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Re:Apple Pencils don’t draw straight on unauthorized iPad sc... by kmeisthax on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:50PM (#36927334)
Yes. I have a friend who works at Geek Squad and had to service someone who got their iPhone chop-shopped. Someone had stolen the phone, swapped out everything with knock-off parts, and then left the phone behind. The victim flagged the phone as lost on Find My so they at least got a free warranty replacement.

The fact that chop-shopping is a thing with phones now does not excuse Apple's parts serialization shenanigans.

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Re:Apple Pencils don’t draw straight on unauthorized iPad sc... by somat on Sunday July 30, 2023 @12:34AM (#36927831)
I am not doubting you, it just is really weird that they would bother to replace the parts at all. my guess would be to try and sell the chopped unit as a real iphone? but why leave it behind?
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