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Apple locking down camera replacements
Zucca:
--- Quote from: ebclr on November 01, 2020, 06:21:01 pm ---Until the idiots buy this phone, At some point even cases will stop the phone the work, The simple solution refuse to buy
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I think it is not random if the word "i"diot start with the letter i.
Jeroen3:
--- Quote from: tom66 on November 01, 2020, 11:53:44 am ---There is a simple fix to this problem that Apple should implement. If a phone does not have camera calibration data for SN #xxx then it should download it from the mothership. These cameras will all be from recycled phones so there is no excuse to not have that data available.
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Well yes of course there is. "To guarantee the best possible user experience only Authorized Apple Service Providers with Apple Certified Macintosh Technicians are able to calibrate the camera to provide the amazing image quality you are used to".
They already did this for the screens and their fancy True Tone.
tom66:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on November 02, 2020, 07:33:26 am ---At the end of the day, who really cares? How many times have you had to replace the camera on your phone? I mean, I'd be pretty pissed if a faulty camera caused the phone not to boot or something ridiculous like that.
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The iSight camera on my 2015 iPhone 6S failed with an unstable, constantly wobbling image. Unfortunately, while Apple had a recall out for this being a known failure, the recall scheme ended a year after the fault developed on my phone. I researched swapping it, but with other problems on the phone (defective microphone for Siri/background noise cancellation, and a worn battery) I decided it was not worthwhile changing all of those parts on an old phone. I keep it as a spare, though.
Halcyon:
--- Quote from: tom66 on November 02, 2020, 04:51:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on November 02, 2020, 07:33:26 am ---At the end of the day, who really cares? How many times have you had to replace the camera on your phone? I mean, I'd be pretty pissed if a faulty camera caused the phone not to boot or something ridiculous like that.
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The iSight camera on my 2015 iPhone 6S failed with an unstable, constantly wobbling image. Unfortunately, while Apple had a recall out for this being a known failure, the recall scheme ended a year after the fault developed on my phone. I researched swapping it, but with other problems on the phone (defective microphone for Siri/background noise cancellation, and a worn battery) I decided it was not worthwhile changing all of those parts on an old phone. I keep it as a spare, though.
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Oh, I don't doubt it. I have my thoughts on Apple's build "quality", but that's another issue. A faulty/swapped camera shouldn't stop the phone from working. If it just impacts the camera part, then *shrug*, send it back to the manufacturer for a replacement (paid or warranty job). If you choose to buy Apple products, well... that's on you. ;-)
Red Squirrel:
What I hate is the fact that the sheeple will continue to flock over the Apple no matter what insane crap they pull off. They could not care less about the environment or repairability. "Oh I'll just buy another one if it breaks" after spending over a grand on a phone. :palm: Also I don't get why they are already releasing a new phone, didn't the 11 like just come out less than a year ago?
The entire phone ecosystem, android included, is a huge mess though. They are basically designed to be thrown out after only 5 years. In the case of Android, they stop issuing security updates after a short while. Even if you get regular updates, for whatever reason they chose to make it so security updates come from the vendor instead of from the play store, so the vendor will usually stop issuing them after a short while. It's a huge mess.
My phone got hacked a while back and that's when I found out I have not been getting security updates for like 2 years. I assumed that as long as I'm getting updates through the play store that those are fixing security issues too.
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