Taking huge commission on every app sold, proprietary/brand stuff like cables (even if they fray worse than 1$ ebay ones), cases, buds, anything.Īpple used to be pioneer of this bad behavior, but now most manufacturers jumped on that wagon since apparently people kept buying their products anyway. If one wanted to manufacture top of the class phone with removable battery, it would be entirely possible.īut since we all know revenue is not anymore primarily function of units sold, but services continuously sold on top of those devices. I have some old sport watch that I open with a cent coin, it is completely waterproof as it was 10 years ago (so seals work), its whole sealing part is tiny and doesn't interfere with design/size/weight/price. Sorry for my french but this is all a bit of bullshit. It's filled with snark, and doesn't acknowledge the trade-offs in manufacturing a more easy to repair device. It's not just descriptive of the process, which would be fine. It’s just the principle of the matter.)Īnyway, I feel about this article as wfhordie does.
I just had to order an entire new Vitamix S-series blade base for $75 that I could repair myself if they’d sell me just the rubber seals and a couple bearings - And I probably don’t even need the bearings from them since they look like standard 8mmx22mmx7mm skate wheel bearings, but who knows, maybe theirs are food safe.
Homepods, Sonos speakers, previous generation Apple chargers with hardwired cords, those sorts of things. The things that really drive me crazy though are devices that don't need to be sealed that are. The trade-off for a laptop is less clear to me, but nor is replacing the battery in a Macbook as hard as replacing it in an iPhone.
#Macbook pro early 2015 charger portable#
The phones have become too hard to open, but in return, Apple offers battery replacement for a reasonable charge and a modern iPhone is nearly water proof, more durable, more compact, and with better battery life than ever.įor a portable device like a phone, I'm happy with the trade-off, and I think the market shows that most consumers are too. I'll never replace a battery again in an iPhone, nor do I ever desire too. I've replaced the batteries in multiple first generation iPhone SEs. I've repaired my fridge, my dishwasher, my oven, my microwave, my garage door openers, my 1998 Jeep Cherokee, and on and on.
Fortunately I suspect that if they stick with user serviceable batteries, the process will be a whole lot simpler once they’ve really put some engineering effort in to it. To me, the size and cost of their DIY repair kit is a monument to how far from repair Apple has strayed. What this all makes me wonder is: what would this all be like if Apple had never dismissed user replaceable batteries? If they had just as many years of engineering behind a removable back cover as they do with high resolution screens and custom processors? How many billions have they spent on this and that improvement, and what would the phone look like today if some of that had gone to making a phone not destined for the landfill? Obviously newer phones are waterproof and arguably more durable, but Apple has gone so far towards a factory sealed design as to require absurd equipment to do a proper job. There’s even an affordance for your finger nail to catch the edge of the rectangular cell. Meanwhile I recently pulled all my old smartphones from a storage bin and the rear cover pops right off, revealing a battery which comes out with no effort. You must realize that a $1200 deposit alone means this process is out of reach of many people. Apple is so anti-repair they have no provisions for a reasonable at home process. But the costly deposit and multiple heavy pelican cases of supplies show just how deep the hole Apple has dug for themselves really is. This article is documenting a process people are surely curious about.
0 kommentar(er)
