Ping!........
Auto companies lost the code fight, IIRC.
Apple’s gonna lose this one.
Not to menton God knows how many customers.
\>>>>iFixit compared the practice to having a “Check Oil” light in a vehicle that can only be deactivated at a Ford dealership.<<<<<<
Kinda like my BMW.........
Except that’s not how a “check oil” light works. Or even a “check engine” light. This is typical Apple big-brother deviousness.
Good. When a non-standard battery is used, the Iphone doesn’t work right, and Apple gets blamed. Nuts to that.
The phone is designed to work with a certain battery, and other batteries won’t have the right characteristics, and people will come squawking to Apple for a problem caused by a cheap Chinese battery.
I upgraded a couple of years ago, and wanted to give my 5S to my daughter. The battery was going, so I set up for Apple to replace it. They sent me a very nice shipping container and
I sent the 5S to them. Got it back and they didn’t replace the battery. Said it met their specifications.
This wasn’t a warranty repair or anything. I was going to pay for the battery swap.
I thought that was pretty strange.
Never owned an iPhone.. Would never buy another slow-as-molasses iPad. Regret buying a Google Samsung phone because of their politics and privacy abuses. What’s left? The Jitterbug? Ugh.
Not a good analogy. I could drive my Ford around as long as I didn't mind seeing the "Check Oil" light all the time.
What Apple has done could be likened to deactivating the car if the oil isn't changed at a Ford dealership.
I concur that it’s greed but it also seems to be something else:
Corporate tech types essentially cooking the books via elaborate means. They’ve already said that the uptake of new phones is slowing. The market and the product have matured. If they can’t force you to buy a new phone they’ll force you to abandon the old one. Samey same.
Corporate officers misreporting results in order to obtain bonuses is a common theme (I had an old boss, who was a cretin, get caught doing it and he went to jail). Apple and the oleaginous Tim Cook are attempting to do it with a bit of style and hiding in plain sight.
The sales numbers are important to them but so is the ego boost.
Too bad Apple is the only company making “smart phones” … if only there were some competition in the market.
Apple toadies unite! Bend over and ask for another.
I can’t wait for my Iphone S6 to die. I’m going over to Android when it does.
Wait, wasn't this already litigated for something else, like maybe toner/ink cartridges, and the OEMs lost to the third parties?
rotten to the core.
I own my last Apple product.
But...but...the Freeper iPhone fanatic promised phones without swappable batteries weren’t doing this.
Or GE putting RFID chips on their refrigerator water filters and charging $45.00 for a $15.00 filter. So, you either live with the '99 days overdue message on the door' or spend the extra money. The non-RFID filters fit, but the software won't let it dispense water without it.
So why does everyone keep going out an buying from Apple?
“One can also remove the microcontroller from an original battery and solder it to another, though this is probably beyond the ability of all but the most committed users.”
Third-party repair sites already are doing this?