Comments on: iPhone Autopsy

By: The Dino

The Dino — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:34:42 +0000

Realy expansive toy to damage like this.

By: Gary Lee

Gary Lee — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:01:17 +0000

Supply and Demand Guys . . . that’s how they can get away with all this!

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Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:59:28 +0000

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By: Jez

Jez — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:01:49 +0000

There are worse ways to earn a living Im sure, and if you can get it back together again you probably get to keep the toys

By: Jez

Jez — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:59:02 +0000

You mean on the new sale price??? Whats the waiting list? (not that Im gonna get one shipped over here!)

By: Jez

Jez — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:57:15 +0000

What a waste of a phone breaking it like that!

By: Saman Sadeghi

Saman Sadeghi — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:06:46 +0000

Ah, I didn’t realize that the Apple stores in Canada don’t have Genius Bars…

Only Apple stores have them, none of the authorized retailers (Best Buy, Fry’s, etc) are allowed to have them.

By: netnuke

netnuke — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:54:50 +0000

I wonder the moment that i will have this phone.

By: Grace

Grace — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:14:31 +0000

What a nice income source… dissecting iPhones. I’m sure they earn more than an iPhone’s worth.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:19:59 +0000

I think that assumes that Genius Bars exist where you are. I’ve only heard of these in the US. Most retailers here are powerless when it comes to over the counter exchange unless it is within their individual store exchange/return policy period. This also means that you’re out of luck if your unit breaks down outside of it. Apple also doesn’t do much to help retailers out that have done the right thing and have helped the customer. iPods tend to sit around in lockups till someone gets around to dealing with the defectives because it’s a pain.

By: Saman Sadeghi

Saman Sadeghi — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:01:29 +0000

I wouldn’t mess with it either - there is no way I would pay that much money just to tear it apart, but these are companies who are gaining a lot of traffic from doing that.

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:35:13 +0000

Wow. If I had an iPhone, I wouldn’t mess with it. It’s always nice to see the insides of an iPhone though. But I wonder how the warranty is going to work…

By: digitalnomad

digitalnomad — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:57:14 +0000

Do we know who manufactures this for Apple and where? I cannot find any info on it.

By: Saman Sadeghi

Saman Sadeghi — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:43:51 +0000

Speaking of markups, did you know there is a $10,000 markup on Corvettes? I have a buddy who is a car dealer….

By: Saman Sadeghi

Saman Sadeghi — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:40:32 +0000

When I first bought my iPod (60GB Video), I had a issue where the iPod crashed. I took it to the Genius Bar, after they reviewed it, they replaced it with no questions asked - I didn’t have to ship it to Apple! I realize that this case wouldn’t apply to all, especially if you took the iPhone back in 30+ pieces!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:27:26 +0000

I wonder how warranty is going to work on these phones?

Even if they could get warranty, I think Apples original plan was the same as the iPod plan: Customer ships to them direct and Apple decides if they will replace or repair or not. The store cannot do instore exchange. This is stupid because it’s not an MP3 player that you can do without for a week or two. It’s a phone that people need for communication on a daily basis. Hopefully the providers step up and provide a loaner program, but I don’t know how they are going to do that when there is no phone in collateral since Apple on deals with the customer direct.

The stores would take all the risk and deal with the irate customers while Apple would sit behind their desks and reap all the benefits. Not to mention, the word is the iPhone has a 40% mark up. Hardly sounds fair!