Apple Ditches Repairability Of Its Devices In Favor Of Durability, Says It’s ‘Better For Customers To Have That Reliability’
If you do not have AppleCare, it would cost you a fortune to fix the broken glass or any other component on your iPhone or other Apple products. Repairability on the iPhone has been a major concern of users as well as third-party repairers as Apple not only makes it difficult to open up the device but locks parts so users can go straight to the Apple Store. It appears that there is a reason why the company charges insanely high prices and why it does not play nice with repairability. Apple stands by enhancing the durability of its devices, even if it makes them harder to repair.
Apple is biased towards enhancing the durability of its devices instead of easier repairability
Recently, Apple invited MKBHD to check out its durability tests that all unreleased iPhones and other devices go through before they hit the market. The YouTuber showcased a handful of tests conducted by Apple that ensured that the devices were indeed reliable, given the intensity. Marques Brownlee also met with the company's head of hardware engineering, John Ternus, and talked about the durability and repairability of the devices and what measures are taken to balance the two approaches.
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Ternus stated that Apple tests more than 10,000 units of a single product before it is sold and if there are any other concerns originating in the market, the company would add it as part of its testing suite for the future. To be precise, that is a hefty amount of money spent just testing the durability of the devices, and it is all for a good reason. However, repairability is another concern that users and third-party technicians have, along with the amount Apple charges for a fix.
In contrast to easier repairs, Apple's John Ternus states that the company pays a lot of attention to the durability of the devices, which is the better option for the
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