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Apple is still using Windows XP in its iPhone 6 testing labs


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If you haven't been following the drama that is surrounding the iPhone 6 Plus, the short of it is that a small number of the devices are bending after normal use. Apple said that they have only received nine complaints so far but the company wants the public to know that they do test their products rigorously.

To push back against the negative PR that the company has received, they let at least one reporter in to their labs to take a look at how phones are tested before the design is approved. To no surprise, Apple does plenty of pressure testing and the issues with the iPhone 6 Plus are an anomaly for a small subset of users.

While we have already seen that Windows helps build Apple products, thanks to this insider look, we can now see that Windows is part of the quality control procedures too. Worryingly, Apple is still using Windows XP in its labs, you know, the same Windows version that is more than a decade old and is no longer supported by Microsoft.

It seems even Apple doesn't like to upgrade its versions of Windows and would rather use outdated software than protect its internal networks with a modern OS.

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That's just sad.

It maybe explains why they stop making some Windows apps (AKA Safari) or why the Windows versions of their apps (AKA iTunes) suck so bad.

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"the issues with the iPhone 6 Plus are an anomaly for a small subset of users"

I call this BS.

it's a design flaw that could possibly affect every user. The fact that only a few users are affected RIGHT NOW is most likely because: 1. the phone was only released for a couple of days. Given it time, I am sure more complaints will be filed. 2. different users have different ways of using their phone. Some users may not have this bent problem even if they use the phone for 100 years, because they hold their phones like holding their baby. some users use their phone in a more casual way, which most likely will cause bent because of the way they are using it.

So in summary, it's a design flaw, not an anomaly. I don't believe you'll get different results when applying the same force on different phones of the same model.

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