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There have been cars that have needed the spare wheel to be removed to change the spark plugs. My last cell phone, on the other hand, split itself in half when the non-removable lithium battery committed suicide. I can still buy a 1930s era Western Electric phone on ebay, and it will work even after Ive used the bakelite headset to pound a nail into a wall. “Telecom” was once second only to military stuff for reliability. It fits the business model that millenials have been brainwashed to accept: high price, poor reliability/durability, and a resignation to having to buy the same appliance over and over again so as to remain “current”. I want to say that modern cell design is just plain stupid, but perhaps it’s not. If the phone’s enclosure was the same size as the Otter case to begin with, a person could actually hang on to it, all the bumpers and shock protection could be integrated into the phone without creating the thermal mgmt problems the Otter case creates, AND you could make the battery removable and the screen replaceable. So the first thing I do is buy an Otter case… which automatically doubles the thickness.

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And, if you so much as drop it on a pillow you’ll crack the screen. My Galaxy is already so thin I find it difficult to hold on to… between that and the “sleek’ case, it’s not about IF you drop it, the issue is WHEN. But I stiil have a reasonable expectation of being able to change a flat tire without renting a 1200-dollar tool, or replacing the battery without having to apply a heat gun to the hood because it’s been glued shut.Īdd to that the ridiculous and subjective competion between manufacturers to make cell phones thinner…as though that’s of unending benefit. I think you’ve completely missed the point.Ī modern automobile is also “high level tech”. Posted in iphone hacks Tagged apple, iphone, right to repair Post navigation

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There’s an attraction in the idea of playing with a fully-equipped Apple repair kit for a few days, but maybe it’s not worth the cost.Įven without the Apple toolkit, it’s still possible to upgrade your iPhone. The sense from the Verge article is that Apple have had their arm twisted to the extent that they must provide a repair option, but they’ve gone to extravagant lengths to make it something nobody in their right mind would pursue. None of that messing about with a hot air gun for your $49 rental cost and $1200 if you don’t return the tools, but it remains an impossibly difficult and expensive process for all but the most dedicated of Apple fanboy technicians. In the kit is an impressive array of everything you might need for your iDevice, including the proper heat plate and press for the job.

Yes, you can repair an iPhone, but they ensure that it’s not for the faint-hearted. Not the iFixit box you might expect, instead they give you two hefty suitcases that contain 36 Kg of tools and equipment. They’ve hit back with a self-repair program for iPhones, and should you wish to take advantage of it they will hire you a tool kit.

It’s been a frequent criticism of Apple, that their products are difficult to repair.

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