Following today’s launch of the new iPhone 16 models, Apple has shared repair manuals for the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus, the iPhone 16 Pro, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max. The repair manuals provide technical instructions on replacing genuine Apple parts in the ‌iPhone 16‌ models, and Apple says the information is intended for “individual technicians” that have the “knowledge, experience, and tools” that are necessary to repair electronic devices.

  • KairosEnglish
    1937·
    2 months ago

    Yes I’m sure they’re actually helpful

    • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
      371·
      2 months ago

      Looks more helpful than no manual at all to me. Making the actual replacement parts available for anyone is another thing, though…

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4412·
      2 months ago

      If you had bothered to click the link in the post and read the manuals, you’d have found out that the manuals are very nice, but no, you just wanted to go “Appol bad”

      • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
        308·
        2 months ago

        If one has followed Apple with regards to their repair programs or their opposition to right to repair laws then it’s only natural to expect the old apple on the ground to be rather fermented.

        I may very well find a “very nice” (looking) manual, but I’ve come to expect it is actually unhelpful - at least that’s the opinion of a certain 3rd-party Apple repair shop owner.

        • Tetsuo@jlai.luEnglish
          142·
          2 months ago

          Honestly, Apple was for years very anti-repair.

          So the manuals are nice but that doesn’t absolve them for the decades of products designed to be hard to repair on purpose.

          I won’t go full Rossmann but seriously Appol very bad when it comes to repairability and reliability. But they can release a few manuals and they are absolved for their bullshit?

          It’s a start but Apple still makes purposefully hard to repair products.

          • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
            44·
            2 months ago

            I never claimed the manuals did avsolve them of anything.

            I simply said that the manuals are nice and complained about the meaningless Apple hate when the commenter had not even looked at the linked manuals.

    • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
      269·
      2 months ago

      What is it with the constant cynicism even in the face of actual good news? This is absolutely a step in the right direction on Apple’s part.

      • Wooki@lemmy.worldEnglish
        245·
        2 months ago

        Because this is not out of the goodness of their little hearts. It’s legislated straight out of the EU and huge campaign coverage at just how ant-repair they are, like luis rossman has been covering ad-nauseam

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        174·
        2 months ago

        Apple literally only is doing this because the EU forced them. They are an evil company whose entire mo is to keep control over the device you pay for

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            34·
            2 months ago

            To varying degrees though. Google is super evil but at least they don’t express it via suppressing all choice

      • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        153·
        2 months ago

        Apple has a long history of working against right to repair and third party repair shops. This includes making it difficult for third parties to source the parts needed and changing the designs to requiring part pairing in the name of security. It got to the point where repair shops were buying broken Apple products so they could hopefully source the parts needed.

        Looking through what they provided now, it’s basic stuff any third party repair shop could do if they could source the parts. It’s useful. However good electronic technicians can go beyond that and do board level repairs. But that requires schematics and diagrams. A lot of times they would have to get those through other parties who in turn got them through less than official means or violated NDAs.

        Guess what Apple isn’t providing? Board level information. This is just doing the minimum the law requires them to do.

        Bonus: Louis Rossmann talks about Apple’s history of right to repair [10 minute video]

      • KairosEnglish
        62·
        2 months ago

        This is clearly just a publicity stunt and means nothing outside of parts availability, right to repair, and reparability.