I always thought they were overrating the reliability of these indicators. I also always wondered if they would turn white again by heating them, like lab desiccants that turn pink and you just heat them up to dry them out till they turn blue again, which indicates they are dry.
This is just stupid. The company that should be sued is 3M - they are the ones that manufactured the indicator and sold it for the purpose of indicating if the device was dropped in water! And they knew what Apple was going to use them for yet continued to provide a defective product. Apple should now file a claim against them.
This is just stupid. The company that should be sued is 3M - they are the ones that manufactured the indicator and sold it for the purpose of indicating if the device was dropped in water! And they knew what Apple was going to use them for yet continued to provide a defective product. Apple should now file a claim against them.
That is a complete misconception. When you buy an oem product, you buy the product with dictated warranty terms. AFAIK you don't have a method of recourse with each individual company that makes whatever component. I can't find any counter examples where it isn't explicitly dictated. Apple may have details in their own contracts, but you aren't on to anything here. Ram and hard drives would be good examples. The same stuff is sold after market with manufacturer warranties of 3 or more years, yet the components inside your Mac are not covered by these warranties as they are oem parts. Your warranty at that point is through Apple. When it comes to parts like sensors, they have to do whatever testing. If anyone has a claim against 3M, it would be Apple, as you pointed out in the last line of your statement. Even then you really don't know that Apple was lied to regarding their accuracy. It could have been sold on the basis of being used as a warning sign, like if one of these is tripped, investigate further for signs of water damage. You don't know really anything about the claimed product tolerance. 3M probably didn't even know their exact purpose in the final device.
Yeah, my friend was screwed due to this policy but I think he may get some of his money back for repairing. Apple really need to make a waterproofed or at least waterresist iphone 5S.
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It does but what if the connector port is broken?
Originally Posted by dasanman69
It does but what if the connector port is broken?
Can't we Wi-Fi DFU yet?
Ah, no, s'pose not. That's silly. Can't we Wi-Fi restore yet?
Nor do I think it's possible.
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Originally Posted by FreeRange
This is just stupid. The company that should be sued is 3M - they are the ones that manufactured the indicator and sold it for the purpose of indicating if the device was dropped in water! And they knew what Apple was going to use them for yet continued to provide a defective product. Apple should now file a claim against them.
That is a complete misconception. When you buy an oem product, you buy the product with dictated warranty terms. AFAIK you don't have a method of recourse with each individual company that makes whatever component. I can't find any counter examples where it isn't explicitly dictated. Apple may have details in their own contracts, but you aren't on to anything here. Ram and hard drives would be good examples. The same stuff is sold after market with manufacturer warranties of 3 or more years, yet the components inside your Mac are not covered by these warranties as they are oem parts. Your warranty at that point is through Apple. When it comes to parts like sensors, they have to do whatever testing. If anyone has a claim against 3M, it would be Apple, as you pointed out in the last line of your statement. Even then you really don't know that Apple was lied to regarding their accuracy. It could have been sold on the basis of being used as a warning sign, like if one of these is tripped, investigate further for signs of water damage. You don't know really anything about the claimed product tolerance. 3M probably didn't even know their exact purpose in the final device.