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Hmmm. I googled, found a college kid nearby, met him at Subway and he did my (4) in 30 minutes for $75. 3 months later no issues. Maybe the 4 is meaningfully cheaper?
Hmmm. I googled, found a college kid nearby, met him at Subway and he did my (4) in 30 minutes for $75. 3 months later no issues. Maybe the 4 is meaningfully cheaper?
Genuinely curious about how this is a venture-funded company. How is this scalable? Is there any tech involved at all? (Not that technology is necessary to be venture-funded, but it helps with nonlinear growth.)
It is just a PR piece to get attention of potential funding sources. As I mentioned previously in my comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5272017 , I don't believe numbers add up. Business is unlikely to be scalable or around in next 5 years.
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It is just a PR piece to get attention of potential funding sources. As I mentioned previously in my comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5272017 , I don't believe numbers add up. Business is unlikely to be scalable or around in next 5 years.
Your math is wrong, and your assumptions incorrect.
A friend of mine runs a repair shop in Miami. He told me that a few of his competitors were raided by the DOJ for doing unlicensed repairs using Oem parts from china. Apple apparently didn't want anyone other than official stores doing repairs. Guy whose shop was raided had thousands in parts confiscated.
A friend of mine runs a repair shop in Miami. He told me that a few of his competitors were raided by the DOJ for doing unlicensed repairs using Oem parts from china. Apple apparently didn't want anyone other than official stores doing repairs. Guy whose shop was raided had thousands in parts confiscated.
Huh? This doesn't make any sense. There is no IP right that lets you prevent non OEM parts to be installed in a product. If that were the case mechanics would all be out of business. There must have been another issue here.
I'm seriously thinking of switching back to my ancient Blackberry: plastic screen that doesn't crack, battery lasts a week, make calls by pressing one button, I can turn it off and on easily...
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i believe iphone 4s and 5 have welded glass or something making it much harder to replace alone. as a result usually they replace lcd+glass which make it much more expensive.
You can generally buy the digitizer + lcd on ebay for about 30 bucks. It's a lot of small screws, but really not too difficult to swap out. Took me about 45 minutes.
It is depressing that it is news that there is money in fixing popular things.
Not sure why you are getting downvoted.