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In Norway the law mandated "warranty" is 5 years for products like these. So if you didn't do anything uncommon to break it, it's Apple's problem to make you wh
by matsemann 5y ago
In Norway the law mandated "warranty" is 5 years for products like these. So if you didn't do anything uncommon to break it, it's Apple's problem to make you whole. If they make unservicable phones, that's just a cost they have to eat themselves, and thus provide you with a new one.
- jack_pp 5y agoconsidering how small a % Norway is to apple they probably don't care about eating the cost
- rootusrootus 5y ago> that's just a cost they have to eat themselves Companies never eat any costs like this. Warranties, including the original one, are insurance policies by another name. You pay a premium for the insurance. For the original warranty, that premium is part of the price of the phone. I guarantee Apple knows how much the premium is. What does an iPhone sell for brand new in Norway? Half again as much as in the US?
- matsemann 5y agoOf course, but it makes the average repair cost upfront. If two phones sell for $1000 in the US, but one has a 10% failure rate and the other 0%, you can't know that buying one of them will on average suddenly cost you a lot more in the future. In Norway the one with a high failure rate would instead be priced around $1100. So manufacturers are incentivized to make more lasting products, which is also good for the environment.