Why I have never and will never buy an Apple product... "Right to repair"
Bean
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Apple has been pulling this sh....stuff since at least 1990 when I was in computer repair.
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I haven't followed this closely but my take is that the shipment of repaired screens from China were indistinguishable from OEM product (probably intentionally), and either not marked as refurbished or not adequately marked. A laser, paint marker, or chemical etchant could remove the logo, but it needs to be done before export from China. They aren't likely to do that any time soon. They'll sell the refurbished parts as genuine for as long as they can.
This is not to say Apple isn't inviting this problem by imprinting their logo on every screw and piece of plastic. That sounds very much like them, and is yet another reason not to buy their products.
The iPhone 7 plus screen replace is fairly easy just don't damage the home finger print scanner chip.
When I was doing computer repair we bought parts from a company that sold "used" mac parts. They were constantly being sued by apple for exactly what this video shows.
Buying used parts was our only option since we weren't an "authorized" apple dealer. It was just a little local "mom and pop" store.
Bean
My latest backup phone is a Bluboo S1 and cost $180. Lots of power, gobs of memory. Very impressed.
I'd go further. Why not repair a iPhone or whatever with parts that are not made by the original manufacturer? As long as they don't claim to be genuine there is no counterfeiting going on.
Of course one might have quality issues with parts from an unknown Chinese factory. So be it.
Now I ask myself what should I do with my radeongate-affected MBPro again ?...better... don't say it, it has sharp edges
That they seem to have a good business going on. It never ceases to amaze me, the endless stream of people coming there every day. Mostly young girls with cracked IPhone screens. One middle aged guy searching for the place asked me where it was. I commented that he was the first guy I had seen going there. "Actually", he said, "I'm bring the phone in for my daughter".
Given that there is an iPhone store, far more conveniently located, in the nearby shopping mall this is all rather telling don't you think?
Also makes me wonder what do girls do with their phones?
Given that I have never managed to break a phone, despite being my usual careless self with them, I wonder why people are so keen to spend so much on such fragile models?
Heater, I would guess they just drop them more since they never leave their hands...
Or maybe sit on them, I see a lot of girls with phones in their back pockets...
Or maybe they get mad and throw them...
Bean
The Communicator was undamaged.
I'm not sure how every young girl in the world actually uses their phones, but, in my country (Brazil), they often tend to put them into the front or back pockets of their jeans-pants or shorts.
Prominently protruding, preferably halfway out of the pockets, so almost everyone can notice they have that very special and pricey type of smartphone.
Proudly displayed, exactly at the most curved, movement-rich and muscle-populated part of their anatomy.
As for the choice where they put smartphones, it appears to depend on each individual preferencies.
I'm not a psychologist nor a psychiatrist, but, if all those people will continue doing it, that way, there will be sure a good and long-term living expectance, for smartphone repair shops and the people who repair them for a living.
Then, everyone seems to be happy, including many mamas & papas that proudly help their child, taking broken gadgets to that many repair shops, everywhere in the world. Cheers for them all!
I have replaced the screen on my daughters iPad mini (2 yr old son threw it).
Right to repair is way worse with the green and yellow tractor company.
My teen age nieces and all their female friends put their phones in their back pockets. As tight fitting as their jeans are it's no surprise their screens need to be replaced frequently.
-Phil
Well, hard to protect something as fragile as todays cell phones when they are handled as frequently as they are. Since I started using cell phones (my first was car mounted) I have had to replace 3 due to damage.
The clip on first one came apart and the phone dropped 7 stories down a stair well. Had to sweep the remains up. For the second one the holster was pushed up off my belt as I leaned on a railing and holster and phone fell into lake Ontario. Last one was just a couple of months back when my iphone 4 slipped out of my hand as I was pulling it out of my pocket. It still worked but the screen was so badly cracked it was illegible, and a replacement screen was not available.
-Phil
Back in the day you bought a PC and it was yours. Now you buy a PC windows 8 or above and they want manage how your going to use it. The software is managing you instead you managing the software.
I have a friend that has a franchise and part of that franchise is phone repair. They don't have any issue's because of prior agreements with Apple.
As a side note, you could face the need to spent part of your income, into hiring some body-guards and lawyers, to defend you against the many repair shop owners, who would certainly lose the most part of their profits. -_-
I recently judged a high school physics challenge competition. While there, two students saw my phone and asked what it was because it was thicker than any phone they recognized. I explained the Otterbox case and then literally threw it on to gymnasium floor to prove my point (loud enough for a few others to look). The look on their faces was priceless, but my point was made as I picked up the phone and continued using it as if it were nothing. I have probably thrown my phone to the floor as many times as I have dropped it...
Yup, same here...not even a scratched screen and I virtually live on the plant floor.
Always use protection
Good point. Problem was finding the phone even though the water was only about 4 feet deep. The water was murky (bumper boat section) and the bottom was covered in stones that felt about the same size and shape as the phone to my feet. Never did find it.
Kids. All awesome: lemme see, BAM. K cool.
It's called Marketing or buzz. When everyone is talking about then they have to have it.
I gave up seeking for market trends when my first daughter was born, 42 years ago. I was 19 y.o..
At the blink of one eye, and I was an adult. Forever.
Hope I could keep my judgement skills intact, till my death.