Throwaway Tech is BS!

A short rant about throwaway tech.
Referenced Products
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Apple iPad Pro M4 11" - amzn.to/3X7wPPC
Apple iPad Pro M4 13" - amzn.to/4c4jzQ7
Apple Pencil Pro - amzn.to/3KyYXE2
UGREEN Stylus Pen for iPad - amzn.to/4bUHodp
The Apple discussion thread I referenced can be found at discussions.apple.com/thread/...
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[@user9318a]

If you buy an apple pencil and it stops working the same evening, you have to buy a new one. It is that fragile and it is that irreparable.

[@KevinMuldoon]

I dislike Apple's one year warranty, but I've always found their customer service to be good in the UK. I've never had to speak to them about a pencil though. Hopefully they would honour a replacement if it broke.

[@user9318a]

@@KevinMuldoon In my country, there is no replacement/ physical damage policy for pencil. Do they offer that for pencil in UK?
I always thought they don't offer it because the pencil is so easy to break down. My pencil lasted 8 days. I was using an esr silicon cover for pencil and esr case for ipad pro m2, the one with a flap for pencil. The silicon on pencil makes it too thick to stick properly. I opened the cover flap in a hurry, pencil fell down and it was done for. It lasted 4 days from its purchase to demise. Took it to apple and they said it is a non reparable item. It charges still but doesn't write. To me apple pencil is as good as made of glass.
Next day I bought a Chinese pencil off of amazon for 1/5 the price and it is still working after 1.5 years, without any silicon cover and many many falls later (it has a minor crack from the falls but it still works perfectly).
This said, I miss Apple pencil, its feel, weight balance and pressure sensitive writing were amazing. It felt premium.

[@user9318a]

@@KevinMuldoon No replacement policy in India on Pencil. Mine was 4 days old and in an ESR silicon cover when it fell and stopped working. Apple said it is irreparable. It charges ok but no writing.
Chinese replacement that costed me 1/5 is working fine for past 1.5 years even after many falls. The feel is, however, not as premium in hand.

[@KevinMuldoon]

@@user9318a oh that sucks. Sorry to hear that. I was in India last year and saw a few Apple shops, but wasn't sure which ones were official.

[@user9318a]

@@KevinMuldoon Till 1 year ago, apple had stores only through local partners like imagine, invent, priman. It was probably some foreign trade policy which prevented apple from directly opening stores in India without having a local partner company. They were exclusive apple stores. Look and design much like Apple direct-owned stores of USA. They are the official service centers as well. March 2023, apple opened its first self-owned store in Mumbai.