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Uhh... they're mentioning that the A-series CPUs are being specially coated. Why? This should only be needed in case that there are fake CPUs or fake motherboards in circulation, in which case Apple has a larger problem than fake batteries.

After all customers should immediately notice that their iPhone has no iOS any more after they get it back from the fraudulent repair shop.

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That’s not the way the fraud is alleged to have worked. The article claims that fraudsters swapped fake parts into legitimate iPhones and then took them to Apple for repair. Apple would then put legitimate parts into the “broken” iPhone.

I think the article was suggesting that they would just give the customer a new phone and trash/send the broken one out for repairs.

> Apple has a larger problem than fake batteries

I bet they do.

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