No, they did not. They had some iPhones which had some specific apps installed that did not complete updating that required being updated by being connected to a computer to be reset to factory before accepting an update. BIG DIFFERENCE to being bricked. No one was told "Buy a new iPhone." That was a facetious claim from Apple Haters like you. A weak later a fix to the problem was released that prevented even the initial problem from occurring.
You forget that I have been running the Apple Ping List for 12 years and have run a business supporting Apple and Microsoft products for over 35 years, and I know the history of all of these off-the-wall claims you make. . . and you are always wrong because you go with the hyperbolic over-the-top hysteria posted by the anti-Apple type press you love to find based on a few initial complaints, not the factual information based on research and the experiences of the vast majority of iPhone and Apple device users.
Actually, I state the truth, you post propaganda
obviously you don’t like that.
Those iPhones were bricked by Apple and Apple’s response was “Buy a new iPhone”
You try to bring in stuff that either, never happened, or has nothing to do with what we are talking about.
I proved you wrong numerous times, and one of your responses to me was “I was joking” so, are you running the Apple parody joke ping?