[ifixit] We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score::We need to have a serious chat about iPhone repairability. We judged the phones of yesteryear by how easy they were to take apart—screws, glues, how hard it was…

  • TootGuitar@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago
    1. If by “charger” you mean the brick that plugs into the wall, which I hope you do because it’s the only thing that Apple omits from the box, then Apple also uses that same cable type (USB type C). It’s only the other end of the cable that is proprietary. And the cable itself is included with the phone.

    2. All of this is moot for the iPhone 15 pro and non-pro which are fully USB type C.

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Wait… Wait, what? The new apple type-c cable has a proprietary end to it?

      What the actual fuck? It’s not just the standard USB-A? WHY?