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To: Heywood40 who wrote (32236)	5/21/2018 12:05:44 PM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32692

Not having a headphone jack is not just about a smart speaker. The audio from bluetooth just plain SUCKS when compared to audio from a headphone jack. And EVERY audiophile knows that and has said so. That is why I use the Pixel 1 and NOT the Pixel 2. The OnePlus 6 that was just released HAS a headphone jack. Every Samsung Galaxy HAS a headphone jack. Removing the headphone jack was the real CRAP... iCRAP...

To: Heywood40 who wrote (32236)	5/24/2018 10:59:43 PM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32692

Apple Warns iPhones Have A Serious Problem Gordon Kelly forbes.com CONTRIBUTOR I write about technology's biggest companies Yes, Apple may have big iPhone plans for 2018 (including one potential game changer) but first, the company has to sort out a new mess with its existing models. Today Apple was forced to admit two of its record-breaking models suffer from a fundamental design defect… The credit for this discovery goes to Motherboard, after it painstakingly dug through internal documents Apple released in court as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the company for touchscreen failures known as ‘Touch Disease’ caused by iPhone bending. The revelation: Apple knew about these structural weaknesses all along. Apple Apple made fundamental design changes to its latest iPhones (pictured) to counter bendgate According to the court documents, Apple’s own tests discovered the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were 3.3x ad 7.2x more likely to bend than its predecessor, the iPhone 5S. These structural flaws led to when many dubbed “bendgate”, where both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus could literally bend just from the pressure of being stored in a trouser pocket. Unfortunately, until today Apple had dismissed there was any sort of problem. It claimed cases of bending were “extremely rare” and even asked select media to witness its iPhone testing procedures. But now we know the real picture. Apple’s court documents reveal that having recognised internally the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were at a risk of bending, the company tried to quietly strength all models produced after May 2016 by applying extra epoxy. It also switched to a stronger Series 7000 aluminium chassis for the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus but denied it has anything to do with Bendgate. Recommended by Forbes Apple Leaked Documents Reveal iPhone 7 Hardware Problems Apple Accidentally Exposes New iPhone Decision iPhone SE2 First Images Show All-New Design MOST POPULAR Photos: The 10 Most Dangerous U.S. Cities TRENDING ON FACEBOOK Farewell Toys R Us, We Will Miss You MOST POPULAR Photos: The Toughest Jobs To Fill In 2017 MOST POPULAR The Top 10 Richest Billionaires 2018 And now the repercussions could be serious. Unbox Therapy iPhone 6S chassis changes mean it can withstand up to 80lbs of pressure Given the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus generated the first iPhone sales “supercycle”, millions of models remain in use. Furthermore, Apple continues to sell both phones today (four years after release) after reintroducing them in February 2017 - such as this iPhone 6 on AT&T GoPhone - despite never officially admitting or successfully fixing its fundamental structural defect. With Apple already facing over 60 class action lawsuits around the world for its initial cover-up of iPhone performance throttling and internal documents leaking about iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus hardware problems, this latest exposé couldn’t come at a worse time. Whether Apple will decide to settle this case quickly and move on or tie it up in legal action up for years to come, remains to be seen. Of course, smartphone fans are a fickle bunch. For those who have already moved on from the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple has the perfect all-new iPhones launching in September to win them over - especially considering their planned price cuts. But others may not be so fast to forgive… ___ Follow Gordon on Twitter, Facebook and Google+

To: Heywood40 who wrote (32236)	5/24/2018 11:04:19 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

Apple Knew About Bendgate and Touch Disease iPhone 6 Issues Months in Advance of Repair Programs May 24, 2018 9:44 am PDT by Juli Clover As part of an ongoing lawsuit over the "Touch Disease" manufacturing issue affecting iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices, Apple was required to provide the court with internal testing documents that suggest the company knew about iPhone 6 and 6 Plus design problems before the two devices launched. The full scope of the internal documents remain under seal, but the judge presiding over the case, Lucy Koh, made some of the information public when she published an opinion on the case earlier this month, and Motherboard shared the details she offered up about the case. Apple knew that the iPhone 6 was 3.3 times more likely to bend than the iPhone 5s, while the iPhone 6 Plus was 7.2 times more likely to bend ahead of the release of the two devices. Publicly, though, Apple said that the two devices had been "thoroughly tested" and evaluated for "strength and durability." Bending, according to Apple, was "extremely rare" and only happened to a small number of customers. At the heart of the Touch Disease problem is an earlier issue that received widespread attention -- bendgate. Bendgate was the first and most visible issue affecting the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, but the malleability of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus is also what led to Touch Disease, which occurs when the chip that detects touch input becomes unseated from the logic board from bending or as Apple claims, multiple drops. Apple quietly addressed Touch Disease in an engineering change implemented in May 2016, but did not launch a repair program until months later after the problem received significant attention. From Judge Koh:After internal investigation, Apple determined underfill was necessary to resolve the problems caused by the touchscreen defect. As the Plaintiffs explain, "nderfill is a bead of epoxy encapsulant that is placed on a circuit chip to reinforce its attachment to the board substrate and to stiffen the surrounding assembly. ... Underfill is used to prevent the manifestation of chip defects induced by bending because it reinforces the connections and prevents them from bending away from the substrate."As part of the repair program that Apple eventually put in place, the company is replacing devices affected by Touch Disease with a replacement device for a service fee of $149. The Touch Disease lawsuit is still ongoing and not all documentation has been made public. Judge Koh recently denied the plantiffs' attempt to get class certification, but an appeal is in the works. The full court document covering the denial for class certification is available from Motherboard.