Vratislav Holub During yesterday's day, Apple came with literally shocking news. What he fought against for years, he now welcomes with open arms - home repairs of iPhones and other devices with the bitten apple logo. As you surely know, even at the moment unofficial services and home DIY perception on the part of Apple is not entirely positive. The giant is practically trying to throw sticks at their feet and discourage them from doing anything, saying that they might damage the equipment and such. But the truth will quite possibly be somewhere else.
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Flying around the world with Apple Of course, it occurs to everyone that if there were no unofficial services and home DIYers did not attempt any repairs, the Cupertino giant would make a significantly larger profit. He would have to deal with all exchanges and interventions himself, and he would definitely make money from it. This is exactly why original parts are not available on the market so far and, for example, after replacing the battery or display, users are shown an annoying message about the use of a non-original part. But now Apple has turned 180°. It comes with the Self Service Repair program, when at the beginning of next year it will offer original parts including detailed manuals. You can read about it in detail here. But how are other phone manufacturers doing in terms of unofficial interventions?
Apple as a pioneer
When we look at other phone manufacturers, we immediately see a huge difference. While Apple users who, for example, wanted to change the battery themselves at home, knew all the risks and were willing to take them, had to deal with the already mentioned (annoying) messages, owners of phones of other brands did not have the slightest problem with this. In short, they ordered the part, replaced it and were done. However, it should be noted that they were in a similar situation when it came to finding original parts. It can simply be said that they are not available and users, whether of iOS or Android phones, have to be satisfied with secondary production. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that.
You will soon be able to repair your iPhone at home
But if we take the current turnover of Apple into play, we will see huge differences. Probably none of the mainstream brands offer something similar, or rather they do not sell original parts together with replacement instructions and do not care about recycling older components that customers hand over to them. Thanks to Self Service Repair, the Cupertino giant once again took on the role of a pioneer. The most special thing is that something similar came from a company from which we would probably least expect it. At the same time, further changes can be expected in this field. It wouldn't be the first time that competing brands copy some of Apple's steps (which, of course, also happens the other way around). A perfect example is, for example, the removal of the adapter from the packaging of the iPhone 12. Although Samsung laughed at Apple at first, it subsequently decided to take the same step. This is precisely why we can expect similar programs to be introduced by competing brands as well.
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Adam Kos The program will launch early next year in the United States and will initially cover the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 generations, with Macs featuring the M1 chip being added later in the year. Unfortunately, official information about the extension of the program to other countries, i.e. directly to the Czech Republic, is not yet known.
