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iFixit Posts Apple Watch Repair Manuals for Battery, Screen and More
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No, your simply someone who can't think beyond yourself. It's a big, busy world outside of your basement.
Do people really try to fix these sort of things these days? Years ago people fixed their cars when they broke down, not much any more.
Teenagers around here know enough to put fuel in their cars but that's about it. They don't have a clue what's under the bonnet/hood.
Attempt to fix any of my Apple products, you have got to be joking!
Teenagers around here know enough to put fuel in their cars but that's about it. They don't have a clue what's under the bonnet/hood.
Attempt to fix any of my Apple products, you have got to be joking!
I replaced the battery in my 3GS and it got another year out of it...
That's when I made the switch between being on the S cycle and the X+1 cycle.
Still on the fence about the watch. Think I'll wait a while and see what the overall feedback is on MR. Will not buy one online so have plenty of time to mull my options waiting for the retail stores to get stock in. May even lose interest by then, has been known!
Oh, yeah, anecdote... Until I see the video and the measuring equipment I'm skeptical...
You are aware, that the saphire glass breaks more easily than the ion x glass?
My watch is now 14 years old. The sapphire glass doesn't have a scratch, and I don't take that watch off for anything (except at night and in the shower). Don't try to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt (known as FUD).
Combined with the above, seems I must be a mental genius compared to some people.
I fix my car, my wife's car & my oldest kids car.
I fix everyone's computers & tablets.
YouTube is amazing. You can literally fix almost all home mishaps.
"They don't have a clue what's under the bonnet/hood.". But YouTube does.
It's actually fun.
Who cares which side of the fence you're on? Totally irrelevant to the topic thread.
Not sure what you see as FUD in that quote. It's a fact. Sapphire is more scratch resistant because of it's hardness. That hardness and it's crystalline structure is also the reason it's more shatter prone than Io- Gorilla Glass (I refuse to add another stupid made up Apple term to my lexicon). That's why Apple has been working on a new synthetic sapphire that maintains it hardness while improving it's shatter resistance and reflectance.
Sratch resistance and shatter resistance aren't synonymous.
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You are aware, that the saphire glass breaks more easily than the ion x glass?
Although in the case of the
Watch its more likely to get scratched than dropped.You'll think different once you wear one for a day.
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Actually, he's correct. Ion-X glass is more resilient in terms of impacts and bending. Sapphire is more durable in terms of scratch resistance.
Apple care > DIY.
4 years down the road may be another matter- but who won't upgrade at that point?
4 years down the road may be another matter- but who won't upgrade at that point?
And satisfying to know that I saved an $800 device, or $200 at the mechanic to replace a water pump, or a damaged part.
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There may be a disjoint here.
The
Watch sapphire is on the face and forms the whole front of the face of the watch and , where a lot of the other watches have the side of the watch holding the sapphire and provide protection, so that may be why your watch has lasted 14 years, and the ill fated watch in Utah shattered.I guess I'm saying that you both can be correct on this one.
A Swatch Autoquartz of mine fell off a table with some added horizontal speed and something in its internals broke. Admittedly, these watches having moving parts inside, the flywheel-like automatic winding mechanism and the actual watch arms including the gears and motors moving them. But a lot of stuff breaks when you drop it on a hard surface.
