Let’s hope that Apple allows third-party parts or donor devices in the future. This feels like the first step towards universal support for right to repair, even with the catch. That gives you seven days to do your repair and drop them back at UPS before you’re charged again. For $49, you can rent all the tools you need, all 79 lbs of them which come split between two flight cases. At least Apple has committed to seven years of iPhone part availability, and ten for MacBook batteries.Īpple is also letting you buy, or even rent, the tools you need for self-service repair. That’s not great, making it so Apple decides when older devices stop functioning.
Even if you had another device to use for donor parts, there’s no way to link the parts to the new device. You won’t be able to repair any older devices that don’t have parts support from Apple. That limits repairs to devices that Apple is still selling parts for. Then Apple also makes you pair that part with the phone you linked during the purchase stages, via its over-the-air configurator software. For a start, you “cannot purchase key parts without a serial number or IMEI.” That means no aftermarket parts. That all sounds great, so why the gotcha? Well, iFixit has some big worries about how Apple is running the self service repair program. There’s a catch, because of course there is Image: Unsplash Apple says over the next year, the program will expand to M1 MacBooks, and users in Europe will be included.
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The best part is that official repair manuals are available for these repairs. The list of parts available currently is small, with the battery, bottom speaker, camera, display, SIM tray, and taptic engine being supported.
Apple is supporting the iPhone 12, 13, and SE 3 at launch. Apple says its Self Service Repair program is now live, enabling US-based users to buy parts and tools to repair their own devices.
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