Like I said, you have no actual proof the new case is the cause of your phone not turning on. All you have is logical fallacy. For all you know, your phone could have experienced a hardware failure of some kind that had nothing to do with the case.
What is the point of buying Apple products if you don't believe Apple will treat you fairly? And more importantly, what is the point of creating a thread like this, if you aren't going to even try to find out the actual case of failure? Did you try DFU mode?
If you aren't going to make them aware and get some actual facts, this thread is useless.
Except you jumped to a conclusion without the facts to back it up. Maybe your max would have rolled over anyway. You don’t know until you get the phone diagnosed.
Questions are being asked and rightfully so. Without proper diagnosis op stated a conclusion. Stating “in case it’s the tip of the iceberg” is commonly known as FUD.
I have the case and it works perfectly, I’m guessing it was defect battery case, the tests will show that at Apple and I’m betting they will replace the phone if it’s beyond repair. No need to get worked up over it, defects and issues happen and Apple is known to make things right.
The underlying reason for the inability of the phone to turn on has not been determined.
I didn’t say any such thing nor did I suggest such. If that is what you got from posts, you need to read them again.
