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Since I don't have any first hand experience of having repaired iDevices, I'll go by iFixit's scores. Let's take the current+last generation of their repairabil
by r0h1n 13y ago
Since I don't have any first hand experience of having repaired iDevices, I'll go by iFixit's scores. Let's take the current+last generation of their repairability scores for the iPhone and iPad (10/10 being the most repairable):
iPhone 5s: 6/10
iPhone 5: 7/10
iPad Air: 2/10
iPad 4: 2/10
Based on these I can't see how Apple's devices are getting easier to open or repair?
- randomdrake 13y agoThat's quite interesting. I don't know what iFixit uses for their scoring system, so I couldn't comment on their findings. I left the company as repairs for the 5s and newer iPads were just becoming more popular. It's possible that they were getting better up to the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 and have started to decline since. Repairing devices and offering repairs for screen replacements and such, in-store, is fairly new for Apple. I wouldn't be surprised if they were on their way towards making repairs easier but realized they were making it a bit too easy and went back on it. The 5 was so easy to open up and repair compared to the 4s and the 3 compared to the 2 was night and day. So, maybe it was just a temporary blip on the radar and there wasn't a trend at all. Or, there was a trend and it was intentionally reversed. But it at least seemed to be the direction things were headed. Either way: I updated my original comment to include "in my experience" if they really have gotten worse again.