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Originally Posted by kjk
Really? I remember AT&T using the "it's a computer not a phone" excuse when it came to access to certain apps at the time ( Slingbox), but don't recall Apple making that argument as justification for warranties. Apple has one year warranties for their products, and offers extended 2 year warranties for Macs, iPads, iPods, and iPhones.
What "distinct" differences would Apple have/gain by calling an iPhone a computer instead of a phone? Obviously the carriers might want to make such a distinction, since they carry more than one model/types of phones, both feature and smartphones. AT&T refused to offer insurance for the original iPhone, for example. |
What they get out of it I can't really say. I can only say what happened to me. I’m a recovering Apple fanboy; I’ve had iPhones since the first day they were released. When I purchased my 2nd iPhone (also on release day) I had to wait to buy a case because the store where I got it from was out. I ended up shattering my iPhone by the end of the day.
Making a very long story short, they told me the phone was a computer and that it wasn’t built to be carried around and used with the same rough nature of a phone. It was a computer and needed to be treated delicately as a computer.
BTW – they sent me a new one for free.