I'm glad I didn't buy an iPhone
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iBrick. Maybe Apple does have the legal right to reach out and break your phone. But it’s still shabby. |
[Apple spokeswoman Jennifer] Bowcock did not offer much hope to iPhone owners with problems: “If the damage was due to use of an unauthorized software application, voiding their warranty, they should purchase a new iPhone.” [Note: The software that actually damages the phone is an official Apple update. — Ed.]
Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, has said the company wanted to maintain control over the iPhone’s functions to protect carrier networks and to make sure the phone was not damaged. [Emphasis added.]
To save your phone, they must destroy it.