73F was max in New South Wales on 10/20 when it happened so it wasn't hot plus it was in a white vehicle. Data center cooling temperature is set for the low 70s for comparison. There won't be media hysteria though since it's Apple.
iMessage and continuity reinvented a small subset of what Google Voice (now Hangouts) did in 2009 so it's not a 1-stop solution and 2014 is not something Apple had for a while. It lacks the following compared to Hangouts:
- no free unlimited calls and SMS to North America without mobile plan
-...
Impressive considering it's relatively low cost, compact and they 3D printed the housing. Drilling the center cubes is to give it traction otherwise the stickers would rip off. Guess they could use an open socket instead that grips the corners of center pieces if modication is an issue to...
I know when I buy a laptop I make sure it boots into windows, check device manager to confirm specs and verify that I can get into BIOS without password. Returning a laptop should be similar so if they can't log in and have to reimage it then I can understand it taking longer especially around...