iOS 5.1.1 bricked my iPhone 4

DasPixl wrote:

Due to the phone being Out Of Warranty but less than a year old I have to pay for a replacement.

Something doesn't add up. The iPhone comes with a 1 year warranty from the original purchase date.

Unless you are not the original owner or if there is user damage.

Where did you get this phone from?

Original phone I purchased was in nov 2010 that was replaced in nov 2011 due to failure of the home button. Less than a year later and outside of the 90 day warranty software update bricked the phone. Apple Genius took phone apart and said it looked fine, definitely a software issue.

If it's less than a year old, but out of warranty, that means you tampered with it or it suffered physical damage. The warranty is 1 year.

No that is not correct. After one replacement the warranty on the replacement phone is 90 days. The first replacement, not the original phone, was less than a year old. Never jail broken dropped or tampered with in any way.

No. The replacement inherits the balance of the original warranty or 90 days, whichever is longer. If you a phone replaced, and the original phone was purchased over 1 year ago, and the replacement is over 90 days old, then you have no warranty, just as you would no longer have a warranty if the original had never had to be replaced.