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Re:Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier... by bombcar on Sunday April 30, 2023 @01:10AM (#35759842)
I had an iPhone repaired under warranty; it was the logic board but the Apple Store dude was proud to let me know that the display and camera would move over, but everything else was part of the logic board (including the battery). I guess a phone with three parts is better than one with one part.
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Re:Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier... by aziaziazi on Sunday April 30, 2023 @05:03AM (#35760850)
What model was it ? Does Apple solder their iPhones batteries now ?
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Re:Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier... by bombcar on Sunday April 30, 2023 @08:51AM (#35762078)
it was an iPhone 13; I don't know if the battery is "really" connected or it's just how they do the repair; he just mentioned that the back cover and battery would be part of the logic board replacement.

(I still am not quite certain why they didn't just give me a refurbished phone and later repair mine as a refurb, but whatever)

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Re:Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier... by lotsofpulp on Sunday April 30, 2023 @09:28AM (#35762343)
No, and in the newest iPhone, 14, it was made easier to replace the battery:

https://www.ifixit.com/News/64865/iphone-14-teardown

I think X to 13 models had particularly difficult battery replacements.

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