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A pity the reviewer doesn't get it to work. The reviewer falls into the same trap as others regarding repair equipment like this; they think it's too complicat
by jerlam 4y ago
A pity the reviewer doesn't get it to work.
The reviewer falls into the same trap as others regarding repair equipment like this; they think it's too complicated and durable and want to compare it to their hobbyist equipment. They're forgetting that the official equipment is meant to be used thousands of times, by minimally trained and overworked staff, with the least amount of damages. Hence the whole setup for each phone model have a special phone cradle, that has an RFID chip that sets up the recommended heating temperature and time, because the tech is going to put the phone into the heater and then walk away to do something else, and doesn't want to come back to a damaged mess like if they used the "cheap" hobby heating plate for too hot or too long.
One of YouTube comments is like "whoa, it costs $100 for each new heating plate, what a ripoff" which is absurd when you amortize that cost over the hundreds of phones it will service and how much each screen costs.
- amelius 4y ago> like if they used the "cheap" hobby heating plate for too hot or too long. So a simple timer should cost hundreds of dollars?
- reaperducer 4y agoSo a simple timer should cost hundreds of dollars? If it was a simple timer, your sarcasm would make sense. But as noted by the person you replied to, it's not a simple timer. It's part of a more complex solution intended for a different environment than social media outrage bait hobbyists. In no world can I imagine Apple putting out a tool with instructions like "Wave your mom's hair dyer at this a few times back-and-forth and guess when it might be just about hot enough, but not too hot. You'll know it by smell, after you destroy enough devices."
- sandworm101 4y agoThe official repair equipment is also an evolution of assembly equipment. If you need a jig to hold a phone, it is easier to start with the solid metal jig design used by the machine that built the phone in the first place.
- sohtym 4y ago> The official repair equipment is also an evolution of assembly equipment. Are you saying that as a fact or is it speculation?
- joezydeco 4y agoI've worked for companies where this was a fact. Why would you design the same fixture twice?
- sohtym 4y agoBecause they are potentially completely different processes. It is certainly possible, but what I see is a test fixture that could be made completely separate. Therefore it would be interesting to know if it wasn't, how they know that it wasn't and why Apple wouldn't on production lines costing many millions to billions.
- sohtym 4y agoIt is fair to judge it as a self repair tool when it is presented as such by Apple.
- chiph 4y agoApple got strong-armed into making this available. As to why they didn't create a hobbyist-grade tool for the self-repair program - all it would take is a couple of $900 phones damaged (followed by the outrage social media posts) by non-technical end-users to negate any savings. Better to make it bullet-proof.
- userbinator 4y agoThey're forgetting that the official equipment is meant to be used thousands of times, by minimally trained and overworked staff, with the least amount of damages. The various repair shops you can find in parts of China and East Asia in general can do the same if not even more in-depth (i.e. component-level) repairs, and they certainly don't need expensive specialist equipment like this either.
- blacksmith_tb 4y agoBut I expect those shops have a small number of very experienced staff? If you trained at the knee of a master, I'm sure you can soften those adhesives with a heat gun without overdoing it, but it's hard to just box that knowledge up and send it to someone green.