No one expected Apple to do this. All of a sudden, Apple just announced that they’re providing the parts, tools, and manuals for self-repairs. All the effort to fight for the right to repair finally paid off – big time.
In Apple’s press release, the company is starting this self-service repair toolkit (I’m not sure if that’s the appropriate description) starting with the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13. And this toolkit is available to individuals like you and me. It’s first-hand genuine Apple parts and tools to do the repair on your own!
This toolkit is meant for those who are comfortable in repairing their own devices – and this initial phase of the program will focus on parts that commonly need replacing – like the display, battery (the most important), and camera. More parts will be added to this program next year.
While Apple only starts with the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 series of smartphones, the company also claims to expand to Macs with the M1 chips.
This Self Service Repair will be available early next year in the US and expand to additional countries throughout 2022. And Apple is also giving incentives to those that send in the broken parts for recycling too – by providing credit toward their purchase.
And I mean – wow. For Apple to do this is a huge step for everyone – including the environment. We can finally get parts on our own and replace it easily with genuine Apple parts. As the battery is always the first thing to die, I’m happy to see that Apple is providing an official DIY way to replace it.
In a way, I think that this is in line with Apple’s commitment to green technologies too. Given that Apple’s software support is superior to any other company out there in the world, we can finally just fix our existing devices and continue using them for as long as we want.
I think Apple is setting a great precedent here – and I’d like to see all other companies follow the same footsteps – all smartphone, tablets, and laptop companies.
As for Apple, time to give us user-upgradable RAM on the laptops instead of having soldered RAM.
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