Adam Kos How many times have you had to take your iPhone in for service? Whether simply because he needed to replace a bad battery or for some other reason? Quite possibly, we are facing a new era of repairs, when we will resort to them rather than buying a new device. And Apple will quite possibly have a problem.
Yes, iPhones are very difficult to repair. Here, the American company could learn from the South Korean one, where the current Samsung Galaxy S24 series is very positively evaluated in terms of repairability. It is iPhones that belong to the opposite spectrum of the ranking, but they can be repaired.
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Sure, it takes longer, it's more complicated and more expensive, but it works. It's worse in the Apple Watch area and the absolute worst in the AirPods area. With them, when your battery dies, you can throw them away because no one can get into them. And yes, it's a problem to throw away a device just because you won't change its battery. Why? Because it costs you money and litters the planet with e-waste.
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Better to repair than buy new
Now we hear from every corner how Apple will give in to the EU and allow content to be downloaded to iPhones and from stores other than the App Store. But if you thought this was going to be a blow for him, here's one more. The Council and the European Parliament have reached a preliminary agreement on a directive that enforces the repair of broken or defective goods, also known as the Right to Repair Directive.
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The point here is that every user of products for which EU legislation sets repairability requirements (so practically all electronic devices) should seek to repair it, and not exchange it for a new, more modern (and better) model. "By facilitating the repair of defective goods, we not only give new life to our products, but also create quality jobs, reduce waste, reduce our dependence on foreign raw materials and protect our environment." she said Alexia Bertrand, Belgian State Secretary for Budget and Consumer Protection.
In addition, the Directive proposes to extend the warranty period provided by the seller by 12 months after the repair of the product. So the EU is trying to save money, not to pollute the planet, and to have guarantees for serviced equipment and not have to worry about having to buy new ones in a month anyway. Whether you're in favor of it or against it, objectively speaking, it has something to do with it. Especially in combination with the long support of smartphone operating systems (eg Google and Samsung give 7 years of Android updates).
So Apple should rather start taking care of how to easily disassemble its device so that it can be repaired easily and cheaply. If we leave iPhones aside, so should it be with his other products as well. At least for the future products of the Vision family, it will certainly be a pain.
