The Difficulty of Repairing iPhone 14 Pro Max: A YouTuber's Painful Experience
The right to repair one's smartphone and virtually any piece of technology has gained recognition in the last couple of years, with support from mega companies like Apple and Microsoft.?
While such companies claim that they stand by a user's right to repair their devices as they please, a recent videos illuminates how difficult it is to repair an iPhone 14 Pro Max.
How hard could repairing an iPhone 14 Pro Max be?
A YouTuber recently decided to record how difficult and painful it can be to undertake repair on the most expensive iPhone model in the market right now. When the YouTuber was sent an iPhone for repair purposes, they decided to conduct an intricate study of the tiny screws, bits, and pieces that make up the iPhone.
The YouTuber, Hugh Jeffreys, said that if it weren't for his magnetic mat, various pieces of the iPhone 14 Pro Max would be impossible to hold together and trace. And the teardown of the device took about four and a half hours to complete.
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Jeffreys, while disassembling the iPhone 14 Pro Max mentioned that Apple has made improvements in the scope of repairing iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 variants, but for some reason the same wasn't implemented on the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
The unit received by Jeffreys was shattered on the front and the back but the internal components were still intact. In an ideal situation, taking it out should have been a breeze.
According to Jeffreys, no single kind of screw holds the iPhone 14 Pro Max together, and that different tiny components need to be removed and stored carefully. Mind you, these pieces are extremely tiny - just one absent minded thought and nudge can deprive you of the tiny component forever and compromise the reassembly process.
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And the fact that one needs to remember where all these pieces and bits need to go make the process even more toiling, Jeffreys noted. As if that weren't enough, Apple's software did not recognise the new display as genuine, thereby limiting its functionality.
You can watch the 4 hour+ process in the 19 minute clip above. What do you think about the scope of repairing - should companies make it easier for users? Let us know in the comments below.?For more in the world of?technology?and?science, keep reading?Indiatimes.com.
