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Apple has at time made a version of this argument for their iPhones. There probably is some truth to it (removing the repairability constraint probably does let
by jacobr1 7y ago
Apple has at time made a version of this argument for their iPhones. There probably is some truth to it (removing the repairability constraint probably does let them build thinner devices at times) but overall it is more about maintaining control than engineering practicalities.
- tolien 7y agoYou see the same about notebook computers with soldered RAM/storage - hand-wavey arguments about socketed hardware coming loose. Like with most of the half-truths you find on the internet, it seems plausible but without evidence such as how often Apple were reseating RAM in laptops we have no way of really knowing how accurate it is.