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Dont phones have serial numbers which are attached to apple ids? Why could apple not implement some reporting based on device serial number or apple id?
by dman 8y ago
Dont phones have serial numbers which are attached to apple ids? Why could apple not implement some reporting based on device serial number or apple id?
- Scoundreller 8y agoIt’s probably not that hard to get ahold of clean serial numbers that haven’t gone through the return process. Then just etch them. As for Apple ID... It’s not hard to create them. I think any credit card requirements are recent, and definitely not planet wide.
- jsgo 8y agoIt's probably a public perception thing: from my experience and a lot of other anecdotes, they're incredibly accommodating with the service and replacement programs. The Verge or Engadget would have a near annual article about "iPhone [2-3 generations ago] still under AppleCare being replaced with iPhone [more recent generation]." Yeah, losing out to counterfeiting stinks, but I think they prefer the perception of being customer service centered. Probably worth more to them than the losses it generates.
- gowld 8y agoThey have to do that to balance out the bad press of "you're holding it wrong" when there's a mass design defect.