Lançado em 2022 e disponível em mercados selecionados, o Self Service Repair permite que consumidores adquiram peças genuínas de dispositivos da Maçã e as ferramentas adequadas para realizar manutenções por conta própria, além de oferecer manuais de reparo.
No caso dos iPhones supracitados, agora é possível comprar itens como vidro traseiro, bateria, alto-falante inferior, alto-falante superior, câmera traseira, câmera frontal, tela, carcaça, placa lógica, microfone principal, bandeja do cartão, Taptic Engine e outros componentes.
No caso da nova geração do Mac Studio, é possível comprar peças como portas Thunderbolt e USB-C, ventoinhas, alto-falante, módulo de SSD, placa lógica e fonte de energia.
Como assinalado pelo 9to5Mac, o Mac mini tem uma lista mais enxuta de peças disponíveis do que os demais, mas ainda é possível encontrar componentes como ventoinhas, alto-falantes, placas lógicas e fontes de energia.
Ao que tudo indica, os preços dessas peças ficaram, em grande parte, inalterados em relação aos das gerações anteriores. Um módulo de câmera para os iPhones, por exemplo, segue saindo por US$250 — valor que cai para US$189,24 caso você devolva o original.
Já é possível adquirir essas peças nas lojas do Self Service Repair nos Estados Unidos, no Canadá e na Europa.
iPhone 18 Pro Max
Cores: bordô, glacial, prateado e preto Armazenamento: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB ou 2TB
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O material parece confirmar um vazamento de julho, posicionando o dobrável da Apple entre os 4.288mAh do iPhone 18 Pro e os 5.567mAh do iPhone 18 Pro Max — ambos, vale notar, em suas versões sem bandeja para chip.
O dobrável da Apple tem capacidade ligeiramente superior à do Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, que utiliza silício-carbono no bateria e conta com 4.800mAh, além de ser 36% maior do que o iPhone Air, o modelo mais fino lançado pela Apple até então (com 3.149mAh).
Embora não tenha a maior bateria entre os iPhones, o dobrável apresenta autonomia semelhante à do iPhone 18 Pro Max: pela métrica de reprodução de vídeo divulgada pela Apple, são até 44 horas na tela externa, contra até 45 horas do iPhone 18 Pro Max.
Já a tela interna do iPhone Duo tem uma autonomia de 31 horas, um pouco abaixo das 34 horas possíveis no 18 Pro.
iPhone Duo
Cores: branco-estrela ou céu noturno Armazenamento: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB ou 2TB
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Un purificateur d'air domestique pour faire baisser la tension artérielle : l'idée peut sembler surprenante. Pourtant, une étude publiée en août 2025 dans le Journal of the American College of Cardiology apporte des preuves sérieuses : 3 mmHg de moins sur la pression systolique. C'est modeste,...
Here’s the 17 family data as a percentage of overall usage for Widgetsmith.
Generally they followed the usual adoption pattern, and overall did very well ending at around 20% of total usage.
With the exception of the Air really struggling to find market share. For comparison the 16 Plus ended its first year at around 1.4% (vs the Air’s 0.3%).
This works out to about 6% of my iPhone users using the iPhone Air, or about 20x more proportionally than David's more mainstream app. Honestly, the numbers are pretty striking here, with David showing a pretty even split between the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max, slightly decreasing in that order. Meanwhile, almost half of my users are on the Pro Max, another quarter are on the Pro, and the 17 is neck and neck with the Air. Clearly, my customers lean more enthusiast and are higher end buyers on average.
The apparent unpopularity of the iPhone Air is not what caught my eye. Instead, it is the percentage of iPhone 17e users: 0.5% of Widgetsmith users, and something like 1–2% of the total iPhone 17 generation in Birchler’s.
The iPhone 17e hasn’t been on sale for as long, though.
In the entire year since the iPhone Air was announced, I’ve never seen Apple advertise it. No billboards, no commercials. It raises a chicken/egg question: did no one buy it because Apple didn’t market it, or did Apple not market it because no one wanted it?
[…]
But the shame of these low iPhone Air sales reminds me, very much, of the late great iPhone 12 and 13 Mini — also a truly great design, also terribly disappointing sales numbers.
With Apple Intelligence in iOS 27, dictation uses an on-device model to improve spelling, punctuation and capitalization. Apple says it’s available in English on “iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, or later,” and its feature availability page lists nine varieties of English. That device list is narrower than the one for Apple […]
Apple has barely finished unveiling the iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro lineup, AirPods 5, and new Apple Watches, but the company already has a much larger pipeline queued up for late 2026 and the first half of 2027, according to Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman.
The coming products are part of what new CEO John Ternus has internally described as Apple’s most ambitious product road map yet. Many of the devices are designed to spread Siri AI more widely across the lineup and close some of the gap with rivals in artificial intelligence. As always, dates can slip and products can be delayed or canceled.
Later this yearGurman reports that Apple is preparing several updates before year-end:
• HomePod mini with Siri AI — Same familiar design as the 2020 model, but with a new chip to power the overhauled assistant.
• Apple TV with Siri AI — Another look-alike refresh, this time with a faster chip for navigation and the new Siri experience.
• Smart-home hub — A square display that can sit on a speaker base or mount on a wall. It will run a new operating system, support video calls, and use facial recognition to personalize what it shows. Apple had considered showing it at last week’s event and is now aiming as early as October, though the timeline remains fluid after repeated delays.
• Touch-screen MacBooks — The biggest MacBook Pro change since 2021, adding OLED panels and touch screens for the first time, with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.
• Entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro — Current design, updated with the M6 chip.
