Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery

Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by mmcnl on Saturday May 21, 2022 @11:39AM (#31458831)

This analogy only supports Apple's method? Car shops have a lift for easy access to the car and machines for balancing your tires. Very expensive equipment that almost no one has, which also goes for the tools for replacing an iPhone battery.

Also Apple is not "consumer hostile", come on. That's a ridiculous accusation.

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Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by deschutes on Saturday May 21, 2022 @04:08PM (#31461338)

Anyone can mount a wheel. Clearly the author is talking about a hypothetical vehicle where the wheel has been welded to the axle assembly.

Actually replacing the tire on a wheel has practical engineering constraints that leave it best suited for shops. Even changing bicycle tires is non trivial and the performance and durability demands there are negligible in comparison.

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Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by mmcnl on Sunday May 22, 2022 @05:51PM (#31473170)

That's subjective. I don't think the procedure to replace the battery with the tools provided by Apple is complicated.

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