Asian Countries Too Humid for iPhones? [Apple]

Apple’s been slapped with many lawsuits for overheating products within the past, but over in Asia, iPhone owners are checking out the hard way that 95 per cent humidity isn’t the simplest treatment for the temperature-uncomfortable phones.

The South China Morning Post yesterday commented on the ever-increasing cases of iPhone owners having issues with voided warranties as a result of water damage, saying that Asian message boards are populated with stories from folks who found their iPhone’s liquid indicators were plagued by humidity.

Indeed, apparently even within the US there had been problems with positive readings on the iPhone’s moisture indicators, with one woman filing a class action suit earlier inside the year.

While Apple’s website says the indications, located inside the headphone jack and base of an iPhone, ” are designed not to be triggered by humidity and temperature changes which might be inside the product’s environmental requirements described by Apple,” it can be that Asian countries that see above 95 per cent humidity just aren’t fitted to iPhones.

Drawing on the example of Hong Kong resident Justin Hayward, the SCMP paper quoted him as saying ” If the limitation is over 95 per cent humidity, they ought not to be selling the product here. I find it quite unbelievable-a real piece of corporate greed or a really perfect oversight.”

While his network agreed to switch the iPhone for a fee, Hayward is staying strong and sticking by his claim that he hasn’t done anything to void the warranty-and that Apple must be testing them more thoroughly in places of high humidity. [South China Morning Post - Thanks, William!]

Image Credit: South China Morning Post

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