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Re:Pixel prevented me from calling 911 by celsoazevedo on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:17PM (#29500134)
Cheap battery replacements, the option to disable the "feature", etc, only happened after they were sued.

The idea was good, but it was implemented in a way that created issues for some users (eg: my iPhone 5 being sluggish all the time) and benefited Apple as most users would simply buy a new iPhone because no one knew what was going on.

Re:Pixel prevented me from calling 911 by daniel-cussen on Friday December 10, 2021 @04:32PM (#29515706)
Yeah plus their geniuses, lol like every one of their entry level employees won a Nobel prize in order to become a sales clerk, were scripted into shunting customers to buying new iPhones. Oh oh the gadget is fucky? Hmm what could possibly motivate such a malfunction? Oh I did just so happen to witness one customer, very peculiar, the device was clearly rotten. Happens after one year. I'm afraid a new battery, which MAY SEEM AT FIRST GLANCE like the OBVIOUS SOLUTION, but COUNTERINTUITIVELY is not, will not work. You need a new battery, but as a part of a comprehensive unit, complete with a new CPU, a new screen, a new chassis, in short, a new thing of every part of this device. You need a new device.
Re:Pixel prevented me from calling 911 by rekoil on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:48PM (#29500567)
Yeah, my initial reply in this thread states as much. I agree wholeheartedly that they should have rolled it out differently.