Make no mistake – the constructive change is influenced by the brand new European legal guidelines that say cellphone makers must make batteries simpler to interchange – I suppose Apple is simply utilizing the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus because the testing floor for the inevitable replace.
Apple’s resolution? Including a particular adhesive that comes off with the assistance of electrical present. What?! Though it would sound difficult, all it’s good to know is that this trick could be carried out with a 9V battery and even energy from a USB-C cable. The upper the present – the sooner the adhesive will detach from the again of your iPhone.
iFixit iPhone 16 teardown.
I keep in mind the occasions when iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 would get a rating of 4/10 from iFixit because of Apple’s controversial resolution to make utilizing completely different/unoriginal iPhone components unimaginable by pairing your iPhone’s components to your explicit iPhone unit (utilizing serial numbers).
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