Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet

Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet by michaelmrose on Sunday October 07, 2018 @02:41AM (#18159165)

Consumer electronics steadily decline in price. Its a category error to define a curve as a point.

Example 3 years ago the Iphone 6S was released. The 64GB was priced initially at $750 US. You can now find them for 235.

This is aprox 1/3 the original price.

Since labor is a relatively stable price, replacement parts don't tend to get much cheaper, and the cost of a used model is constantly going down its not shocking that devices that aren't cheap to repair rapidly become trash.

You already see this on everything from cars to fridges.

You would do well not to assume bad faith and call people liars without good cause.

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Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet by EugeneOZ on Sunday October 07, 2018 @02:53AM (#18159203)

Price of the new (not refurbished) iPhone 6s on Amazon.com is $299, so the most expensive repair (replacement) will be $137.

$235 is 78% of the price. As you can see, nothing of my words is a lie, so yes, try to do well and don't call me a liar.

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