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I'm willing to bet Apple has seen counterfeit batteries that claim to be Apple batteries and this is a reaction to that. The other stuff this article claims wa
by eridius 7y ago
I'm willing to bet Apple has seen counterfeit batteries that claim to be Apple batteries and this is a reaction to that.
The other stuff this article claims was designed to stop third-party repairs, such as the stuff to do with Touch ID, was actually security-related (basically, the device couldn't trust Touch ID anymore after the repair). I hadn't heard about True Tone disabling before, but that's probably because AIUI each device's screen is individually calibrated in the factory, and if you swap the screen yourself then you've lost that calibration.
- JustSomeNobody 7y ago> I'm willing to bet Apple has seen counterfeit batteries that claim to be Apple batteries and this is a reaction to that. People are still going to send Apple their phone and say, "why is my phone displaying this message?", which support is going to have to deal with. This isn't going to all the sudden save Apple money on support.
- eridius 7y agoNo but it's going to prevent a PR disaster when a phone's "Apple" battery explodes.
- JustSomeNobody 7y agoHow would it be a disaster? All they have to do is determine it's a third party battery and all the tech blogs move on.
- vesrah 7y agoBy then the damage to the brand has already been done.
- JustSomeNobody 7y agoThe chances of a fire are slim otherwise we’d hear more about it. And seriously, everyone has already forgotten about samnsung’s exploding phones.
- saagarjha 7y agoThat's not how PR works, unfortunately.