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Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery
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#82I really don’t see the problem here - why wouldn’t you want to use the correct tools to repair your iPhone?
I want to buy a $70 battery and be done. The iPhone should be designed to facilitate that. The outrage is not against these tools. The outrage is against Apple acting like this is a reasonable way to give people the right to repair.
Why not just buy a ovine that uses removable batteries to begin with?
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#83One thing I don’t understand is why don’t people just buy a phone with removable batteries to begin with?
Or buy a morphine power back or equivalent. If Apple made an equivalent would that be sufficient?
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Almost all consumers would prefer to take their phone in for a battery replacement than have it look weird. Considering a replacement is something you do maybe once while the form factor is something you will always be affected by.
I used to carry a spare battery with me and swap them in 10 seconds when the one in the phone died. Now I have to carry a much bulkier battery powered charger and USB cable that takes an hour to recharge the phone.
Power banks are pretty small these days. If you have magnetic inductive charging capabilities on your phone, you can even just snap them on and keep going. Otherwise, get a power bank that has a small cable built in.
Re: Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery
#85If made to fulfill the word of the law without actually having to follow it in spirit, this would be my modus operandi too. By designing $1200 deposit, $49 rental & two Pelican suitcases of tools and manuals, while keeping the battery replacement price same at $69 (what you'd normally pay in total at Store), they have entirely disincentivized self-repair without actually breaking any law. Masterstroke /s
I think the EU is generally better at designing it’s regulations to avoid exactly this problem. Probably something to the extend of “tools to repair must be found in any general DIY store”.
I think, barring the USB-C issue which is more supportive of industry wide efforts to standardize and reduce e-waste, you cannot by any legal instrument force an equipment manufacturer to stick to certain parts or boiler plate designs, which can be seen as harming their competitiveness.
This argument can be construed by Apple lawyers as exerting unfavorable judicial bias to downgrade/bottleneck technical capabilities, which Apple would have otherwise provided to its customers & claim significant advantage over competition in offering their products.
EU or not, such regulation will be dead fish in water unless smartly crafted.
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#86One thing I don’t understand is why don’t people just buy a phone with removable batteries to begin with? Or buy a morphine power back or equivalent. If Apple made an equivalent would that be sufficient?
Do phones like that still exist?
Re: Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery
#87One thing I don’t understand is why don’t people just buy a phone with removable batteries to begin with? Or buy a morphine power back or equivalent. If Apple made an equivalent would that be sufficient?
Do phones like that still exist?
Plenty, just not flagship as far as I know, check out the Samsung Xcover or FairPhone for a couple examples
Re: Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery
#88One thing I don’t understand is why don’t people just buy a phone with removable batteries to begin with? Or buy a morphine power back or equivalent. If Apple made an equivalent would that be sufficient?
Because this is hardly an option anymore
Re: Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery
#89If made to fulfill the word of the law without actually having to follow it in spirit, this would be my modus operandi too. By designing $1200 deposit, $49 rental & two Pelican suitcases of tools and manuals, while keeping the battery replacement price same at $69 (what you'd normally pay in total at Store), they have entirely disincentivized self-repair without actually breaking any law. Masterstroke /s
I think the EU is generally better at designing it’s regulations to avoid exactly this problem. Probably something to the extend of “tools to repair must be found in any general DIY store”.
Are they though? Doesn't Apple just ship Lightning to USB-C dongles with iPhones to satisfy EU requirements?
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#90It's so silly that modern phones (from all manufacturers, really) need these giant kits (or hacks like microwaving a jelly sock) just to replace the single part that wears down. I still have my first Android phone. It contains a battery you can pop out after removing the back cover. Replaceable batteries used to be the norm! Now we need suction cups, hot air stations and professional guides to replace the part, becau…
You don’t need all this. A hair dryer and guitar pick and suction cup is all you need. Ifixit sells a very cheap kit that has everything you need. It’s quite easy and reasonable to do. Problem is apple insists that phones can only be touched with extremely specialised tools which ensure every repair is perfect with little room for any human error. And instead of loosening their requirements for self repair, they have…
For what it's worth, I've done maybe five Android screen repairs using the iFixit tools. One repair I messed up and the new screen broke almost immediately. The others looked good. Price wise, I wasn't able to find cheap replacement displays although my net cost is maybe still 70% the cost of going to an unofficial repair place. I'm not sure it was worth my time, or stress when moving tiny ribbon cables with tweezers.
Going forward I think I'll just buy phones that have screens that don't die when dropped. I'm OK with a cracked screen, but the display needs to work.