My wife’s iPhone 15 Pro Max stopped charging via the charging port. She was getting the message water detected. This happened a few days out of the standard 1 year warranty. This remained for a few days so I booked an appointment with Apple Genius Bar. When they looked at the port they said there was some minor corrosion to the charging port. They also said this is happening a lot more with USB C compared to the old lightning port. I was surprised as my wife has not knowingly got the phone wet etc. I’ve had a 14,15 and now 16 Pro Max myself and got the previous two wet completely many times and never had any issues. They took the phone gave it some type of clean and it is working now but there is no guarantee how long it will continue to charge via the charging port. At least there is MagSafe as a backup.
They were also more than happy to try and sell me a new phone and trade in the old one with a broken charging port for £570 value. They said in store they don’t check for this. But if you post it in they do. I said I’ll think about it
They were also more than happy to try and sell me a new phone and trade in the old one with a broken charging port for £570 value. They said in store they don’t check for this. But if you post it in they do. I said I’ll think about it
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