Apple fans cheering? Apple officially compromised, this restriction was finally lifted, no longer worrying about broken screens

The high after-sales cost of iPhone.

To be honest, as a senior Apple fan, I have something to say. We never feel bad about the high price of iPhone, but we only feel bad about our wallets not being full enough. What we are really worried about is the high after-sales cost of iPhone.

Taking the iPhone 13 as an example, replacing a battery costs 519 yuan, and replacing a display costs 2149 yuan. It can be said that compared with domestic mobile phone manufacturers, the official after-sales pricing of Apple is "sky-high", and ordinary consumers are simply reluctant to repair it.

Because of this, many Apple fans, after buying an iPhone, will subconsciously buy a protective case and tempered glass in advance before getting the new phone, for fear that the screen will be accidentally broken one day.

Not only that, Apple's restrictions on third-party repairs are becoming increasingly stringent.

At the beginning, Apple required that data cables must comply with MFI certification. We endured it this time. Starting from the A12 model, Apple requires that unofficial batteries cannot be replaced, otherwise a warning will pop up. Starting from the iPhone 13, Apple even controls the screen. If it is not an original screen, face recognition cannot be used.

Bad bundling

To be honest, I can understand limiting data cables and batteries under the pretext of "security", but I really cannot tolerate binding Face ID to the original display - the screen is used for display, and security encryption is to verify the identity of the user. Is there any necessary connection between the two?

iFixit discovered that Apple has built a tiny control chip into every screen of the iPhone 13. The system is compared with the code of the chip. If it fails, Face ID cannot be used normally.

For iOS devices, Face ID is a core interaction mode. It is required to unlock the phone, download apps, make online payments, and authenticate identity. There is no doubt that "Face ID failure after screen replacement" affects the user experience and is completely unnecessary and a bad bundling sales behavior.

This incident caused a stir in the mobile phone repair industry, because broken screens are the most common repair requirement in the mobile phone industry, and Apple's move is equivalent to cutting off the financial resources of third-party repairs. iFixit even described it this way: This is a dark day for the repair industry.

Apple officially compromises

Just when we all thought there was no way, good news came and Apple fans cheered collectively! According to the latest news, Apple has officially compromised. In a future software update, Apple will cancel the display restrictions of the iPhone 13. Even if you replace the third-party screen, Face ID will not fail.

So far, the matter has come to an end. As an aside, I think third-party repairs have their significance. Not everyone is willing to spend "half the price of a new phone" to find official after-sales service, especially out-of-warranty repairs.

I accidentally broke the outer screen of my iPhone 11 before, and the broken outer screen further damaged the touch layer, making the left half of the screen untouchable. If I went to the official store to replace the screen, it would cost more than 1,500 yuan. But in order to save money, I went to an offline store for repair.

After replacing the outer screen and touch layer separately, the system will prompt that it is not an original screen and the original color setting cannot be used. However, there is a professional machine that can "write" the original color, and the final effect is no different from that of a normal mobile phone. This set of processes costs only about 200 yuan.

If the inner screen is not broken, 200 yuan is the price of a broken screen. Congratulations to iPhone 13 users, you don't have to worry about broken screens anymore. It is precisely because of the existence of third-party repairs on the market that many people can repair their phones within an affordable range. What do you think about this? Welcome to discuss together.