This process would reduce costs and promises to be more environmentally friendly!
Apple has opened its repair policy for several years and intends to continue to improve. This week, the company confirmed that independent repair shops will be able to use genuine used Apple parts for repairs starting later this year. But this advantage will only be compatible with certain models.
Permitted parts include displays, batteries and cameras and will eventually expand to biometric sensors used for Face ID and Touch ID. This new system can be used by iPhone 15 and later.
Apple admits repairing iPhone with used parts
The main question regarding this novelty, related to the authenticity of the pieces, already has an answer. Apple’s existing parts “matching” process will confirm whether a used part is genuine or not.
Diced apples Calibration of new and used Apple genuine parts will be performed on the device after the part is installed. So when an iPhone is repaired, a “Parts and Service History” section appears in the Settings app under General → About, and Apple says it will expand this section to indicate whether an original part is new or second-hand.
Apple also announced that Customers and service providers will no longer need to provide a device’s serial number when ordering parts from your convenience store, for repairs that do not involve replacing the motherboard.
To discourage the dismantling of stolen iPhones for spare parts, Apple announced that it would extend its Activation Lock security feature to iPhone parts:
… If a device under repair detects that a compatible part was obtained from another device with Activation Lock or Lost Mode enabled, the calibration capabilities of that part will be limited.
Meanwhile, Apple’s head of hardware engineering, John Ternus, said that The new policy will be more environmentally friendly by extending the life of parts.
As Bitted Apple company stated, The number of service locations with access to genuine Apple parts, tools and training has doubled over the past five years. for more than 10,000 independent repairers and approved service providers.
Although Apple’s self-service repair program launched in 2022, it now supports 40 Apple products in 33 countries and regions and 24 languages.
