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Apple Fails to Dismiss $5 Million iOS 9 Lawsuit

by Andrew Fenn

Apple’s move to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit against the firm has been denied. A group with over 100 members filed a complaint against the tech giant back in 2015, claiming that the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 41| warranty

HP and iFixit Talk of Obstacles to Repair

by Bob Raikes

Repair is a growing portion of the e-scrap field, and experts predict it will continue to increase as companies learn the revenue that can be realized by reusing rather than shredding certain good-quality components. …

Tags:HP Inc| Recycling| Repair| Vol 24 - Issue 39| warranty

LG V30 P-OLED Display Underwhelms in South Korea

by Andrew Fenn

LG announced its brand new premium smartphone, the V30, back in August, and is currently in the process of rolling it out to various regions. (LG Short on New TVs, but Plenty to Show!) …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 37| warranty

Extended Warranties Are a Big Business

by Bob Raikes

Warranty Week has been looking at extended warranties and estimates that the value of extended warranties on appliances, electronics, computers, and mobile phones is around $23 billion in the US. The blog said that …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 36| warranty

Apple Hikes iPhone Warranty and Repair Costs

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has announced plans to increase the pricing of its AppleCare+ warranty for new and recent iPhone models. Warranties for the iPhone 6S Plus, 7 Plus and 8 Plus have increased from $129 to …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35| warranty

NEC

NEC Display Extends InstaCare Guarantee for Projectors

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions in the USA has extended its advanced replacement programme, known as InstaCare, for most of its projector models to the entire length of their warranties. The extended duration of the repair-or-replace …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 33| warranty

Warranty Suppliers Not Satisfying Customers

by Bob Raikes

We saw an interesting article on Warranty Week that looks at the impact of different warranty approaches can impact the profitability of businesses. The article quotes a survey that showed that only 33% of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 30| warranty

NEC US Increases Warranty for Large Format Displays

by Yvette Raikes

NEC Display Solutions in the US has added more warranty to four of its large format displays. The P404, P484, P554 and P703 will now carry a five-year guarantee. Most professional signage displays from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 24 - Issue 30| warranty

First Generation Apple Watch Warranty Extended

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has extended the warranty of its early Series 1 Apple Watch models to three years from the original date of purchase. The extension is apparently in direct response to a problem with the …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 27| warranty

EDC Highlights Coating Issues

by Bob Raikes

Wammes & Partner GmbH, which runs the Electronic Displays Center in Gundersheim, Germany has drawn attention to the problems that can be caused on displays by the changing of coatings, especially in complex systems …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 26| warranty

Samsung Owners Don’t Like Auto HDMI

by Bob Raikes

Owners of Samsung TVs are complaining about the automatic HDMI switching function in some Samsung TVs. The company has also had complaints about the TVs when they are used with the Nintendo Switch. According …

Tags:HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 20| warranty

Apple Changes Watch Warranties

by Bob Raikes

Apple has acknowledged a problem with its first generation Apple Watch by extending the warranty by a year because of a ‘swelling battery’. This can get so bad that the display is pushed away …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 18| warranty