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Screwed over: how Apple and others are making it impossible to get a cheap and easy phone repair – MENAFN.COM
If Apple and other tech companies have their way, it will only become harder to have our phones and other devices repaired by third-party businesses.Smartphones…
(MENAFN – The Conversation) If Apple and other tech companies have their way, it will only become harder to have our phones and other devices repaired by third-party businesses.
Smartphones and many other tech devices are increasingly being designed in ways that make it challenging to repair or replace individual components.
This might involve soldering the processor and flash memory to the motherboard, gluing components together unnecessarily, or using non-standard pentalobe screws which make replacements…
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