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I could not agree more. It is so frustrating to have a device like my iPad Air 2 sitting unused because the screen got cracked. The cost to repair it was hig
by ataturk 8y ago
I could not agree more. It is so frustrating to have a device like my iPad Air 2 sitting unused because the screen got cracked. The cost to repair it was higher than replacement cost.
If we care about the environment even one single little bit repairability should be on everyone's priority list.
I'm sure the sleek new $1100 iPhones that came out last week are even worse.
- jsjohnst 8y ago> The cost to repair it was higher than replacement cost. At the risk of being rude, you haven’t tried very hard then to replace the screen. It’s pretty easily doable under $100, IF you don’t go to Apple to get it repaired that is.
- ataturk 8y agoI didn't go to Apple, I took it to a local place and was quoted over $200. Having an electronics background, I have attempted to fix iPhones a couple of times in the past. It never works out--the screens and digitizers you buy are crap, the connectors in the phones are so tiny that they break exceedingly easily, and the whole experience is just bullshit. Honestly, I fix my own cars, I should be able to attach a screen to a phone or tablet, but Apple went out of their way to make it hard. Those connectors could be a little bit bigger, they just chose not to make them that way! So thanks for the downvotes all you geniuses, but not everyone lives in San Francisco, NYC or wherever there are street corner repair shops! You know the other simple device that has been engineered to be un-repairable? Headphones. The barrel connectors on my kids' headphones break and every time I try to repair them it turns into this nightmare of trying to solder tiny wires where the ground is wrapped around them--they did this on purpose to thwart repair so that you keep buying new headphones.