Report: Seagate Cutting Warranty Lifespan to Cut Costs

SweClockers reports that Seagate has decided to shorten the warranty period for most of its consumer-based hard drives in order to cut costs. Warranties will supposedly be reduced from the five-year plan down to a two-year plan or three-year plan. Although Seagate hasn't announced anything official, the rumor suggests that the new warranty reduction will be applied to the Barracuda (including the Barracuda 7200.12) and Momentus Green product series. The Barracuda line features 3.5-inch HDDs spinning at 7,200 RPM and 5,900 RPM and ranging in capacities from 500 GB to 2 TB.

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