Rumor: Apple returned batch of 8 million defective iPhones to Foxconn

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  • Reply 21 of 57
    tkell31tkell31 Posts: 216member


    That's a lot of phones.  A staggering amount really.  If the fingerprint sensor is causing problems/delays here's an idea...save it for the 6.  Yeah it's a nice security feature, but one that people have gotten by without for years.  I dont see it being a big selling point unless they are trying to get more business usage where a more secure phone might be significant.  Overall it isnt worth delaying the release or risk sending out a product with a feature that doesnt function right.  It's one thing to  have a map not work correctly, quite another to not be able to access your phone at all.  Although, I'm sure it would still have a password to by-pass it, but even so it isnt worth it.

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  • Reply 22 of 57
    jungmarkjungmark Posts: 6,927member
    I heard from my father's college roommate that the iPad mini sales dropped from a year ago. Who cares that the mini didn't exist a year ago.
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  • Reply 23 of 57
    macrulezmacrulez Posts: 2,455member


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  • Reply 24 of 57
    freerangefreerange Posts: 1,597member
    Sounds like Samsung paid trollls at work again. Hey, I heard there were 30 million samesung POS Galazy III's returned this quarter because they were crap.
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  • Reply 25 of 57
    stelligentstelligent Posts: 2,680member
    fithian wrote: »
    I heard it was 23 million units returned (from an anonymous source).

    23.5M!! Read your texts carefully or I'll stop feeding u disinformation.
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  • Reply 26 of 57
    stelligentstelligent Posts: 2,680member
    macrulez wrote: »

    AppleInsider got you to click in.  That's all that matters.

    Damn, you and I fell for it. Never again. Oh ...
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  • Reply 27 of 57
    igrivigriv Posts: 1,177member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by newbee View Post


    Anything is "possible". It's also "possible" that, seeing how earnings are about to be announced,  a lowlife scumbag money manger presiding over a very large share of Apple (64% ins. owned) is spreading FUD ...AGAIN .... to drive down share price to allow him/her to gain a quick and easy profit. The great thing about "anonymous" sources is that everybody seems to have one. That's my bet.



    Let's get this straight: a lowlife scumbag money manager owns a lot of Apple, and wants to drive the price DOWN??? Yes, that makes a lot of sense.

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  • Reply 28 of 57
    igrivigriv Posts: 1,177member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tkell31 View Post


    That's a lot of phones.  A staggering amount really.  If the fingerprint sensor is causing problems/delays here's an idea...save it for the 6.  Yeah it's a nice security feature, but one that people have gotten by without for years.  I dont see it being a big selling point unless they are trying to get more business usage where a more secure phone might be significant.  Overall it isnt worth delaying the release or risk sending out a product with a feature that doesnt function right.  It's one thing to  have a map not work correctly, quite another to not be able to access your phone at all.  Although, I'm sure it would still have a password to by-pass it, but even so it isnt worth it.



     


    I have no idea whether the story is true or whether Apple is putting a fingerprint sensor on their device, but typing in a four digit code every time you want to do something is really annoying, so I am sure Apple is pondering this problem.

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  • Reply 29 of 57
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by igriv View Post

    …typing in a four digit code every time you want to do something is really annoying…


     


    You mean every time you want to… get into the device… or change the code. Because those are the only times you have to use that code.


     


    And those are the only times that having a code would be relevant.




    You're subtle, but not subtle enough. Stop it.

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  • Reply 30 of 57
    igrivigriv Posts: 1,177member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


     


    You mean every time you want to… get into the device… or change the code. Because those are the only times you have to use that code.


     


    And those are the only times that having a code would be relevant.




    You're subtle, but not subtle enough. Stop it.



     


     Do you use your phone? If you have a lock screen, then the phone LOCKS after a couple of minutes of inactivity, and you have to type in the code to do ANYTHING. Like text, for example. So, if you have a text every five minutes, you have to type in the number every five minutes. I have given up on using the lock code for this reason, it's too annoying, but I have seen teenage girls diligently doing this. Every. Five. Minutes. 

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  • Reply 31 of 57
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by igriv View Post

    If you have a lock screen, then the phone LOCKS after a couple of minutes of inactivity…


     


    Not mine. Do you use YOUR phone?






    …and you have to type in the code to do ANYTHING.



     


    Yeah, I seem to have mentioned that not ten minutes ago. It's called security. Because it's the security code. Is this difficult for you to comprehend?






    I have given up on using the lock code for this reason…



     


    You're either too lazy to figure out that you can change that or you don't have an iDevice in the first place. I KNOW the latter isn't true, so…

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  • Reply 32 of 57
    mstonemstone Posts: 11,510member


    Not to worry. Those 5 million phones are on their way to India, China, Africa, Russia, Iran, etc. to be sold on the black market

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  • Reply 33 of 57
    I find the timing of this story to be interesting, just one day before Apple releases earnings. If Apple was not charged for these 8 million handsets at $200 each, that could mean $1.6B in savings to Apple vs having an extra 8 million unsold handsets in your distribution channel. If there is an upside to Apple's earnings report tomorrow, this could be a factor.
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  • Reply 34 of 57

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by mstone View Post


    Not to worry. Those 5 million phones are on their way to India, China, Africa, Russia, Iran, etc. to be sold on the black market



    If Foxconn has to eat 1.6 billion, I wouldn't blame them if they did that.  Heck, Apple might even be willing to look the other way while they did to save that much money.

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  • Reply 35 of 57
    chabigchabig Posts: 641member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by igriv View Post


     


    If you have a lock screen, then the phone LOCKS after a couple of minutes of inactivity... 



    Not mine.

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  • Reply 36 of 57
    newbeenewbee Posts: 2,055member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by igriv View Post


    Let's get this straight: a lowlife scumbag money manager owns a lot of Apple, and wants to drive the price DOWN??? Yes, that makes a lot of sense.



    Before earnings, when it's "suspected" Apple will post below expectations, yes it does make a lot of sense because it's easier and all of the good news, products, etc. will come out later on, so they will stock up at the lowest price possible. Who do you think posts all of the FUD anyway, single unit shareholders?

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  • Reply 37 of 57
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
    solipsismx wrote: »
    I agree that your scenario sounds more plausible.


    PS: Not everything is possible. The impossible, for instance. :p

    Unless it's a 'mission' ;)
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  • Reply 38 of 57
    newbeenewbee Posts: 2,055member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post





    It's like the old riddle what is always coming but never gets here? Tomorrow. The impossible isn't possible, but once something previously deemed impossible becomes possible it's no longer impossible.


    So I'm thinking that the best way to state "the impossible" then, might be with the words "at this time". ...image

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  • Reply 39 of 57
    newbeenewbee Posts: 2,055member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by newbee View Post


    So I'm thinking that the best way to state "the impossible" then, might be with the words "at this time". ...image



    In other words .... even the impossible is possible ... we just don't know how ...yet.

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  • Reply 40 of 57
    Not a credible report. With the millions of phones Apple has shipped, it's not easy to imagine millions of phones would pass quality checks, then fail quality checks. It's not like see-through yoga pants.
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