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[ifixit] We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score::We need to have a serious chat about iPhone repairability. We judged the phones of yesteryear by how easy they were to take apart—screws, glues, how hard it was…

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[–] erranto@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Almost everything apple does nowadays is a marketing front, repairability, privacy, not including chargers, accessories and removing the headphone jack for the sake of the environment, and more to come.

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Apple isn't alone in not providing chargers. My S23 Ultra didn't have one in the box.

[–] Imotali@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But your S23 Ultra also uses the most common cable type for a charger. That isn't proprietary. That you likely already have a good several of.

[–] TootGuitar@reddthat.com -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
  1. If by “charger” you mean the brick that plugs into the wall, which I hope you do because it’s the only thing that Apple omits from the box, then Apple also uses that same cable type (USB type C). It’s only the other end of the cable that is proprietary. And the cable itself is included with the phone.

  2. All of this is moot for the iPhone 15 pro and non-pro which are fully USB type C.

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