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A few days before the launch of the new iPhone series in Israel, the company iFixit, which specializes in disassembling and repairing devices, reveals that those who choose to pay more for Apple’s new advanced devices will likely find themselves also paying more for their repairs in the coming years.
The CEO of the company, Kyle Vince, wrote yesterday in a summary for disassembling the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max that unlike the basic iPhone 14, which surprisingly turned out to be quite easy to repair, the more advanced and more expensive devices are still very difficult to repair.
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Vince noted that the two expensive devices look almost completely identical to their predecessors, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Opening them requires a lot of equipment and time, with countless screws that connect each part to other parts and to the device itself and make replacement difficult, and also quite a bit of glue in the battery area.
Vince noted that the pair of devices receives a score of 6 in the repairability index – the same score as Apple’s previous devices. He emphasized that they are “not terrible – but you’ll want to use a cover to protect the expensive back glass.” This is because it is so difficult to replace that such a repair costs 550 dollars in an Apple store – even though it is a “stupid” glass, and not a screen like in the front.
Vince tried to guess why the expensive devices were not as easy to repair as the more basic device, and estimated that either they were designed by a different team, or the reason was a fear that a new design would force too many changes on the production lines, and a delay in the launch, which was also almost followed by shutdowns in China that slowed down the The activity of many factories on which Apple relies.
According to Vince, “Apple has (over the years) put up a variety of barriers to independent repairs. Their marketers don’t want anyone to know that phones can break; their service people want you to stick with the Genius Bar; and above all, their business people want to chain every part to the device, and require certification From the mothership (even) to the most basic repairs,” he noted, referring to the backlash he received for daring to compliment Apple on the ease of repairing the regular iPhone 14, even though that too still requires approval from Apple on every replacement part. In response, he wrote: “Apple, we will be happy to find out that (this) cynicism is not in its place – give us a real correction ability.”
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