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Tiny Phillips screws are not optimal for assembly. The Phillips head is designed to cam out before a screw can be twisted off, which is great of you are screwin
by jws 9y ago
Tiny Phillips screws are not optimal for assembly. The Phillips head is designed to cam out before a screw can be twisted off, which is great of you are screwing boards together, but not really any sort of criteria you care about for automated assembly where the finished product needs to be blemish free.
This is why you see a lot of Torx heads on electronics and automobiles.
As far as the penalobular screw goes… yeah, that is I think deliberately weird, but when you buy your replacement battery or screen or whatever part, the company will either include for free or minimal charge the pentalobular bit, so it isn't really stopping you from repairing. What I think the bit does prevent is consumers opening and peeking around in their phone. Curiosity is great for learning, but it generally doesn't come with a grounding strap. The ICs in the phone are trivially damaged, not necessarily immediately destroyed, but set on a path to future failure by static charges too small to be noticed by the curious finger. Apple finds themselves on the warranty hook to replace these failed boards. It is certainly in their interest to keep sight seers out of the phones.
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- tomsthumb 9y agoThese are all great points. But Why won't they sell me a screwdriver?
- rifung 9y agoBecause not enough people would buy it to justify the expense in time/money required to offer selling it? They probably don't even want to recommend people fix their own devices because people will try, screw up, and then go to support, and they'd have to train their support staff to handle this case.
- erikpukinskis 9y agoIf they give you the tools you need to void your warranty that sends a bit of a mixed signal. And anyway, isn't it moot? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A0P3XUY/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A0P3XUY/
- yladiz 9y agoI agree with most of your points, except that I don't think Apple is responsible for the failed boards if someone opens the phone, since they must know if someone unauthorized opened it? Aren't there gels or something that can't be just replaced if 'tampered' or opened? (Asking genuinely, it is my understanding but I don't know for sure.)