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iPhone Owners Irate After iOS Update Bricks Cellular Data (tomsguide.com)
According to several reports, iPhone users around the world who have upgraded to the latest version of iOS are finding that it cuts off mobile data services. From a report: One Twitter user @kevbruh says that "Apple update 12.1.1, I had no cellular data. I tried inserting my SIM card again, hard resetting my device, and tried resetting the network settings. Nothing happened and the problem persists." In addition to North America, similar issues are being reported in South America, Europe and Asia. Other iPhone owners are reporting that they can't make or receive calls and others are saying that they can't text or receive texts. [...] Many more iPhone users have come forward on Twitter claiming that they are having connectivity issues related to iOS 12.1.2. Apple is advising some to try to update their carrier settings using this guide.
was so that you controlled what hardware went into them, so shit like this didn't happen?
You know, one of my friends was recently complaining to me about their latest Apple experience. Apparently they'd bought one of the newer MacBook Pro units (which wasn't cheap- it was well over $3500 CAD) and the unit came with a yellow tinted display. Since the unit was going into graphics design, this was unacceptable and it got sent back and replaced with another.
That unit suffered from some pretty bad backlight bleed, but the colors seemed OK. It too got sent back for a third laptop, which had a slightly blueish tint instead. Finally, the fourth laptop they got seemed to be pretty good- until the WLAN started dropping less than a week later and one of the shift keys started flaking out.
They landed up outright returning the unit and buying a Lenovo instead- which, from what I heard, was perfect OOTB the first time and just worked.
Anyways, what I found most interesting about this was that the display had observably different visual issues each time. Apparently the one with the backlight bleed also suffered from some slight display ghosting and the one with the blue tint had a problem with noticeable burn-in after less than 10 minutes showing the same thing on-screen... all of which suggests that Apple is using different panels for the same computer with the exact same model number.
If this is true, it would also explain how some people are affected by iOS update issues while others aren't. Despite the same model of phones, the internal hardware is different (either due to supply issues or penny pinching). For such premium devices, you'd think this wouldn't be an issue. If a Apple can't guarantee the hardware you're getting and whether or not that device will continue to function properly in the future, then it he prices they're charging for this stuff are outright absurd- the only thing more absurd than that is that people apparently keep buying this stuff.