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Apple Can Now Repair Bottom Microphone on iPhone 15 and 15 Plus
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How is it, and how do you know it is, a planned failure point?
How will a 3rd party replaceable microphone deactivate Activation Lock which is the thing that actually reduced theft?
With all this discussion about repairability, I’d be curious the actual numbers of people who are getting anything replaced beyond cracked glass. Like, what’s the point of Apple making the mic repairable when they can just swap out the device for a brand new one, and recycle everything else in the old device? What percentage of people keep a device for so long these days that they‘ll eventually need to replace the mic or battery? These are the numbers I’d like to know.
One aspect is that making the mic and other components easily repairable means that it costs Apple less to take phones apart when they are broken down for recycling. Also if the only thing wrong with the phone is the Mic, then it costs apple less to replace that component before selling it as refurbished.
Hey don’t knock Google. I like picking glue off things for hours!
The 15 Pros have a different default wallpaper. The “bubbles” wallpaper is what they use on the non-pro models.
You can download them here:9to5mac article
I assumed people would be able to tell that my post was sarcasm
The Stock HD app for example offers you all apple wallpapers also this one
Maybe, just maybe, thief can have more than one motive to steal your iPhone. Such as cracking into your personal data and sell to dark web.
Or, they sell those stolen iPhone to China for quick money.
Which of those two scenarios serialising components can protect?
I thought it was incredibly obvious. But this is the internet, failure to include the /s tag means somebody is going to miss it.
I find it interesting that the Pros still require one to replace the entire mid-frame chassis rather then just the microphone like on the normal iPhone 15.
I think with the iPhone 14 the normal one has a more repairable back where the Pros didn’t.
I think with the iPhone 14 the normal one has a more repairable back where the Pros didn’t.
To be fair, read things which sounded sarcastic but were actually sincerely meant. That’s why /s is a good thing.
But I wonder what’s different about the Pros that requires an entire midframe replacement.
Apple has them and their behavior strongly suggests the numbers are tiny and no one cares.
Apple should care because it will save them money when doing warranty repairs.
My own personal experience includes replacing the battery, so at least one.
I’ve seen quite a few others here mention replacing their battery, too.
Wait, this article is specifically about Apple making the microphone easier to replace, and you think that behaviour suggests that there is no demand?
They didn’t really repeat themselves, as the second paragraph is about this change to the lower microphone only being in the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, while the third paragraph is stating that the change is only to the lower microphone.
Wdym both? How an iPhone with serialised components protect you from data being stolen? Or your iPhone being stolen in the first place? People can just melt the phone for raw materials as well.
The less easily anyone is able to replace parts of the encryption and unlock chain, the less likely the phone data can be accessed. As for being stolen, you do realize almost anything can be stolen, so the process is just to make it more difficult and less appealing? An unlocked phone is more appealing to thieves than a locked phone which can be chop-shopped for parts. A phone that cannot be sold for parts and where the parts must be melted is even less appealing, because it is more work for even less return.
I see, so you want a phone that might have no value to thieves, is impossible to repair if something goes wrong, and must be recycled/thrown away no matter what as soon as it doesn't work.
At least you have a strong belief. Good for you I guess.
You left out the part where it is possible to repair through authorized channels. I actually do prefer to be able to repair my own equipment, but I understand why they would want to serialize some key parts in the security chain. What I find strange is that some people can only see black and white, and like to hyperbolize everything.
Also strange is the fact that some people didn’t seem to get that the original post you responded to was sarcasm, even though it was pretty obvious and the OP said as much in the comment two posts before yours.
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