A Design Defect Is Breaking iPhone 6 Pluses

Re:A Design Defect Is Breaking iPhone 6 Pluses by danieldk on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @09:15AM (#12435734)

Note: if you are in the EU, settle for nothing less than a new phone (rather than refurbished).

There was recently a lawsuit in the Netherlands where someone sued Apple after receiving a refurbished phone after replacement under warranty [1]. She won the case:

https://www.iphoned.nl/nieuws/rechtszaak-apple-garantie/

The judge based his verdict on a verdict of the European Court of Justice [2], so it's likely that the outcome would be the same in other EU countries.

[1] 20 months would still fall under warranty in the EU.

[2] http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&num=C-404...

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Re:A Design Defect Is Breaking iPhone 6 Pluses by colejohnson66 on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @11:23AM (#12436653)

What's tong with refurbished? With regular devices, only a few are tested each batch. With refurbished, every single piece of the device should be tested.

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Re:A Design Defect Is Breaking iPhone 6 Pluses by cududa on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @03:59PM (#12438852)

Of the test batch of new phones, the standards tested for are much higher.

On refurb, many (but absolutely not all point of contact for chips to PCB) are tested, but require lower tolerances

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Re:A Design Defect Is Breaking iPhone 6 Pluses by specialist on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @10:51AM (#12436395)

I'm content with refurbs, under warranty. I consider it an extended burn-in period. (Maybe I'm wrong?)

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