News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Face ID stops working if you replace the iPhone 13 screen with 3rd-party repair.

Re:Face ID stops working if you replace the iPhone 13 screen... by matt_heimer on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:27PM (#28663819)
I wish https://frame.work/ made a phone. I (and the world) need serviceable phones. I've replaced screens and batteries on phones so much more often than on laptops over the last decade. Sadly that's been coming to an end with how glued together everything is now.

A phone with a module slot to add a mini-jack, sd card, or hdmi out would be awesome.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Face ID stops working if you replace the iPhone 13 screen... by xwx on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:33PM (#28663886)
Check out Fairphone; they do a similar thing but for phones. https://www.fairphone.com
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Face ID stops working if you replace the iPhone 13 screen... by willis936 on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:29PM (#28663842)
You mean like Project Ara? If google couldn't make it profitable idk how anyone smaller could.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Face ID stops working if you replace the iPhone 13 screen... by KingMachiavelli on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:48PM (#28664015)
The extra cost and larger size of a Ara type phone may just make the product too niche for a company the size of Google to bother. Companies like frame.work, System 76, etc. show that smaller companies can successfully market more niche products.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Face ID stops working if you replace the iPhone 13 screen... by cle on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:35PM (#28663902)
There are lots of reasons smaller companies can follow up a behemoth and beat them, such as better timing / market conditions, less dysfunctional organizations, etc.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Face ID stops working if you replace the iPhone 13 screen... by judge2020 on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:40PM (#28663937)
I fail to see how Google is dysfunctional, other than their culture of leaking stuff months in advanced.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Face ID stops working if you replace the iPhone 13 screen... by cle on Friday October 01, 2021 @08:17AM (#28717485)
Every organization is dysfunctional to some degree, a smaller company that is less dysfunctional in the right way can easily beat behemoths. I'm not making any sort of claim about Google's degree of dysfunction.
[ Parent | on HN ]