...I was bound haplessly in the grip of the Apple Store waiting list for much of the afternoon and evening, only to be told that the Apple 2-year MFR Warranty does not apply to my daughter's 23-month old iPad, because we're fucking Apple and fuck you for buying the one that was on sale that's why. ![Banging Head |O](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/bangheadonwall.gif.pagespeed.ce.8iLbFYV4Bc.gif)
mnem
*toddles off to ded*
Need to fight for decent consumer regulations. Statutory fit for purpose for 6 years on everything here with no exceptions. A colleague of mine got his 6s replaced recently after 4 years due to a dark patch on the screen. The dark patch was actually the battery expanding. They didn’t have any 6s units left with 128Gb storage so they gave him a new 7 begrudgingly ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif.pagespeed.ce._hfWAz_QHO.gif)
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Yeah, like
that's gonna happen any time soon in the
Capitalist States of America; the GWN is still resisting, but I fear that all-corporate infection will spread here all too soon.
![Roll Eyes ::)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif.pagespeed.ce.XcUK202Yqt.gif)
I suspect the failure is the same 1610A
x charging chip as plagued the 6S/6Plus and oodles of others; I'm really amazed that whole clusterfuck did not result in a massive class-action lawsuit. If not that chip specifically, it is definitely the same failure only in a more recent generation of chip; the failure mode was exactly the same as oodles of iPwn 6
x failures: the unit stopped charging altogether immediately after a iOS update.
![Face Palm :palm:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xfacepalm.gif.pagespeed.ic.EBDwh1hCfo.png)
It would not surprise me if these units were deliberately made up to blow out for the Christmas 2018 season so they could use up logic boards with this chip or some derivative instead of shredding them like they should have done. I knew at the time that the price was ridiculously low ($349 retail for 128GB model), and
it did seem weird that there was actually adequate stock of both the 32GB and 128GB models (there was no 64GB model offered anywhere
![Huh? ???](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xhuh.gif.pagespeed.ic.6Nvt7O8a11.png)
) for all the department store chains
right at Christmas time.
But that's just the cynic in me talking. ![Wink ;)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xwink.gif.pagespeed.ic.cldandycH0.png)
I guess we'll see how adept I am at float-soldering... or maybe I'll use this as a excuse to get a cheap hot-air station.
![Evil >:D](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xevil.gif.pagespeed.ic.tdrs7Uj5gu.png)
mnem
![Tweak :-/O](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiliey_cal.gif.pagespeed.ce.yYMcAvxBJk.gif)