05-25-2022, 05:22 PM
zachdog wrote:
But the simplicity of the iPhone 4 has been lost.
Repairing those models was a BREEZE.
Everything is a trade-off. The iPhone 4 had ZERO waterproofing.
https://www.ifixit.com/News/59751/apple-...-of-ifixit
iFixIt wrote:
Apple Tools: Optional overkill or intentional intimidation?
Shahram: Sam, you’ve been at iFixit for a while. To me all this seems designed to be intimidating. 79 lbs (36 kilos) of tools and a $1200 deposit. Is this really what Apple thinks it takes to replace the screen on an iPhone?
Sam: This is definitely not what you or I would need to do these repairs. This is Apple’s way to get repeatable factory results. You can certainly do the repair without these tools, but this is literally what Apple is using, so if you want to be ultra official, you can. The real win here is the release of those repair manuals.