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Chinese Consumer Group Has Asked Apple To Investigate 'a Considerable Number' of iPhone Shutdowns (businessinsider.com)

Posted by msmash on from the find-out-why dept.

An anonymous reader writes:The China Consumers Association (CCA) has asked Apple to investigate "a considerable number" of reports by users of iPhone 6 and 6s phones that the devices have been shutting off and cannot be turned back on again, it said on Tuesday. The reported problems specifically involve users seeing their iPhones automatically shut off despite 50-60 percent battery levels, and the involuntary shutting off in room temperature or colder environments, as well as the inability to turn the cellphone back on despite continuous battery charging, the statement said. "In view that Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s series cellphones in China have a considerable number of users, and the number of people who've reported this problem is rather many, China Consumer Association has already made a query with Apple," the association said in a statement on its website.

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  1. Questions. by garote · · Score: 4, Insightful

    First question: Are they knockoffs?
    Second question: If this is only happening in China, has the Chinese government asked Apple to modify their firmware in some way?
    Third question: Are we hearing about this because someone is trying to FUD Apple out of the Chinese market?

    1. Re:Questions. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      Your new president is trying to "FUD" Apple out of the market.

      It's not a coincidence that in the same day we've had a story about the Chinese government warning Trump that taking action against trade agreements with China will have dire consequences, a story about spyware in Huawei phones (manufactured in China), now a story about problems with the iPhone that look "suspicious" to the government in China in their frequency.

      What do you think is really happening? A war is being waged by proxy, these are the first few firing shots. You have your new president to thank for that. He's the one that wanted this, now the US economy will suffer as a result of the hubris of one man, one bigoted, racist man that thinks he can speak of the rest of the world as trash without retaliation.

      It's a whole lot bigger than trying to "FUD Apple out of the Chinese market," I'm afraid. It's that bigotry and hate have won in America, they've elected their representative and they're in control now. The mistake Trump makes is that he still thinks America is at the top of the world. Things have changed, I'm afraid. If Trump thinks he can take on China with positive results he's insane as well as stupid. It was no different than trying to wage land warfare with Russia in the dead of winter, the people who were stupid enough to try it usually died in mass numbers.

      Trump can dick-wave all he wants, the US can dick-wave and threaten to sanction products like smartphones if they want, at the end of the day you're so vastly outnumbered by...the entire population of the earth who ISN'T American...you haven't got a prayer. It wouldn't matter if there was a god for you to pray to, you don't even have the material.

    2. Re:Questions. by jittles · · Score: 1, Insightful

      http://www.news.com.au/technol... Only in China?

      Still skeptical. There are no pictures of the phone, only of her burns. I feel like her phone would have to have taken damage to burn her like that. Unless she's claiming that the charger cable also got hot enough to burn her? I know that anyone's Li-Ion batteries can burn quite vigorously, but every example I have seen results in the phone at least bulging.

    3. Re:Questions. by Killall+-9+Bash · · Score: 4, Insightful

      oh, boo hooo. We sell a few less iPhones. How will the American workers who manufacture and assemble iPhones live?!?!?! Oh, wait.......

      If China wants to take some spare change out of the pockets of the 1%-ers who sent our fucking jobs to China in the first place, FUCKING GREAT.

      --
      "Prediction: within 10 years, Windows will be a Linux distribution." Me, 7-6-2016
    4. Re:Questions. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Macs4all, quit posting AC. We all know its you anyways.

    5. Re:Questions. by mrclevesque · · Score: 4, Insightful

      From the link:

      “Apple took my phone and details, but said it couldn’t have been the phone because it didn’t have a distinct smell,”

      It doesn't tell us how often it happens but it does tell us it happens with iphones too

  2. What this really means by Zontar_Thing_From_Ve · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "That $100 dollar brand new iPhone that I bought at the night market/store that sells electronics for a fraction of their cost stopped working. But I know it must be legit despite the low cost because the guy who sold it to me told me it was legit. Funny, neither he nor the store are there any more. What's wrong with your crap products, Apple?"

    I've been to China. It's definitely that. Keep in mind that this is also a country where most of its citizens believe that you can't lose money on the stock market no matter what stock you buy - ever.

  3. China by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Chinese people are really behind in basic concepts of Capitalism. They'll never catch up to the rest of the developed world if they keep being so naive as to expect that things that worked before will keep working after a newer model is released.

    Things just don't work that way. When "thing model n" comes out, it's time to throw away "thing model n-1" and buy the newer model.

    This is basic stuff.

  4. Re:Regarding the knockoff jokes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm not sure what I should expect from the results.
    If it works, does that mean that it is an Android phone or an Apple phone?