Older iPhones are much the same; I've done several battery and screen replacements on my 1st gen SEs. A heat gun comes in handy, but beyond a couple cheap screw

Older iPhones are much the same; I've done several battery and screen replacements on my 1st gen SEs. A heat gun comes in handy, but beyond a couple cheap screwdrivers most of what you need is just decent eyesight and steady hands. (I only have one of those, but can still fake the other for a few years yet before I need one of those magnifier visors.) Newer ones, I don't know. It does look like Apple is starting to move in truth toward the hostility to DIY repair they've always been claimed, in the past often falsely, to display. It's a shame. I really like the idea of that purple 12 mini - it'd go so well with my fountain pen! But if I can't fix it myself when it needs fixing, that's a much knottier problem.