Most consumers using 16G memory Apple mobile phones have such troubles: the memory is not enough, for a new cell phone is not worth, cell phone memory upgrade service came into being: a number of online repair platform and offline repair shop have the main push Memory upgrade service, charging six or seven hundred dollars, 16G memory can be expanded to 128G or 256G.
Reporters found that this looks very attractive service hidden mobile phone risks and risk of after-sales compensation: cell phone Caton, crashes and other phenomena occur from time to time, Apple officials also do not recognize the service, and even blocked the system at any time The Possibility of Vulnerabilities Mobile phone memory expansion is more like a 'gamble' with risk in exchange for memory.
Many online repair platform is to upgrade the mobile phone memory to attract business, all the services on the main page to promote the release of advertisements are claimed to be 'low-risk', the charges are basically the same. 'Flash X X 'Platform, a 16G memory Apple 6 mobile phone upgrade to 128G charges 598 yuan,' Geek repair 'platform upgrades the same for 598 yuan,' Hi maintenance 'charges 588. In each platform, Apple 6S, 7 and 7 Plus models can also be upgraded to 256G, cost 690 yuan, while the latest Apple 8 and X temporarily do not support memory upgrades.
The platform for the use of negative risks without mentioning, then the memory upgrade, whether it is really as advertised as 'zero risk'? In fact, the memory upgrade has become a mobile phone repair frequency is the quality of the hardest hit, and may even experience crashes . 'Memory expansion, each time about 10% left when the power automatically shut down.' Apple mobile phone users Ms. Wang said in the comment section of the e-commerce platform, there are buyers that 'phone upgrade memory after Touch ID failure , Power display is also wrong ', there are users Tucao' headphone jack plug headphones no sound, no sound pictures, the compass even deflected 90 degrees.
A practitioner in the maintenance industry revealed that when the memory of the Apple mobile phone is upgraded, the maintainer needs to remove the original memory hard disk of the mobile phone and install the new memory hard disk in the mobile phone. To replace the memory hard disk requires disassembling a lot of small parts, Disk and other accessories need to be professionally handled, any part of the error may cause phone crashes.And the expansion of the memory hard disk and Apple original difference, in the operating speed, stability, security, etc. will be affected, Apple mobile phone is likely to appear Do not start, black, crash, data loss and other issues.
'We are in a responsible consumer considerations, there is no memory upgrade to do this business.' An online repair platform founder told reporters that once the user chooses to expand the capacity to take the initiative to give up Apple's warranty policy, the warranty period of the phone Not recommended for expansion, consumers should fully weigh the risks that this service may bring.Apple customer service staff said that for their own disassemble mobile phones will not provide warranty service, consumers should be cautious to use third-party platform maintenance.