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> Apple does nothing to improve front line technician procedures. I’m not a fan of planned obselence and waste but this is clearly wrong. They’ve spent loads o

• ajyotirmay 5y ago
  Sounds more like using a sword where a knife is needed.
  • kaba0 5y ago
    So what’s your proposal? How big would a “phone” be with all those features that an iphone pro has? I am by no means an apple fanboy, but the same way a modern car engine can’t just be tweaked the way it was 50 years ago due to all the miniaturizations that are in large part due to efficiency gains, the same is just as true of phones. But at the same time, a single chip with everything included will also make these phones pretty sturdy, where it either fails completely, or remain working for long years.
    • have_faith 5y ago
      An interesting comparison is formula 1 cars. Peak performance and parts that can be changed in seconds while still running. Even average modern cars have hundreds of parts that a lay person can reach with simple tools. Apple are obviously making a trade off (close it down for reduced size and better weather/water sealing) but then they don't get to pretend to be an environmentally concious company as that is antithical to their design goals.
      • ohgodplsno 5y ago
        That's kind of a bad argument, considering that an F1 engine will be absolutely _fucked_ and needs to be thrown away after 2000 km. That said, the previous poster's argument is terrible and gluing a phone is not what allows """peak performance"""
        • kaba0 5y ago
          Gluing is the least of the problem - as others mentioned, it can be easily resealed, and I very much prefer my phone surviving a bit of water.
        • have_faith 5y ago
          It was more a comment about their ability to have parts replaced, but you're right that the analogy has many flaws.