France will begin labeling electronics with repairability ratings in January
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- Maria
- Y6R
- 27 Jul 2022
Is there a website where we can find all of the scores?
Thanks in advanced
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- XiaoMeme
- nv$
- 04 Jun 2022
Oh, that's wonderful. I guess we all can buy screens that are not paired to a chip that only the manufacturer has replacements for, and has to give their seal of approval so full-functionality returns again. Can modules be salvaged from a donor device or is it forbidden due to serialization. Or stuff that needs to call home in order to stay functional, otherwise, the manufacturer feels entitled to shut down your device (tractors in Russia were remotely shut down, for a good reason in this case, but still, if someone has access to a software self-destroy button, it has to be the owner and no one else (not even the manufacturer).
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- Repair
- 0x5
- 01 Jan 2021
What a failure. New macbook pro has a score of 7/10 when you can't buy parts for it and documentation provided is useless for repair. It's like apple themselves are deciding how repairable the device is.
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- Anonymous
- u1I
- 01 Jan 2021
Fatcat, 26 Nov 2020Repair what, all smartphone this day is disposibel, repairi... moreOnly if the repair shop is ripping you off.
Otherwise it's way cheaper
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 01 Dec 2020
What a great idea & care
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- gudishvibes
- 3Wi
- 30 Nov 2020
abigfanoftechs, 28 Nov 2020iFixit is bullshit.
All they do is open the phone & lo... moreYou know what? Forget my other comment. Apple should not get good scores under the name 'Repairability'. That's misleading! It should be something specific like 'Physical Ease Of Repair Score', because their current system ignores software limitations.
Imagine getting 6 on a platform about self repair, when the average consumer can't hold Apple employees hostage to activate their camera!!
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- gudishvibes
- 3Wi
- 30 Nov 2020
abigfanoftechs, 28 Nov 2020iFixit is bullshit. All they do is open the phone & lo... moreDo they not at least mention these things in the summary? e.g. iPhone 12 not being able to swap cameras
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- abigfanoftechs
- pYD
- 28 Nov 2020
MrHong, 26 Nov 2020Scores 6/10 in iFixIt.
Samsung S20 only scores 3/10.
... moreiFixit is bullshit.
All they do is open the phone & looking at boards & screen. Then give a rating.
What they don't understand is that you can't swap any components on the phone.
Every component is paired to the board. Every component can not be purchased from third party or Apple. Apple won't sell their components.
iFixit rating is full of shit.
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- abigfanoftechs
- pYD
- 28 Nov 2020
Anonymous, 26 Nov 2020Poor AppleDon't worry about them. Apple will find a way to game the system.
They're the most anti repair company on earth.
- whitec0llar
- g32
- 27 Nov 2020
that's cool i wish everybody does the same instead helping the corporate like my country
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- AnonD-731363
- SH3
- 27 Nov 2020
Anonymous, 26 Nov 2020Thanks God ! Finaly this will be the end of the *ucking
n... moreHope it will be end of that company too.
Enough is enough i never liked them for many reasons.
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- AnonD-731363
- SH3
- 27 Nov 2020
Well if we ban all companies which makes 5 or bigger i mean difficult to repair some companies will really force the verge of extinict i mean death.
By the way i did not like apple anyway.
Hope everybody will follow not only france.
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- edwin270
- CGH
- 27 Nov 2020
I know this is in response to Apple and their BS and I love it.
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- Hamburger
- t7v
- 27 Nov 2020
EU and Asia should just ban products with less than ratings of 3. That should get companies to make more eco friendly products.
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- Aadrian
- S3%
- 27 Nov 2020
So I guess Fairphone will get a pretty high rank in repairability with their modular system for phones. Not a bad idea at all I think, maybe more countries will follow.
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- wr1
- 27 Nov 2020
Boggy-Stefy, 26 Nov 2020Everybody else: Applauds this.
Apple: Oh mon Dieu. More like:
Sane person : *thunderous applause*
iBoys, Apple & their stockholders : *middle finger*
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- wr1
- 27 Nov 2020
MrHong, 26 Nov 2020Scores 6/10 in iFixIt.
Samsung S20 only scores 3/10.
... more6/10?
Many people knows that ifixit stunt on YT is no more than publicity stunt.
NO legal firms dare to badmouth Apple's products; they WILL sue them, or at least stop lending their products to be 'reviewed' (read: brag / show off). So far, only individual, independent YTbers with big balls that dare to challenge Apple's planned obsolesce & f*ck rights to repair!' practice.
Do u know what 'repair' means? To FIX something; in MOST case, u have to change the faulty/broken parts to make it working.
Question: When u PAIR every singe components (except screws) in phone, how can a repairman fix it? They might fix the hardware by replacing the faulty ones, but ur iphone WILL NEVER WORK NORMALLY (not even able to be turned on)!
If u r not iBoys who live in cave (read: not having internet access to watch YT), then u should know that THERE'S VIDEO THAT SHOWS EVEN SWAPPING BRAND-NEW IPHONES PARTS (display, camera sensors,etc) WILL RESULT IN THE PHONE CANNOT BE TURNED ON (unless u plugged it to charger), CAMERA STOPPED FUNCTIONING NORMALLY (even when u'only' changed the display!), BATTERY HEALTH INDICATOR STOPPED WORKING (instead there will be warning that says u should contact Apple to repair the phone!), and several other problems!
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- Jaeger
- KkE
- 27 Nov 2020
lord septomus, 26 Nov 2020apple won't be happyOf course they won't. This is a threat to their way of doing business. Next thing we'll hear about Apple is something about "halting innovation".
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- g5X
- 26 Nov 2020
threepences, 26 Nov 2020Are there any details how French rating system is defined?It says in the article - much like iFixit's rating system. I'd imagine just with a bit higher granularity as they use 9,5/10 instead of 9/10
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- Thor
- g5X
- 26 Nov 2020
Nick.B, 26 Nov 2020apple won't like that so maybe they quit europe?Please, don't tease us ;-)