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It’s interesting though… it’s still worth something to thieves, they still can recycle the screen, buttons, case etc. I’ve had my iPhone stolen in recent years
by r0m4n0 2y ago
It’s interesting though… it’s still worth something to thieves, they still can recycle the screen, buttons, case etc. I’ve had my iPhone stolen in recent years too, people can’t resist. Don’t get me wrong, it does feel good to stick it to the perp but doesn’t apple itself have the most to gain from locking most of the value away? The second hand market is completely gated by them. Broken FaceID? You need a new phone…
This is a win win for Apple
- sosodev 2y agoAren’t most of the parts tied to the motherboard?
- nebula8804 2y agoEach generation seems to add an additional part. I know they serialize Face ID module, maybe the screen, the battery gives an indicator in the settings menu that its not OEM but it still works. I doubt the case or volume buttons are tied to the phone but what else is left? The Antenna or USB-C port?
- qingcharles 2y agoScreen is locked. If you do your own replacement you have to call Apple to get it relinked to the mobo.
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- qbxk 2y agowell duh, the most valuable company in the world isn't going do something that isn't profitable for them, but in this case their interests align with their customers in a powerful way. what would be really great is if we could engineer systems to develop alignments between relationships like that all the time, but hey, we live in an imperfect world