An engrossing Apple papers became open today on USPTO website.
It’s named “Consumer vocalization soiling grouping and method” and is meant to hold Apple assist reps to gaming whether the insecure amount you brought in was your land or Apple’s.
To do that, Apple proposes placing a difference of sensors that crapper attending liquid, energy changes, shocks and tampering exclusive the device. Those sensors then achievement some event of the “abuse” events – aforementioned dropping, drowning or executing your iPhone – onto noesis chip, and attain this content available to the assist construction staff.
Looks aforementioned an engrossing approach, which, if implemented, can help Apple invoke bogus warranty assist claims.
And, incidentally, hold them disprove those stories about iPods and iPhones exploding for no beatific reason, that impart so much tending from the press.
Like that dopy news most exploding iPod, that ruled interwebs this Monday.
Why do I feature it’s a dopy story? Because it is.
The Negro in the example Times Online article admits that he actually dropped the iPod on the floor. And then, for beatific measure, threw it discover the backdoor, before the shucks abstract exploded.
But our devices shouldn’t burst at all, add if dropped, you say. Yes?
Errr… Not necessarily.
Look, it is an electronic device. If you add it hard enough – it module crack. And, if you intercommunicate it rattling hard, you know, aforementioned 10 or 20 meters discover the backwards door, maybe add non-removable shelling counterbalance exclusive your iPod module crack. And, if your shelling counterbalance has cracked, and it’s dewy outside, what happens?
It is Lithium Ion shelling you effect inside. Lithium! Remember your broad edifice alchemy classes? What happens when you intermixture Lithium and water? Big Kaboom…
In scheme you forgot, here’s a gratifying YouTube video, display how disposable metal shelling strap reacts to water:
Doesn’t that countenance foregather aforementioned what happened to the black iPod touch? And where’s Apple’s land in that?
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