iPhone 6: Apple's problems over the years

iPhone 6: Apple's problems over the years

The iPhone 6 has not been on the market for long, but various scandals have already emerged one after another. This is something that the previous generations of iPhones did not have. Before the iPhone 6 was launched, there was the iCloud porn scandal, and before that, the Apple Maps scandal. I can't help but ask, what's wrong with you, Apple? Below, I will take you through the various scandals of the iPhone 6 and the scandals of Apple over the years.

Let’s start with a flashback of the various issues with the iPhone 6.

iPhone 6 Plus bending scandal

A few days ago, a domestic netizen revealed that his iPhone 6 was bent by sitting on it. Now, another iPhone 6 Plus user shared his story of bending his iPhone 6 Plus on social networks. The netizen said that he put his iPhone 6 Plus in his pocket and found that the phone was deformed after a few days. Some users said that they danced for 2-3 hours with their iPhone 6 Plus in their pockets, drove for 4 hours, and the phone was deformed after being in their pockets for 18 hours.

As iPhones are getting bigger and thinner, it is easy for large-sized phones to be deformed or bent when placed in pockets due to the force exerted on the phone by movement. To avoid deformation of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, users are advised to take out the phone when sitting or exercising, or use a protective case for it.

Seeing the protective case reminded me of a joke when iPhone 4 was launched: Steve Jobs said that the screen brightness should be increased by another 5%, and the color contrast should be increased by another 5%. The staff worked all night. Steve Jobs looked at the phone with satisfaction. Then he put on a protective film and passed away with a mouthful of blood.

iPhone 6 Dyeing Gate

The recent "dyeing gate" issue is a bit maddening. The so-called iPhone 6 "dyeing gate" incident is that the white strip on the outside of the antenna of the Apple iPhone 6 is easily dyed into other colors, which looks terrible. It is reported that many users have put their iPhone 6 in the pockets of their jeans, especially the gold version. After using it many times in daily life, they found that the big white strip on the back of the iPhone 6 was stained with the color of the jeans. What's more speechless is that there is basically no way to clean up these colors.

iPhone 6 hair clip scandal

Many female users have complained online that their hair is easily pulled out when using iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus to make calls! Many women posted on social networking sites that when holding the iPhone to make calls, their long and thin hair is very easy to get embedded in the gap between the phone screen and the metal shell. When they finish the call and take the iPhone away from their ears, a few strands of hair are pulled out.

Not only women with long hair, but also men with beards were not immune to the incident. Internet user Paul said on his microblog: "My iPhone 6 Plus is still intact... but my beard has been plucked out." He tagged this microblog post "Hair Clip Gate".

In addition to the iPhone 6 frame getting caught in hair, its camera has also been exposed to have the same problem. Some users complained that after using a flannel bag to put the phone, the camera and the raised small circle gap of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus also got caught in fibers.

iPhone 6 hack: Nuclear bomb gate

The "bending door" and "hair clipping door" seem to be minor problems, but the following "explosion door" about iPhone 6 is worrying. It is reported that an American user Phillip Lecther encountered a traffic accident, but he was not thrown out of the car, but was pushed against the car door by the impact, causing the iPhone 6 in his pocket to bend and catch fire, causing second-degree burns on his thigh, with the burn area reaching 11.5cmx10.5cm.

It is reported that Phillip Lecther's iPhone 6 was wearing a leather case at the time, but it obviously did not provide any protection. It can be seen that the body of the iPhone 6 was extremely bent, so the battery explosion was not surprising. This accident has increased concerns about the iPhone 6 series.

iPod battery door

At the end of 2003, film and television producers Casey and Van Neistat released a video titled "iPod's Dirty Secret" online, complaining that Apple did not replace their iPod batteries, which resulted in the iPod being discarded just 18 months after purchase. Subsequently, Apple quickly launched a new policy of $99, which Apple confirmed would provide a replacement for iPods with batteries that had expired during the warranty period.

In 2007, the quality of iPod batteries caused controversy again. An Australian iPod user described the whole process of his iPod nano exploding and almost causing a fire online. However, the investigation found that the accident was caused by the explosion of the lithium battery. Apple did not respond to the incident at the time. However, this issue has aroused the attention of the outside world to Apple batteries, and there are even voices saying that Apple has been rated as the least environmentally friendly company in the United States. However, Apple has always been known for its actions, and no amount of slander seems to be able to shake their original image.

MobileMe Crisis

MobileMe, the predecessor to Apple's iCloud, is one of the company's few failed products. When Apple launched the MobileMe service in July 2008, it promised that it would allow a lot of content, including email, calendars, contacts, photos and Safari bookmarks, to be synchronized across all Apple devices.

But MobileMe got off to a rocky start. Apple failed to convert its Mac service to MobileMe as planned, leaving users unable to access their data. Users also encountered problems signing up for the $99-a-year MobileMe service. After the MobileMe service went live, it experienced multiple outages.

This incident made Jobs furious. He admitted in an internal memo that it was a mistake to launch the service at the same time as the release of iPhone 3G and other important products. Apple finally shut down the MobileMe service in June 2012. Now, it has been replaced by iCloud, a cloud storage service.

iPhone Antenna Gate

Soon after Apple released the iPhone 4 in June 2010, many users began to report problems with signal reception, especially when users held the lower left corner of the iPhone 4, the signal would weaken or calls would be disconnected.

Three weeks after the product was launched, Apple acknowledged the problem. Then-CEO Steve Jobs told consumers that the best way to solve the problem was to hold the phone differently. Another suggestion he made was to spend $29 on a rubber case that would keep your hand from covering the antenna.

Apple Maps

Apple released its own map product based on iOS 6 in September 2012. Due to the increasingly tense competition with Google at that time, Apple gave up pre-installing Google Maps on its products, so it developed its own map software. But unfortunately, Apple Maps failed.

Many users found that there were many problems with Apple Maps. Not only were the navigation and address search functions imperfect, but the maps also lacked detailed instructions, and even did not match the actual geographical features at all. There were also many errors in the directions. Because of this major mistake, Apple fired Scott Forstall, the then head of iOS. At present, although Apple has made significant improvements to the map application, the subsequent experience still needs to be verified by users.

iCloud porn photos scandal

Although Apple has issued a statement saying that the incident was not caused by a major vulnerability in iCloud itself, more negative public opinion still leaned towards Apple regarding the fierce online release of nude photos of hundreds of popular Hollywood actresses. This incident once again sounded the alarm for Apple's delay in upgrading the security of iCloud.

***There are also reports that Apple already knew about the password cracking vulnerability in iCloud half a year before the nude photo scandal. Currently, Apple has taken actions to strengthen the security of iCloud services, such as launching two-step authentication, which requires users to enter a verification code in addition to their passwords. Two-step authentication will make a large number of automatic cracking tools fail.

Regarding all these things, I just want to say that there is no God after all.

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