Apple and other big tech companies are making such smartphones these days which are becoming very difficult to fix through third-party repair companies. The design and components of these smartphones are being made in such a way that no other repair center can open your phone nor change their parts. This includes soldering the processor and connecting flash memory with the motherboard.
These components are added with glue and non-standard pentelobe screw so that their replacement is not easy and the third party repair company is not able to make any changes to the phone. Australia’s Right to Repair Inquiry has received several submissions so far, in which tech manufacturers have been asked to allow market repair and create products that even third companies can easily do.
What is right to repair
Right to repair gives customers the right to make these smartphones at a lower cost and that too from a third party. In this, you do not have to go to the service center of the smartphone company, but you can choose any repair company according to your mind. But now it seems that Apple does not want you to repair your iPhone and Macbook yourself or give it to someone else. There have been allegations before on the company that it intentionally slowed down the iPhone with the old battery.
There can be many tech companies against Right to Repair because everyone knows that if the users do not come to their service center and make their phone outside, then the companies may have to incur a loss in revenue and market domination. In response to this, Apple has said that, third party repairers can use low quality parts while making a phone, after which the device can also be easily hacked.
In the US, the Apple Independent Repair Provider program gives those providers access to parts and resources that allow them to fix the device. Independent repair shops from 32 countries can now apply to this program, but this scheme has not yet been implemented outside the US.
Will affect customers
If we talk about the iPhone 12, then the company has made this phone in such a way that customers cannot make the phone with the help of third party. In such a situation, these customers have their own service center. Apple has increased the repair charges by 40 percent for the iPhone 12. While the company is taking $ 359 to replace the screen, the company charges $ 109 for the battery. This price is for out-of-warranty users, which is very expensive, and if you get it fixed from outside, then it can be easily repaired.
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Apple says that many parts of our phones are such that we have special tools to fix them. In such a situation, if you make those smartphones with a third party, then it is very difficult for them and there are more chances of disturbances. Let it be said that this is not only with Apple. Samsung has also made it difficult to fix the flagship phone for the third party repair center.
Right to repair law is necessary to come
According to a report by the conversation, until the Right to Repair law comes in all countries, then users like Apple and Samsung will have to pay more money to fix the mobile. At the same time, if these users do not do this and make their phone from third party, then the warranty of these users’ devices can be exhausted and the third party can also mess with their manufacturer’s software copyrights. In such a situation, customers can benefit only if big companies give users permission to build their device from third party or reduce the price of their service center.