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Lots of the things people don't like about apple are likely just to make their manufacturing process simpler.
by blhack 8y ago
Lots of the things people don't like about apple are likely just to make their manufacturing process simpler.
- m463 8y agopentalobe screws?
- blhack 8y agoBatteries which are soldered to the board instead of using a connector, motherboard is all one assembly including the keyboard, fewer ports, nothing user serviceable. That all seems like measures to make manufacturing easier from my perspective.
- JetSpiegel 8y agoHow is soldering components simpler than using connectors? It's more expensive for diminishing returns.
- craftyguy 8y agoConnectors are also soldered as well and they add to the BOM costs.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoSure, it gives them both the benefit of optimized manufacturing and the benefit from screwing the customers. It's not a law of nature that making things better for yourself will make them better for your customers. In fact, the opposite is usually true.
- eridius 8y agoMeasure that make it harder (but not impossible) for users to disassemble their devices serves to avoid people doing accidental damage (and voiding their warrantee). It's possible to get a pentalobe screwdriver, and anyone not willing to get one probably has no business opening up an Apple product.
- darkpuma 8y agoYeah, countless businesses have been bankrupt by the mistake of using standard screws that regular plebs to violate their warranties. Apple simply can afford to take that kind of risk, their margins are very tight as it is!
- eridius 8y agoFor those downvoting me, if you genuinely think that pentalobe screws are bad, can you please explain why someone who doesn't have access to a pentalobe screwdriver has even the slightest business opening up an iPhone?
- programmer_dude 8y agoWow circular logic much? So anyone without a pentalobe screwdriver is not qualified to replace a battery (for example)?
- eridius 8y agoOther way around. Anyone qualified to replace a battery should have no difficulty getting their hands on a pentalobe screwdriver. In fact, it would not surprise me in the least if vendors selling third-party iPhone batteries included pentalobe screwdrivers with the battery (or offered it as an add-on).