Hardware issue?

I received an apple ipad last Christmas as a gift. It was purchased on 12.20.19. It has died , 2.3.21. That makes it 46 days after the warranty expires. With my local genius bar we have discovered it is a hardware problem. This ipad sat in a case, on my kitchen counter and was used less than 2 hours a day. Generously that might be 1000 hours. (my last one lasted 8 years) A hardware issue is something they did? I used this ipad so minimally I cant believe its done. So disappointed I'm not sure what to do. They make an offer for $249. and a 90 day warranty, or just buy a new one $329. with a year warranty and the chance to purchase apple's protection monthly. Seems like this is a scam. I have all Apple products, and feel really discouraged and I'm not sure I really want to invest any more money with them. If I buy a new one I can't help but think that it will only last until March of 2022?

Posted on Feb 6, 2021 9:06 AM

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Feb 6, 2021 3:28 PM in response to Applescamoratleastitfeelsthatw

We are all just Apple product users here

You are not writing to Apple here.


Electronic devices can and do fail for any reason, at any time.

Nothing we humans make is perfect. Nothing.

We are not perfect and nothing we design and make is ever perfect.

You probably just got a device that had some sort of premature hardware failure.

This can and does happen.

Something like this is out of everyone's control.

Nothing to be done.


I have/own lots of older Apple computers and devices that are still working, but many of the regular contributors here, including myself, have seen these small percentage of early, premature Apple product failures happen to other users that have post here over the years.

This can happen to other maker's devices too.

This sort of thing isn’t isolated just to Apple and its products.

Stuff happens.

It can happen.

Everyone just hopes it never happens to them.


There is nothing to be done.



Sorry & Best of Luck to You!

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