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TechCrunch reports on a lawsuit being brought against Apple by owners of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus who say a design defect causes the touchscreens to become unresponsive. The loss of responsiveness is often preceded by a flickering gray bar appearing across the top of the screen. iFixit discusses a few possible sources of the "Touch Disease" problem, with the most popular theory being that the Touch IC chips lose contact with the logic board due to the phone bending.
The complaint [PDF], filed in California's Northern District federal court, alleges that Apple is aware of the design flaw and has concealed it from consumers by refusing to acknowledge or repair it. It also suggests that the 5s and 5c protected against this problem in various ways, so it's not as if Apple didn't know it was a possibility. The 6s and Plus got stiffened to prevent bending, as well.
(Score: 3, Informative) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday August 31 2016, @12:31AM
while it didn't actually catch fire it burned through all the insulation. Had the cord been touching paper it would have caught fire.
I filed a bug report advising apple to recall and redesign the adapters. Their response?
They gave me the link to apple's official policy on unsolicited advice. For reasons of not wanting lawsuits, they don't accept it.
They later recalled and resigned the adapters.
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(Score: 2) by Sir Finkus on Wednesday August 31 2016, @03:35AM
Those magsafe power adapters are garbage. I've never owned a cord that has more fragile insulation.
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