Following today's launch of the new iPhone 16 models, Apple has shared repair manuals for the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus, the iPhone 16 Pro,...

Following today’s launch of the new iPhone 16 models, Apple has shared repair manuals for the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus, the iPhone 16 Pro, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max. The repair manuals provide technical instructions on replacing genuine Apple parts in the ‌iPhone 16‌ models, and Apple says the information is intended for “individual technicians” that have the “knowledge, experience, and tools” that are necessary to repair electronic devices.

  • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
    308·
    2 months ago

    If one has followed Apple with regards to their repair programs or their opposition to right to repair laws then it’s only natural to expect the old apple on the ground to be rather fermented.

    I may very well find a “very nice” (looking) manual, but I’ve come to expect it is actually unhelpful - at least that’s the opinion of a certain 3rd-party Apple repair shop owner.

    • Tetsuo@jlai.luEnglish
      141·
      2 months ago

      Honestly, Apple was for years very anti-repair.

      So the manuals are nice but that doesn’t absolve them for the decades of products designed to be hard to repair on purpose.

      I won’t go full Rossmann but seriously Appol very bad when it comes to repairability and reliability. But they can release a few manuals and they are absolved for their bullshit?

      It’s a start but Apple still makes purposefully hard to repair products.

      • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        44·
        2 months ago

        I never claimed the manuals did avsolve them of anything.

        I simply said that the manuals are nice and complained about the meaningless Apple hate when the commenter had not even looked at the linked manuals.