MTBF MTTF and Your Product Warranty

Have it ever happened to you, that your electronic device fails right after the Service Warranty period is over, and you wished you had extended the Warranty when you had the option? It happened to my trusty old iPhone® 4 when my Home Button became unresponsive, and that was when I realised that the one year warranty period just expired. I did not get AppleCare®for my iPhone – Yes, there is actually AppleCare for iPhone , iPad®  and almost everything from Apple® ! Most electronic devices have a reported Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) or Mean Time To Failure (MTTF). MTBF is the … Continue reading