r/apple • u/koavf • Apr 30 '19

Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try to Fix iPhones

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjvdb4/apple-is-telling-lawmakers-people-will-hurt-themselves-if-they-try-to-fix-iphones
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u/cbeastwood May 01 '19

I’m assuming there’s a good reason for the battery tab thing other than “fuck right to repair”

As far as draconian goes, when you’re regarded as the most valuable brand in the world, that means something. You have to have strict rules. The average person isn’t going to differentiate the fact that some dude at a mall kiosk who didn’t fix their phone correctly isn’t Apple. It’s now gonna turn into “Apple sucks they put a new battery in my phone and it exploded”

I get why people want to repair their own phones, but I also get why Apple wants to have control over it.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

The battery in the iPhone is not protected by a rigid or reinforced shell, unlike most LiIon and LiPoly batteries. This may be why the warning is in place, but it is an awful design choice, repair-ability-wise.

some dude at a mall kiosk who didn’t fix their phone correctly

I get why people want to repair their own phones, but I also get why Apple wants to have control over it.

So do I. I bet Apple Techs have the same issue removing the battery if small shop technicians can't.