I have been using apple products for a long time now, and it seems that for every apple product I buy I manage to find a flaw. whether its iPhones that have scratches and chips out of the box, iPads with uneven tone of the display (one area water than the other), or a MacBook with the lid shifted compared to the base. my experience is that no apple product will be perfect out of the box, and that trying to get a replacement is not worth the hassle as the replacements as well are not perfect out of the box. and lets not talk about fiascos like the butterfly keyboard which was kept alive for way too long.
now, if it was a mid-range tech company, where the products were cheaper, that would have made sense, but the apple brand is synonymous with quality and luxury, and for the price they charge for their products - wouldn’t it have made sense to accept no less than perfection? to expect more rigorous quality control?
maybe people who have insight on how apple and similar companies do quality control can shed some light on that, and on why the end result often doesn’t seem to match Apples reputation?
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Yes.
Almost every Apple product I’ve ever bought was repaired or replaced under warranty the first year. Oddly my latest purchases have not so far. The 14 Pro is going on year 2 OK my several years old iPad Air 4 is still fine and so is my watch Ultra so far.
That’s how I felt about android. Had better but not complete luck with apple (battery issues)
I’ve noticed slight defects on almost every Apple I’ve bought. Strangely enough, both my 15 Pro and S9 were perfect out of the box. IDK, maybe my eyesight has gotten worse as I’ve gotten older, lol.
I find too many people are obsessed with scratches and chips. I watched a lady in the Apple Store reject 2 iMacs for a small scuff mark on the stand portion. Really?
Everything I own from truck, motorcycle, bicycle to toaster has scratches and dents.
I think it’s fair to not want an expensive device to not have any nicks or scratches on them.
Scratches and dents from you using the device are very different from scratches that come out of the box on an expensive, premium device from a company that consistently brags about its quality
why I made a couple of years break from apple: I bought the 13 pro, it arrived with a 1mm gap between the glass and the frame on the top left corner, the official store employee was assuring me that it’s normal (I asked me to show me another such phone in their inventory of thousands, he just shrugged his shoulders and told me there was nothing he could do about it).
sweared to never get another device from them but had lots of issues with missed notifications on my Fold 3 and 4 (family and work is too important to put up with that, no matter how great those devices were overall).
so yeah I am here out of bare necessity only, otherwise I do agree with you 100%. also - my iphone 8 build quality still seems much better than my 15 pro max.
Dying to say this. Particularly true for iPhones.
iPhone 14 Pro camera is noticeably worse than my 11 pro
Too much processing
Even on the software. Its been a long time now but I don’t get how they think the default keyboard is acceptable. It’s the only keyboard I have used that lags in the middle of typing. Switch to Google Board or Swiftkey and zero lag and way better autocorrect
2000s Apple: Amazing software with unparalleled UI design running on mid hardware with unparalleled industrial design
2020s Apple: Mid software with boring UI design running on unparalleled hardware with slightly above-average industrial design
I think it’s due to the transition from china to India. As Apple slowly changing up its supply chain parts by parts, from the well experienced Chinese manufacturers to Vietnamese, Indian and other manufacturer’s, who previously didn’t have experience with apple’s standards and quantities, more and more problems will occur until those companies get their stuff, workers and processes together.
I don’t think so. no part of the pro line is manufactured in India, the regular iPhone 15 and 15 plus are the only models that have units made in India, but the pro suffers the same issue as the regular 15.
also - this kind of issues go way back, so in that regard I doubt it had an effect
Bendgate? Hingegate? All of the 2016-early 2020 MacBooks being pieces of shit? Yellowing iPhone 3GS? TiBook durability? Apple III unreliability?
Just pick up the computer and drop it to reseat the chips.
QC? Not really. Everything else? 100%
Yeah, i bought my mom an SE last year. She’s on her third or fourth warranty replacement because they keep dying. She’s not dropping them or anything. The phones are just dying. I’m holding off apple purchases for a while. I just don’t trust them at the moment.
That’s some very bad luck.
Yes, I’ve noticed it lately