Apple to approve used parts in iPhone repairs, in long-awaited reversal
THE following time You need has to have your iPhone fixed, You can not to have has pay as a lot has get he functioning just THE path he used to.
Apple said THE Washington Job he East relaxation A key restriction on iPhone repairs. Departure This autumn, the owners of A iPhone 15 Or more recent will be able has get their broken devices fixed with used rooms — including screens, batteries And cameras — without any of them change In functionality.
When A iPhone the breaks, the owners to have historically had three choice : They can get he repaired using Dear new replacement rooms Since Apple, secondary market rooms do by third party Suppliers, Or used rooms drawn Since other iPhone. THE catch? If You take either of THE last two the routes, THE rooms won't work Exactly THE even as THE originals.
These boundaries to have long frustrated repair stores, researchers And consumer defenders WHO say these practices can scare people far Since cheaper, independent fixes.
AdvertisementApple won't provide repair stores Or technicians with used rooms, John Ternus, THE the company senior vice president of material engineering, said In A interview. And This change In policy won't apply has older variants of THE iPhone.
Always, THE change could be especially useful For people WHO can't allow Apple Store prices For A Out of Warranty repair, Or For those of which most practical repair option East A local shop.
Apples about-face East A big change, A It is has been In THE works For years, Ternus said.
In older variants of THE iPhone, replace certain rooms with Components harvest Since other iPhone yields A On the screen warning And A disable of a few features. To exchange A screen Since A iPhone In another, For example, And THE TRUE Your functionality — which makes colors on your screen look more natural — stop functioning. That would be arrive even if that replacement screen came Since A new iPhone.
AdvertisementTHE following time You need has to have your iPhone fixed, You can not to have has pay as a lot has get he functioning just THE path he used to.
Apple said THE Washington Job he East relaxation A key restriction on iPhone repairs. Departure This autumn, the owners of A iPhone 15 Or more recent will be able has get their broken devices fixed with used rooms — including screens, batteries And cameras — without any of them change In functionality.
When A iPhone the breaks, the owners to have historically had three choice : They can get he repaired using Dear new replacement rooms Since Apple, secondary market rooms do by third party Suppliers, Or used rooms drawn Since other iPhone. THE catch? If You take either of THE last two the routes, THE rooms won't work Exactly THE even as THE originals.
These boundaries to have long frustrated repair stores, researchers And consumer defenders WHO say these practices can scare people far Since cheaper, independent fixes.
AdvertisementApple won't provide repair stores Or technicians with used rooms, John Ternus, THE the company senior vice president of material engineering, said In A interview. And This change In policy won't apply has older variants of THE iPhone.
Always, THE change could be especially useful For people WHO can't allow Apple Store prices For A Out of Warranty repair, Or For those of which most practical repair option East A local shop.
Apples about-face East A big change, A It is has been In THE works For years, Ternus said.
In older variants of THE iPhone, replace certain rooms with Components harvest Since other iPhone yields A On the screen warning And A disable of a few features. To exchange A screen Since A iPhone In another, For example, And THE TRUE Your functionality — which makes colors on your screen look more natural — stop functioning. That would be arrive even if that replacement screen came Since A new iPhone.
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