BusinessKorea warns of ‘huge potential recall’ of 128GB iPhone 6 Plus units
“Functional defects in some of Apple’s latest smartphones have been observed,” BusinessKorea claims. “According to overseas IT news sites on Nov. 2, problems have been reported related to data storage in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+ [sic].”
“Some in the industry point out that considering that technical defects mainly occur in the 128GB version of the iPhone 6 Plus, there might be a problem in the controller IC of triple-level cell (TLC) NAND flash,” BusinessKorea claims. “As numerous reports of low read performance of the Samsung SSD 840 and 840 EVO using TLC NAND flash have surfaced on the Internet, a problem in the controller IC is considered to be the more likely cause of the defects. As the controversy over the SSD 840 and 840 EVO grew, Samsung embarked on firmware upgrades.”
BusinessKorea claims, “Some in the industry think that if TLC flash is indeed the cause of the defects, Apple might recall all of the products that have been sold so far.”
