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> There are not enough reasons for every model to need a different specific set of tools. There's one common reason: to make service difficult. Looking at the
by brandall10 3y ago
> There are not enough reasons for every model to need a different specific set of tools. There's one common reason: to make service difficult.
Looking at the iPhone 14 iFixit kit, the tools are not particularly exotic... pentalobe/tripoint screwdrivers (kinda mandatory for super small screws) and just a bunch of things needed to work with small devices, spudger, tweezers, suction cup, clamp. Stuff that for the most part has been part of fixit kits going back many generations.
A generic toolkit for working w/ most Apple devices shouldn't have a particular high number of parts.
- kuschku 3y agoWhy is pentalobe mandatory? Torx works at tiny scale just fine. And it's out of patent by now.
- brandall10 3y agoIME pentalobe is superior as far as wear to tooling without the sharp points. I've stripped a handful of smaller torx heads due to worn bits over the years. Can't recall ever stripping a pentalobe. I won't argue Apple came up with a new design for security purposes, at least initially. But that doesn't mean they didn't come up with a superior design for tiny bits at the same time.