Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1....
by wfhordie on Saturday May 21, 2022 @08:00PM
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>They were engineered to be hard to repair, that's the whole point.
This doesn’t make sense for two reasons.
(1)Apple is on the hook to repair iPhones under AppleCare+ warranties. This means “engineering for hard to repair” goes against their own interests.
(2) The fellows in Shenzhen, Guangzho, Shanghai, and Hong Kong have no problem repairing all kinds of damage to iPhones for <$20 USD. So if Apple is designing these to be difficult to repair it they are doing a terrible job.
This doesn’t make sense for two reasons.
(1)Apple is on the hook to repair iPhones under AppleCare+ warranties. This means “engineering for hard to repair” goes against their own interests.
(2) The fellows in Shenzhen, Guangzho, Shanghai, and Hong Kong have no problem repairing all kinds of damage to iPhones for <$20 USD. So if Apple is designing these to be difficult to repair it they are doing a terrible job.