iFixit took apart the iPhone 14 correctly. It’s the easiest iPhone to repair since the iPhone 7. Good news for buyers.
Apple explained that its iPhone 14 was thought out and designed to be easier to repair, but the Cupertino-based company could minimize the internal modifications made in this direction. iFixit recently completed a complete teardown of this year’s base iPhone, and it’s now quite clear that the internals of the device have been completely redesigned to make it easier for buyers to repair them themselves.
iFixit correctly disassembled the iPhone 14
The glass rear, for example, is easier and cheaper to repair, as promised, with a metal mid-frame to keep the front as accessible. According to iFixit, the device is easier to repair than many Android smartphones that are easy to open only from the back.
The metal body of the iPhone 14 retains the same structural rigidity as the entire iPhone 13 lineup. Apple has already moved the earpiece and front-facing camera components to a more accessible repair location than was done in the previous generation.
This is the easiest iPhone to repair since the iPhone 7.
However, the iPhone 14 will not make Fairphone buyers regret their purchase. Apple still requires customers and other technicians to activate components after installing them. So you can’t just use an unofficial part, you have to go through a more expensive component from a DIY repair. But even so, iFixit claims it’s the most easily repairable Apple device since the 2016 iPhone 7.
Good news for customers
These changes are not entirely surprising. Apple is facing a lot of pressure from many governments, but especially in the United States, to improve the maintainability of its devices. If the Cupertino company had not addressed the home renovation with these changes, it would have risked lengthy and costly legal battles with authorities that could force the company into compliance and risk punishment. Whatever the reasons, you might be interested in the iPhone, which is (finally) fairly easy to repair.