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You go to a repair shop that has one, which is what the parent poster was referring to.

by gfosco 8y ago

ndnxhs 8y ago
Every time I have taken an apple device to a repair shop they have told me they can't get stock of the part or if I take it to an official repairer they charge more than it costs to buy a working second hand version of the device. The option to repair exists in theory but in reality it may as well not.
- EugeneOZ 8y ago
  It's a lie. Re-sell price of iPhones is about 70-80% of the original price, and the most expensive repair (full replacement of the unit) costs 46% of the price.
  - ndnxhs 8y ago
    This was a macbook that was about 4 years old and failed because of a known faulty ssd.
    - EugeneOZ 8y ago
      I still don't believe you, because I have an experience of repairing MBP too. In my case it was damaged keyboard. They decided to replace entirely that half of the notebook. It was surprising approach and price was high, but still lower than price of the new MBP with the same CPU/RAM/SSD characteristics.
      - laumars 8y ago
        In fairness to the previous poster, replacing a keyboard should be cheaper than replacing an SSD (which is soldered into macs, requires a more expensive replacement part then needs an OS reinstall which a keyboard wouldn’t).
        EugeneOZ 8y ago
        They are replacing whole half of the notebook. It's everything except the monitor. So price is the same.
        ru999gol 8y ago
        Apple intentionally builds their keyboards in such a way that it is incredible difficult to replace, the amount of skilled labor required doesn't make it profitable to just replace the keyboard. Its eye opening seeing a keyboard replacement being performed: https://youtu.be/4KuVvb9DTaU?t=309 https://youtu.be/4KuVvb9DTaU?t=309 Who is to blame for letting it get so far? I think its not just Apples fault, its governments fault not regulating them and consumers fault for still buying and even defending their practices (which you can very well observe in this thread).
  - michaelmrose 8y ago
    Consumer electronics steadily decline in price. Its a category error to define a curve as a point. Example 3 years ago the Iphone 6S was released. The 64GB was priced initially at $750 US. You can now find them for 235. This is aprox 1/3 the original price. Since labor is a relatively stable price, replacement parts don't tend to get much cheaper, and the cost of a used model is constantly going down its not shocking that devices that aren't cheap to repair rapidly become trash. You already see this on everything from cars to fridges. You would do well not to assume bad faith and call people liars without good cause.
    - EugeneOZ 8y ago
      Price of the new (not refurbished) iPhone 6s on Amazon.com is $299, so the most expensive repair (replacement) will be $137. $235 is 78% of the price. As you can see, nothing of my words is a lie, so yes, try to do well and don't call me a liar.

You go to a repair shop that has one, which is what the parent poster was referring to.

by gfosco 8y ago

You go to a repair shop that has one, which is what the parent poster was referring to.

Every time I have taken an apple device to a repair shop they have told me they can't get stock of the part or if I take it to an official repairer they charge more than it costs to buy a working second hand version of the device. The option to repair exists in theory but in reality it may as well not.

EugeneOZ 8y ago
It's a lie. Re-sell price of iPhones is about 70-80% of the original price, and the most expensive repair (full replacement of the unit) costs 46% of the price.
- ndnxhs 8y ago
  This was a macbook that was about 4 years old and failed because of a known faulty ssd.
  - EugeneOZ 8y ago
    I still don't believe you, because I have an experience of repairing MBP too. In my case it was damaged keyboard. They decided to replace entirely that half of the notebook. It was surprising approach and price was high, but still lower than price of the new MBP with the same CPU/RAM/SSD characteristics.
    - laumars 8y ago
      In fairness to the previous poster, replacing a keyboard should be cheaper than replacing an SSD (which is soldered into macs, requires a more expensive replacement part then needs an OS reinstall which a keyboard wouldn’t).
      - EugeneOZ 8y ago
        They are replacing whole half of the notebook. It's everything except the monitor. So price is the same.
      - ru999gol 8y ago
        Apple intentionally builds their keyboards in such a way that it is incredible difficult to replace, the amount of skilled labor required doesn't make it profitable to just replace the keyboard. Its eye opening seeing a keyboard replacement being performed: https://youtu.be/4KuVvb9DTaU?t=309 https://youtu.be/4KuVvb9DTaU?t=309 Who is to blame for letting it get so far? I think its not just Apples fault, its governments fault not regulating them and consumers fault for still buying and even defending their practices (which you can very well observe in this thread).
- michaelmrose 8y ago
  Consumer electronics steadily decline in price. Its a category error to define a curve as a point. Example 3 years ago the Iphone 6S was released. The 64GB was priced initially at $750 US. You can now find them for 235. This is aprox 1/3 the original price. Since labor is a relatively stable price, replacement parts don't tend to get much cheaper, and the cost of a used model is constantly going down its not shocking that devices that aren't cheap to repair rapidly become trash. You already see this on everything from cars to fridges. You would do well not to assume bad faith and call people liars without good cause.
  - EugeneOZ 8y ago
    Price of the new (not refurbished) iPhone 6s on Amazon.com is $299, so the most expensive repair (replacement) will be $137. $235 is 78% of the price. As you can see, nothing of my words is a lie, so yes, try to do well and don't call me a liar.