More than one in four Apple iPhones break or fail within two years, a company that provides after-sale warranties said today.
SquareTrade Inc., which sells extended warranties for iPhones, said that 26% of Apple's smartphones suffer breakdowns -- or simply breakage -- within the first two years. But that's an improvement over the iPhone's past reliability rating.
"Twenty-six percent is actually pretty good," said Vince Tseng, vice president of marketing at SquareTrade. "And it's encouraging that the failure rates have decreased."
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178402/
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SquareTrade Inc., which sells extended warranties for iPhones, said that 26% of Apple's smartphones suffer breakdowns -- or simply breakage -- within the first two years. But that's an improvement over the iPhone's past reliability rating.
"Twenty-six percent is actually pretty good," said Vince Tseng, vice president of marketing at SquareTrade. "And it's encouraging that the failure rates have decreased."
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178402/