A company that talks a big game about sustainability, but will love extends its self-repair program so you can buy a new iPhone every year. Consumers and repair shops will soon be able to use genuine Apple parts to repair devices rather than ordering entirely new components. Company used parts “will now benefit from the full functionality and safety provided by original factory calibration, just like new genuine Apple parts.”
The initiative will begin this fall and according to newer models . So if your iPhone screen is broken and you have a display with one of the same model, you should be able to switch to the panel and it should work. By the way, if you exchange the used screen from another iPhone, certain functions like True Tone or , may not work. An improved self-repair program should solve this.
The program will also cover parts such as batteries, cameras and (eventually). . Additionally, consumers and repair shops won’t have to provide Apple with the device’s serial number when ordering most parts from the Self Service Repair Store — which they still need to do to replace the logic board.
Users can now see if their iPhone has been repaired and, if so, which parts have been replaced. Starting this fall, those who go into the Parts & Service History section of their iPhone settings will be able to see whether a replacement part is new or an original used part from another iPhone.
Apple will use a “parts matching” process directly on the phone to detect whether the replacement component is genuine or not. It says this is necessary to protect the “privacy, safety and security of the iPhone”.
For this purpose, Apple will use its capabilities to try and discourage the use of parts for repairs on stolen iPhones. If the device being repaired detects that a replacement part has been removed from one with Activation Lock or Lost Mode enabled, Apple will limit calibration for that part, so it may not work properly.
On the one hand, this change could make it easier for people to repair a damaged iPhone (or eventually another Apple product) if they have a stock of the right parts on hand. Repair shops often have bits and bobs cut from many different units that they can use. This could be seen as Apple trying to gain more control over the repair process by incorporating and potentially eliminating third-party aftermarket parts.
This was reported by John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president for hardware engineering Post Although Apple supports the use of third-party parts in repairs (as long as the device owner knows about it), it does not know how to properly calibrate such components, as it does for its own parts.
However, Apple may need to reach out to aftermarket parts manufacturers and figure out how to do this. A right-to-repair bill signed by Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek last month . The idea is to prevent device manufacturers from using this process to stop consumers and repair shops from using third-party components to fix their gizmos. The law will apply to devices built after January 1, 2025.
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