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iPhone 13 A Repair Nightmare - Teardown and Repair Assessment

Hugh Jeffreys · demo · Watch on YouTube

Repair, teardowns & right to repairConsumer devices & gadgets

What it is

Hugh Jeffreys tears down the iPhone 13 and assesses its repairability, showing how Apple ties parts like the display and Face ID hardware to specific devices. He demonstrates that swapping parts, even genuine ones, can disable features.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as evidence of Apple's serialized parts and repair restrictions in threads about right to repair and Face ID disabling.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I can recommend that iPhone video he links to[1].”

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Topics: right to repair, iphone 13, face id, parts pairing, teardown

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