the #1 repair for these phones? And my only option is to buy another flawed phone?
The guy stares at me blankly and just mumbles 'yea.' He then asks me what I'm going to do next. I walked across the street to Best Buy and bought a Moto G and I'm never looking back. Jobs would've lost his damn mind if they let something like that get out.
Also got rid of my Macbook, refused to buy a new one when I realized that they were still using 2-3 year old processors and charging a premium for it. I'm now on a custom Windows 10 machine. The only thing I miss is Logic Pro X for music production. Logic Pro X is pretty badass, but I'm learning Sonar now.
Hmmm, I guess I'm out of the loop. I hadn't heard about things like that concerning Apple's hardware quality. I do know that a lot of Apple fans are walking away, from what I can see.
Consumers these days are not stupid and they're not going to put up with stuff like that. Sadly, I think Apple's going to self destruct because they don't have anyone with vision at the helm anymore. Then again... I think the same of Microsoft. Leaving us Linux to fill the void. If there is ever one distro that actually makes sense to use for that, and has the common sense. And don't tell me anything based on Ubuntu is the answer. Canonical has been screwing up for years in that direction. It's Linux for Windows Stockholm syndrome sufferers.
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The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!