09/01/2019 by Editorial Team with 0 comments

Apple warns of cracked watch screens, offers free fixes

• Apple says a crack may form along the rounded edge of the screen in aluminum models of an Apple Watch Series 2 or Series 3
• Apple or an Apple-authorized service provider will replace the screen on eligible units that exhibit this type of crack, free of charge, the firms said

Apple Inc. said the screens on some Watch models may crack and the company offered free fixes for the problem.

“Under very rare circumstances, a crack may form along the rounded edge of the screen in aluminum models of an Apple Watch Series 2 or Series 3,” the company said in a statement.

Apple or an Apple-authorized service provider will replace the screen on eligible units that exhibit this type of crack, free of charge, the company also said.

After a slow start in 2015, the Apple Watch has become one of the company’s most popular products. It’s part of a wearables business that generated $5.5 billion in fiscal third-quarter revenue, up 48% from a year earlier.

The device faces 15% tariffs from the Trump administration starting Sunday as part of a trade war with China.