The latest software update for iPhone 6 handsets is allegedly rendering the devices useless if it detects repairs not carried out by Apple.
The problem is known as "error 53" and has appeared in Apple products before.
The Guardian reports that users' phones were disabled after the Touch ID home button was repaired by a non-Apple engineer.
The issue appears to arise once devices have been updated to the latest operating system, iOS 9.
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I won't buy anything apple ..........so 
Baz posted:Dame_Ann_Average posted:I won't buy anything apple ..........so
And I won't buy ( beg , or steal ) anything but Apple ...so
and I won't pay for a logo ...so
Dame_Ann_Average posted:Baz posted:Dame_Ann_Average posted:I won't buy anything apple ..........so
And I won't buy ( beg , or steal ) anything but Apple ...so
and I won't pay for a logo ...so
Nor would I ....it's just what I'm used to TBH if it hadn't been for my son getting me started with his cast offs I wouldn't have been able to afford it
Baz posted:
Baz, honestly it's a preference thing. I think they are overpriced and for a myriad of reasons I wouldn't use them...I'm not knocking people that do. I just said I wouldn't buy apple and never will 
I'm going to address some points from above.
Overpriced - they may be expensive, but so are many Android devices aimed at the 'Premium' sector of the market, keep an eye out for the eye watering price of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S7 range. Also Apple products retain a higher second hand price than any other device - you only need to check out ebay for proof.
Don't be fooled into thinking that only Apple try to pull you into their ecosystem. Google and Microsoft both do the same. Google are currently driving me mad insisting I install software on my device which I know I don't need, consequence, I am locked out of my play store account.
We all pay for logo's in all walks of life. Check out your wardrobe, car, household items. This week I saw a programme where hairdryers were being sold using the Vidal Sassoon name. An American conglomerate had bought the name to add cache to their mass produced hairdryer. I would wager many people buy the hairdryer because of the name not knowing that it is produced in an industrial area of Pittsburg. But don't forget that these products don't just appear as if by magic, there is a lot of R&D that goes into designing and getting to market devices such as these. Companies do have to recover money for that R&D and associated staffing costs etc. I read somewhere that for the iPhone 7 Apple has hundreds of people working on the camera!
Security. I can tell you from real world experience, Apple devices prove the hardest to crack.
Apple's O/S is generally well regarded in terms of ease of use. As they like to tell us "it just works" and it does for the majority of the time. When something does go wrong it is big news because Apple is a big company and has a massive user base.
Apple monetize RAM in their devices making higher capacity devices that much more expensive, so do Samsung, the big difference is that Samsung manufacture the RAM used in these devices, so you could rightly ask the question "why do Samsung still charge premium prices for their devices with larger amounts of RAM" - not just Apple.
Finally on the point of a company insisting that you use approved repair centres - the car industry have been doing it for years. Yes, you can go and source third party parts and use non approved repair centres if you want BUT.
Me - I am an Android user... for now.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Finally on the point of a company insisting that you use approved repair centres - the car industry have been doing it for years. Yes, you can go and source third party parts and use non approved repair centres if you want BUT.
Me - I am an Android user... for now.
Yeah.. but if you take your Ford to a back street garage, the worst that can happen is your warranty is invalid - Ford can't knobble the engine so it won't start....
I've never had any Apple products (didn't like the Mac at work - just didn't get on with it) but if it's true that they've done this, I never will. Have no patience with huge companies screwing their customers and holding them to ransom this way.
Dame_Ann_Average posted:I won't buy anything apple ..........so
nah, i got iphone but contract up soon & im going for the samsung
pirate1111 posted:Dame_Ann_Average posted:I won't buy anything apple ..........so
nah, i got iphone but contract up soon & im going for the samsung
And I've got a Sammy but if and when I get some money my next one won't be a Sammy......or an I-Phone
Sprout posted:pirate1111 posted:Dame_Ann_Average posted:I won't buy anything apple ..........so
nah, i got iphone but contract up soon & im going for the samsung
And I've got a Sammy but if and when I get some money my next one won't be a Sammy......or an I-Phone
ditto...
pirate1111 posted:Dame_Ann_Average posted:I won't buy anything apple ..........so
nah, i got iphone but contract up soon & im going for the samsung
I am a Sony convert....medium range phone, it does everything I want and more 
Dame_Ann_Average posted:pirate1111 posted:Dame_Ann_Average posted:I won't buy anything apple ..........so
nah, i got iphone but contract up soon & im going for the samsung
I am a Sony convert....medium range phone, it does everything I want and more
I've just been looking at Motorolas 
Sprout posted:Dame_Ann_Average posted:pirate1111 posted:Dame_Ann_Average posted:I won't buy anything apple ..........so
nah, i got iphone but contract up soon & im going for the samsung
I am a Sony convert....medium range phone, it does everything I want and more
I've just been looking at Motorolas
I had two Motorolas before I had my Samsung
