MplsP

slurpy said:

Why the fuck does this guy need to give his opinion on literally everything that doesn’t concern him? Who gives a fuck about what he thinks about Apple’s commission, which by the way is the same as Google’s, Microsoft’s, Sony, Nintendo, FB, etc etc. Jesus. By singling our Apple you’re basically lying by omission, cause you know it will bring you deadlines. 

Xed said:

crowley said:

lkrupp said:

slurpy said:

Still cannot believe Apple did this. Pretty massive endeavour. And of course not a single positive word uttered by the right to repair hypocrites and trolls. Just more criticism and complaining.  

When you understand that the right-to-repair advocates won’t be satisfied with anything less than a complete redesign of the iPhone you know why they are still upset. They literally want snap-apart enclosures with gaskets instead of adhesives, standard Phillips screws, snap-in batteries, third party parts, no special tools required. Go to some of the right-to-repair websites and you’ll see what they want. 

What’s so outrageous about standard screws?

Define standard. Phillips or flat head screws? No thank you.

tobian said:

MplsP said:

So is the "superscrew" bit the pentalobe screw? (and what's super about it?)

The big thing I notice is you can get a complete kit from fixit that includes everything you need weighs about 1/10th as much and includes the battery for less than it costs to rent this kit for a week. 

My assumption is that Apple simply put all the tools used by their authorized repair centers because, unlike iFixit, they have absolutely no incentive to develop any sort of cheaper, smaller alternative methods, and for those who want to they can use the 'professional' tools.

this kit contains exactly all the tools required for excellent iphone repair, and when you use them properly, following apples own guide, you can be sure that resulting iphone will keep it’s IP68 properties, drop resistance, SAR levels, camera capture quality (alignment), etc..

for example this heavy Display press thingy distributes the pressure over all the surface evenly (it wont allow you pressing too hard, making damage), for exact time (it counts seconds and beeps for finish), it’s positioning the display precisely using proper fixture, etc..

give me a break with iFixit amateur toolkit.

AppleSince1976 said:

MplsP said:

So is the "superscrew" bit the pentalobe screw? (and what's super about it?)

The big thing I notice is you can get a complete kit from fixit that includes everything you need weighs about 1/10th as much and includes the battery for less than it costs to rent this kit for a week. 

My assumption is that Apple simply put all the tools used by their authorized repair centers because, unlike iFixit, they have absolutely no incentive to develop any sort of cheaper, smaller alternative methods, and for those who want to they can use the 'professional' tools.

I guess you missed the part about the toolkitS being Device, and sometimes even Repair-Specific; and that some models/repairs requiring more than one Kit?

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