I hope that is the case. My spouse's old, old iPad's battery was failing. I paid Apple to put in a new battery. Instead Apple simply replaced it with another iPad that was a refurbished iPad with the same specs. We had the iPad replacement in our hands very quickly!
Lmfao if they can salvage a trade in and make money on it they will put it into refurbished.
Wasn't there an article about how third parties were in fact destroying perfectly good units on behalf of Apple? So, it might be not be as crazy an idea as you think...
Are they destroying every single one like he suggested or were they destroying ones that there cost benefit made no sense?
www.bloomberg.com
What Really Happens When You Trade In an iPhone at the Apple Store
Apple touts its network of shredding robots and contractors as a greener way to reuse old gadgets. A lengthy court battle and a Businessweek investigation have cast some light on the recycling industry’s dirty secrets.
Quote: "Even if the iPhones looked good enough for resale, Apple Inc.’s contract with GEEP ... explicitly required that every product it sent be destroyed. In Apple’s view, these devices, the kind usually disposed of at its stores or collected from trade-ins when customers upgraded to a new model, were better off scrapped for their precious metals than refurbished."
For anyone who cares about the environment: don't trade your device in to Apple. They shred them.
If you don't think that the aforementioned article at least partially damages your argument, then I guess I don't know what else to tell you. Given the secretive nature of all of this (it's in the article), we can't know the full extent. But given what we now know, it ain't good.
Everything I asked is valid and is not disputed in anything he provided.
And the article is also valid and therefore must be considered seriously. Something you appear unwilling to do.
lol okay buddy. Thanks for ignoring everything I said that was not disputed or rebutted. Convo is over.
When someone trolls, I always use the form's ignore function so I don't have to see their posts again. I highly recommend it. Just hover over their name and click Ignore.
Yeah I’m trolling by disputing your comments? That’s something else man. Sorry I interrupted your desired echo chamber or dared to not agree with you.
Yeah, Apple doesn't bother with replacing iPad batteries. They just replace the iPad outright. That's in part why the cost of an iPad battery replacement is so steep (almost the cost of a new iPad) unless you meet the very strict requirements.
I hope at some point in the US we get similar right to repair laws as Europe. I shouldn’t have to pay for a whole device if the battery could simply just be replaced vs. being forced to pay almost the cost of new device.
That's alright, I agree with you. If you can't read the article and think upon how it changes things, conversation is indeed over.
It wasn't always this way. The last time my iPad was having very bad battery life, I went to the Apple Store where they ran a diagnostic and told me that the battery health was still over 90%, and quoted me a price that was very close to the cost of a new iPad. I am not sure when those numbers came down but I am pretty sure it wasn't the case a year ago. 😛
Is that more because your battery is over 90% still so just want a out of warranty replacement, Than a battery replacement due to your battery going sub 80%
If you are expecting to get some great deal... you'd be mistaken. Sometimes it's about timing and luck plays a factor in it as well… I have a certain number that seems fair for my iPad.
