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Re:Is This the End of the Repairable iPhone? by sebmellen on Saturday October 31, 2020 @04:31AM (#24949890)
The iPhone 7 is a mess. I had the same issue with my screen, and now the iPhone's camera has stopped working, only a few months past Apple's warranty (I bought the phone recently). I go in to the "Genius Bar", and they tell me it's a $150 repair. I brought up that the issue had only started 2 months out of warranty and that I could buy a new iPhone 7 on eBay for $200. No budge, they offered me a $100 trade-in value for an iPhone 11.

$100 trade-in value and they want to charge me $150 for repairs??? What?

I am going to iFixIt as the issue seems common, it's just a ribbon that is attached weakly that pops off of the attachment. The camera is still working.

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Re:Is This the End of the Repairable iPhone? by alisonkisk on Saturday October 31, 2020 @08:53AM (#24951034)
It's a 4 years old phone. A non Apple phone that told doesn't even have a supported OS with security updates.

Mass production is cheaper than custom repair labor. You're spending more than $150 on your own time fix it (which is great, you have that skill).

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