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> If you buy an iPhone from Apple and replace the screen with a third-party one from China, does that make your device a counterfeit? What if you assemble an iP

> If you buy an iPhone from Apple and replace the screen with a third-party one from China, does that make your device a counterfeit? What if you assemble an iPhone entirely out of aftermarket, recycled, or reused parts? (...) So maybe this phone isn’t Apple’s iPhone X, but it is an iPhone X. Hey, nice right to repair nod, but that phone doesn't contain any Apple parts, so it's definitely not an iPhone X.

Darkphibre 6y ago
You addressed the first question, but I popped in to bring up this neat video I came across a few years back regarding the second question. How about this guy, who "built a like-new (but really refurbished) iPhone 6S 16GB entirely from parts purchased from the public cell phone parts markets in Huaqiangbei."? :D https://strangeparts.com/how-i-made-my-own-iphone-in-china/ https://strangeparts.com/how-i-made-my-own-iphone-in-china/ Making-of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leFuF-zoVzA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leFuF-zoVzA
vonseel 6y ago
This phone isn't even similar enough to warrant a "compare to iPhone X" like you see on generic medicine (e.g. Equate Ibuprofen, compare to Advil). It's a straight up fake, like fake fancy sunglasses or fake fancy handbags.
sircastor 6y ago
I’m reminded of an old philosophical thought exercise I heard once: “This is George Washington’s axe. The head has been replaced twice and the handle has been replaced three times, but it’s George Washington’s axe.”
- elygre 6y ago
  Like the ship of Theseus: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
  - m463 6y ago
    that has been superseded by 3dbenchy ;) https://duckduckgo.com/?q=3dbenchy&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=3dbenchy&iar=images&iax=images&ia=...
- ChildOfChaos 6y ago
  I believe the technical term for this, is triggers broom.
- icemelt8 6y ago
  If we remove the brain of Bob, and place Jack's brain in his head. Who is he? Bob or Jack?
Cloudef 6y ago
There's this video where a person replaces parts with genuine apple parts from another iPhone. And guess what? The device cripples itself thinking it's not genuine iPhone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY7DtKMBxBw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY7DtKMBxBw

Darkphibre 6y ago

You addressed the first question, but I popped in to bring up this neat video I came across a few years back regarding the second question. How about this guy, who "built a like-new (but really refurbished) iPhone 6S 16GB entirely from parts purchased from the public cell phone parts markets in Huaqiangbei."? :D https://strangeparts.com/how-i-made-my-own-iphone-in-china/ https://strangeparts.com/how-i-made-my-own-iphone-in-china/ Making-of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leFuF-zoVzA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leFuF-zoVzA

vonseel 6y ago

This phone isn't even similar enough to warrant a "compare to iPhone X" like you see on generic medicine (e.g. Equate Ibuprofen, compare to Advil). It's a straight up fake, like fake fancy sunglasses or fake fancy handbags.

sircastor 6y ago

I’m reminded of an old philosophical thought exercise I heard once: “This is George Washington’s axe. The head has been replaced twice and the handle has been replaced three times, but it’s George Washington’s axe.”

elygre 6y ago
Like the ship of Theseus: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
- m463 6y ago
  that has been superseded by 3dbenchy ;) https://duckduckgo.com/?q=3dbenchy&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=3dbenchy&iar=images&iax=images&ia=...
ChildOfChaos 6y ago
I believe the technical term for this, is triggers broom.
icemelt8 6y ago
If we remove the brain of Bob, and place Jack's brain in his head. Who is he? Bob or Jack?

Cloudef 6y ago

There's this video where a person replaces parts with genuine apple parts from another iPhone. And guess what? The device cripples itself thinking it's not genuine iPhone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY7DtKMBxBw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY7DtKMBxBw