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OLED Switch Can Burn in – after 3K6 hours!

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Hat-tip to OLED Info for spotting that YouTuber Ben Wulff has managed to cause ‘subtle’ burn-in on his Nintendo Switch OLED display. However, it has taken 6 months continuous display of …

Tags:OLEDs| warranty

Apple Watch Battery Problems

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that a class-action lawsuit has been started against Apple that claims that the lithium batteries in most Apple Watches are predisposed to swelling. Such swelling could cause the display …

Tags:Apple| Smartwatches| warranty

Apple Says It Will Fix Face ID Failure on Third-Party Screen Repairs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported recently on problems for third party repairers after failures with Face ID after the change of displays (iFixit confirms iPhone 13 disables Face ID after third-party screen repair). However …

Tags:Apple| Right to Repair| Smartphones| warranty

iFixit confirms iPhone 13 disables Face ID after third-party screen repair

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit reports that the iPhone13 ‘completely disables’ its flagship Face ID functionality when you replace its screen. The tests have been duplicated by other repairers. The blog said “The iPhone 13 …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Right to Repair| warranty

Apple’s Extended Warranty Programme Gets Even Bigger

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Warranty Week estimated that “the world’s largest extended warranty program(me)” run by Apple has reached a level of around $8.5 billion upo 20% in 2021. Despite the growth in its warranty …

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LG With a Problem in LED Backlights?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat-tip to Dave Haynes of Sixteen:Nine.net for sending me an interesting collection of images of LG digital signs which seem to be very blue (see a few of the images …

Tags:Direct Backlights| LED| LG Electronics (LGE)| warranty

Best Buy stores will soon offer Samsung foldable repairs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge reports that Best Buy in the US is now offering repairs for Samsung’s foldable smartphones as well as the Galaxy S and Note ranges. Some stores have done this …

Reviewer Sees Cracking on Z Flip 3

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A reviewer at 9to5Google has had a problem with his Galaxy Z Flip 3, with the glass apparently cracking although it was not use at the time. The reviewer could not …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Glass| Samsung| warranty

Schott Moves Nearer to ‘Unbreakable Glass’ for Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

Unusually, Schott held a press conference at 10.00am this morning – I don’t ever remember an invite at that time, except during a show. Anyway, the firm had plenty to talk about as it …

Tags:Glass| Smartphones| Testing| warranty

Microsoft to Make Devices Easier to Repair, Bowing to Investor Pressure

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Toms Hardware reported on action by As You Sow, a nonprofit investor advocacy group focusing on environmental advocacy that has seen Microsoft agree that it will will study, with a third-party, …

Tags:Consoles| Microsoft| Notebooks| warranty| xBox

iPad Mini 6 Having Jelly Scroll Issues

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Some iPad Mini 6 owners have been complaining that there is what is being called a ‘jelly scroll’ effect as the display ‘appears to jiggle’ when you scroll down a page …

Tags:Apple| iPad| LCD displays| tablets| warranty

Hisense’s Makes a 100 Day Money-Back Offer

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hisense in the US has offered consumers a “100 day guarantee” with a money-back refund available. It applies to the firm’s laser TV sets at 75″ (U800GR 8K $2699) to 12″ …

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