The vast majority of androids are worse for repairability. The ones that get more than a year or two of support don’t have any parts available. The ones that do get support have far worse physical restrictions like straight up gluing parts in.
The rest you mention, >99% of people don’t do anyway.
lol the only specialist tool you need is the pentalobe screwdriver and a suction cup. None of the rest is needed, it just makes it easy.
And unlocking the hardware for use just requires calling Apple support and saying “hey I’ve replaced this part and need it unlocked, here’s the serial”.
Nothing in an iPhone is solidly glued in. The battery has a couple of pull tabs to make it easy to remove. Something like a Samsung it’s damn near impossible to remove because the entire battery is glued down.
The vast majority of androids are worse for repairability
Yes but I can choose to purchase an Android that has good repairability. Apple, once again, doesn’t give you that choice.
The ones that do get support have far worse physical restrictions like straight up gluing parts in
Gluing components in is standard practice across the industry.
What’s absolutely not standard is intentionally serializing the parts and then refusing to make the software available so that their consumers cannot repair the hardware they “own”.
Or negotiating contracts with component suppliers to ensure they don’t sell components to third party repair companies.
Or sending ICE to raid companies who manage to get them regardless.
It’s an incredibly disrespectful and user-hostile company.
lol ok.
The vast majority of androids are worse for repairability. The ones that get more than a year or two of support don’t have any parts available. The ones that do get support have far worse physical restrictions like straight up gluing parts in.
The rest you mention, >99% of people don’t do anyway.
Are you talking about iPhone? Because repairing an iPhone requires specialist tools and specialist software. Oh, and it’s all glued together. 100% of people are unable to repair their own iPhone with replacement parts because parts are serialized and require proprietary software to unlock.
If you want to support these anti-consumer practices, that’s up to you, but there’s really no need to spread misinformation.
lol the only specialist tool you need is the pentalobe screwdriver and a suction cup. None of the rest is needed, it just makes it easy.
And unlocking the hardware for use just requires calling Apple support and saying “hey I’ve replaced this part and need it unlocked, here’s the serial”.
Nothing in an iPhone is solidly glued in. The battery has a couple of pull tabs to make it easy to remove. Something like a Samsung it’s damn near impossible to remove because the entire battery is glued down.
how to replace battery
But if you care, you can get a repairable phone like the Fairphone.
Yes but I can choose to purchase an Android that has good repairability. Apple, once again, doesn’t give you that choice.
Gluing components in is standard practice across the industry.
What’s absolutely not standard is intentionally serializing the parts and then refusing to make the software available so that their consumers cannot repair the hardware they “own”.
Or negotiating contracts with component suppliers to ensure they don’t sell components to third party repair companies.
Or sending ICE to raid companies who manage to get them regardless.
It’s an incredibly disrespectful and user-hostile company.
You literally only have to call Apple to have it unlocked.
Have what unlocked?