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I really doubt it's impossible to make iPhones and such just a bit more repairable. Plenty of other manufacturers have found a way. Perhaps a single-minded fo
by wffurr 6y ago
I really doubt it's impossible to make iPhones and such just a bit more repairable. Plenty of other manufacturers have found a way.
Perhaps a single-minded focus on thinness and smooth industrial design is the real root of the problem here. Plenty of phones have decent repair scores, amidst many that have very poor ones: https://www.ifixit.com/smartphone-repairability https://www.ifixit.com/smartphone-repairability
- dzhiurgis 6y agoLooking at your list Apple is doing best of all flaghships. Plus these scores need to price in scale of manufacturing. Fairphone total sales is less than iPhones per day.
- wffurr 6y agoSmartphones have been getting less repairable over time, including iPhones. If you scroll down, there is a noticeable trend towards greater repairability in older models.
- dzhiurgis 6y agoIt's a bit of FUD. Sure it's fucky for Apple to make glass back for no functional purpose, but breaking glass doesn't render phone useless. Mine got replaced in a dodgy shop for $130 NZD (I guess they would be able to do same in US for $50 or $20 in SE Asia). They just unglued everything and stuck new aftermarket glass. Reality for smartphone fixes is 90% of cases they gonna replace screen, remaining - battery. Both jobs take something like 10 minutes.