Nov 18, 2016
Apple to fix iPhone 6 Plus 'touch disease' for a fee
In a statement on its website, Apple said it had "Determined" that displays on some iPhone 6 Plus handsets flickered or became unresponsive if the device was dropped several times on a hard surface and was then subjected to "Further stress". An iPhone 6 Plus suffering this problem, which worked and did not have a cracked or broken screen, was eligible for the repair programme, it said. The repair programme will run for five years beyond the initial date on which the iPhone 6 Plus went on sale, said Apple. The manufacturing problem with the iPhone 6 Plus was first highlighted by gadget site iFixit which said it had seen an "Influx of faulty iPhones". In a blogpost about the problem posted in August, iFixit said there were "Pages and pages" of messages from aggrieved iPhone 6 Plus owners on the Apple support site complaining about the fault.
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