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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by Wingman4l7 on Monday September 23, 2024 @10:10AM (#41626321)
Given that Apple moved the goalposts in the first place (they literally invented an inferior screw head -- the Pentalobe -- to stymie repair), I'm steadfastly disinclined to give them much credit for slowly backtracking on anti-repair manufacturing techniques like battery adhesive that they themselves pioneered the use of first, in laptops no less.
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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by labcomputer on Monday September 23, 2024 @10:38AM (#41626644)
Really, Apple invented it? Did they also invent a time machine to go back 5 years before it was first used on an Apple device to deliver a batch pentalobes to Sony in 2003?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentalobe_screw

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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by Wingman4l7 on Monday September 23, 2024 @11:46AM (#41627346)
Might want to not rely on Wikipedia for your nitpicking rebuttal to my point -- the Sony "Pentalobe" was NOT the same as Apple's, it is 5-flanged but has clearly cut-off tips: https://preview.redd.it/mdo85jqd6rcb1.jpg?width=3024&format=... -- and regardless, Apple's wide-scale use of these screw-heads was transparently anti-repair.
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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by wannacboatmovie on Monday September 23, 2024 @11:06AM (#41626959)
Did they also use that time machine to go back and invent replaceable batteries in mobile phones?
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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by sbuk on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @12:15PM (#41638136)
Ackshually, the pentalobe screwdrivers, commonly available now, are superior to Phillips as they are more resistant to cam-outs and tamper proof.
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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by Wingman4l7 on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @01:05PM (#41638613)
Who said I was comparing it to Phillips? Sure, Apple used to use Phillips for their case-back screws on their laptops, but Torx (superior to Pentalobe) already existed, and may have already been used by Apple elsewhere (I don't readily recall).

Tamper-proof? Hardly.

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