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iPhone models paralysed
[I'd rather have my Smartmetric secured credit card than be carrying the phone]

There's some bad news for owners of the iPhone 6 and especially the larger iPhone 6 Plus. Your device could be on borrowed time.

Third party iPhone repair specialists in the United States are reporting an increasing incidence of malfunctioning iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models featuring the same grey flickering bars at the top of the screen and an unresponsive or intermittently responsive touch screen.

The condition is "incredibly common", according to iFixit, a respected US-based repair advocacy group. One repair expert contacted by the organisation went as far to say that "chances are pretty high" that every iPhone 6 Plus could eventually succumb.

The problem is so prevalent that iFixit have even given this condition a name: "touch disease".

The malfunction is also being widely reported on Apple's own support forums.

"[Touch disease] has been creeping up on us," iFixit co-founder Kyle Wiens told Fairfax Media. "I first saw it a year ago but as these phones get older it's getting more and more common."

Patrick Lee, a director of repair chain iExperts Sydney, describes the issue as "widespread". "I would estimate that we have seen about 100 cases to date," he told Fairfax Media.

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Do you really want to turn up at a counter to pay a bill and be using unreliable technology?
More and more news media speaks to the issues surrounding Apple Pay and so-called smart phones that "allegedly" everyone wants to use (which I doubt!) - and its so flawed. Buy hey - if you want to be embarrassed 'cos you stand at a counter and have no means to pay your bill - I will say "I told you so".