How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works

Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by Kirby64 on Monday September 23, 2024 @11:51AM (#41627405)

Directly from Apple the screens are closer to 25-30%, depending on the phone. And what competitor? You can’t even buy a screen directly from Samsung. Closest I see is the pixel series via ifixit, which truly do seem to cost about the same as the apple parts. Maybe a bit cheaper, but also the pixel displays are not quite as nice as iPhone ones.

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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by beeboobaa3 on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @11:53AM (#41637905)

Most competitors are repaired with screens scavenged from other devices. Which is not possible with Apple devices, because of the hardware lock.

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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by Kirby64 on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @12:07PM (#41638063)

Except, it is? iOS 18 allows this natively now. And even before that, you could still use scavenged screens, it just would give you the “unable to validate” pop up.

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