Re:Tesla's Screen Saga Shows Why Automotive Grade Matters
by Reason077 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @04:16AM
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The Tesla Model S has been on the market since 2012, and the specification/design of the screen has not changed in that time. I don't think buying a 7-year-old product, that has been through 7 years of refinements and improvements, makes you an early adopter!
Further more, it seems to be relatively new screens that suffer from the yellowing problem. It doesn't seem to be a common issue in Teslas built before 2016 or so.
Re:Tesla's Screen Saga Shows Why Automotive Grade Matters
by seanmcdirmid on Monday May 13, 2019 @09:42PM
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> People who bought an iPhone shortly after launch paid $600
I remember paying $300 at launch I think...that was the AT&T locked one but back then it was easy to unlock.
The $600 ones weren't available until much much later when they started selling off contract unlocked phones directly.
Re:Tesla's Screen Saga Shows Why Automotive Grade Matters
by FPGAhacker on Monday May 13, 2019 @10:09PM
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The 4GB iPhone 1 was $499, with contract. The 8GB iPhone 1 was $599, with contact. A few months after launch they lowered the price by $200 and gave store credit to the people that paid the higher price.
Re:Tesla's Screen Saga Shows Why Automotive Grade Matters
by sofaofthedamned on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @08:04AM
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It was £99 iirc in the UK but you had to get it activated in-store for a seriously pricy contract. Until somebody worked out how to jailbreak it, at which point it was the bargain of the year.
Re:Tesla's Screen Saga Shows Why Automotive Grade Matters
by seanmcdirmid on Monday May 13, 2019 @11:34PM
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I think that's when I bought it, which still felt like shortly after launch even though I wasn't in line on day one.
I only started paying more for iphones later (off contract, unlocked, from China, etc...).
Re:Tesla's Screen Saga Shows Why Automotive Grade Matters
by electricityUser on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @06:10AM
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I bought mine in october 2007 for $300 with the unlockable AT&T sim card.
Re:Tesla's Screen Saga Shows Why Automotive Grade Matters
by Lazare on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @12:22AM
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My understanding is the top-end model was $600 at launch. The price was cut by $200 to $400 two months after launch; after a backlash Apple compensated early purchasers with $100 of store credit. Two years later, an iPhone with comparable specs to the $600 launch model was $200.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/07/technology/07apple.html
Re:Tesla's Screen Saga Shows Why Automotive Grade Matters
by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @01:33AM
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I wasn’t living in the states, and just bought one on a trip back.
People who bought an iPhone shortly after launch paid $600 with no idea that the app store would appear and become what it did. For all anyone knew, the iPhone would go the way of the Newton or the Zune. Two years later, the same phone was retailing for $200 with a proven track record and an exploding ecosystem of apps.
What being an early adopter doesn't mean is that the item may not be fit for purpose. If early iPhones had never taken off, and the product line was cancelled, that's your bad luck; you took a gamble when you bought it. If the screens had just not been rated for mobile use and had leaked LCD fluid into people's pockets, that's not part of the gamble.
Tesla's appeal to early adopters, but that's not an excuse for product defects.