I always thought the best way to do handle this scenario is to have removable storage. If a device breaks you could swap that out and send the device for repair

I always thought the best way to do handle this scenario is to have removable storage. If a device breaks you could swap that out and send the device for repairs with zero worries. Of course it doesn't fly today because Apple started the board soldering trend... Let's hope for a return to sanity in technology