• iMac — New colors and an M6 processor.
• iPad mini — One of the line’s biggest upgrades, adding an OLED display.
The HomePod mini and Apple TV are already being tested with iOS 27. The new Macs are running macOS 27.1 internally, and the iPad mini is on iPadOS 27.1. Both of those software updates are expected late next month.
First half of 2027
The spring and early summer slate is heavier on refresh cycles than radical redesigns:
• MacBook Air — Same 13-inch and 15-inch designs, moving to the M6 chip.
• MacBook Neo — Follow-up model with an A19 Pro chip and more memory.
• Entry-level iPad — Faster chip so the cheaper tablet can run Apple Intelligence and Siri AI.
• iPad Pro — Chip upgrade plus vapor-chamber cooling similar to the iPhone 18 Pro.
• iPad Air — First OLED screens in that line, plus a new chip.
• iPhone 18 — Largely an A20 chip upgrade, with the notable change that the standard model is shifting from fall to spring.
• iPhone 18e — Another chip-focused update; Apple will need to make clear how it differs from the regular iPhone 18.
• iPhone Air 2 — More substantial: a 2-nanometer A20 Pro chip, better battery life, and a second rear camera for ultrawide shots.
• Apple Pencils — New Pencil Pro and USB-C models timed with the iPads; the iPhone Duo will support the stylus as well.
Looking further ahead
The second half of 2027 is expected to get more ambitious still, Gurman writes, with M7 updates to MacBooks, smart glasses, camera-equipped AirPods, a home security system, a redesigned Apple Watch, Twentieth Anniversary iPhones, and a second-generation foldable iPhone Duo.
MacDailyNews Take: Taken together, the road map suggests Apple is trying to do two things at once: push Siri AI onto more affordable and living-room devices, and finally refresh categories that have languished for years. Whether October brings a full event or quieter waves of launches, the next 12 months look unusually crowded with product launces!
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Chaleur, pollution, incendies, pollens… Les conséquences sanitaires du changement climatique sont particulièrement marquées dans les villes. Un vaste rapport européen révèle une aggravation des risques, mais aussi des réponses encore très inégales. En France, certaines communes affichent des...
There is something wrong with the tractor. The water-in-fuel sensor, a small device embedded in the John Deere machine that monitors the integrity of its diesel engine, is disconnected. And I’ve got to fix it.
I’m not a mechanic or a farmer. I’m poking at a laptop at John Deere’s corporate office in Santa Clara, California. There’s a cable connecting the computer to a 5130ML tractor sitting on the grass nearby. A bright red notification sits on the screen, telling me something is wrong. I type in a question and the software pulls up instructions and a few images from the user manual that matches the serial number of the machine.
Apple finally shipped a foldable phone, and the most interesting thing about it is not the hinge. It is what happens when you stop treating the iPhone Duo like a book and start treating it like a laptop.
Bend the device partway, rest the bottom half on a table, and iOS 27 splits the 7.6-inch inner display into two jobs. The top half becomes a landscape screen for the app, document, or video you are actually using. The bottom half turns into a touch keyboard and control deck. That is the mode that makes the $1,999 iPhone Duo feel less like a foldable smrtphone and more like a pocket computer.
Apple has spent years insisting that foldables should not feel like two phones glued together. The Duo is its answer: a passport-shaped handset with a 5.4-inch outer display that opens into a 7.6-inch inner panel, both sharing the same 1:1.4 aspect ratio so content does not warp when you unfold it. The software is the real product. iOS 27 watches the hinge, not just the open/closed state. Content slides away from the crease. Speakers retune as the halves move. And the keyboard follows the posture of your hands.
The laptop pose is the feature people will actually use
Apple and reviewers keep circling the same demo. Set the Duo down half-open, like a tiny clamshell. Video, Mail, Notes, or Safari stay on the upper pane. Playback controls and a full or split on-screen keyboard occupy the lower pane. Slightly more fold and the keyboard splits left and right, so thumbs can type while you hold the device like a book. No settings menu. The crease becomes the dividing line.
That is why the Duo suddenly looks like an argument for a larger sibling. A 7.6-inch inner screen is close to an iPad mini, which is enough for email, messages, and a movie on a tray table. It is not enough for a spreadsheet, a long draft, or two serious windows without feeling cramped. Once you have tasted laptop posture on a phone, a 12- or 13-inch foldable iPad that does the same thing stops sounding like a rumor and starts sounding like the obvious next product.
Apple already designed the Duo to feel “as natural and intuitive as iPad.” Split View finally arrives on iPhone. You can park two apps side by side, or two windows of the same app. Saved app pairs come back later. Controls migrate to the vertical edge so the content column stays tall. StandBy works without a charger: tent the phone on a nightstand and it becomes a clock, photo frame, or widget slab. Those are iPad ideas squeezed into a pocket. They work. They also expose the size ceiling.
Why a foldable iPad now feels inevitable
A foldable iPad has been in the rumor mill for years: first as a ~20-inch board that folds to something closer to a 13-inch slate, later as a delayed 2028 or 2029 project after cost and weight problems. The Duo changes the brief. Apple no longer has to invent hinge software from scratch. It already has angle-aware layouts, a crease-aware keyboard, tent mode, table-top sensors in each half, and developer APIs for reserved fold regions. Scaling that system to a tablet is relatively easy.
Imagine the same half-fold grammar on a larger canvas. Top half: a proper landscape document, timeline, or browser. Bottom half: a real-size software keyboard, or a trackpad zone, or a palette of tools. Apple Pencil on the Duo already hints at the tablet version of that idea. On a phone, Pencil is a nice extra. On a foldable iPad, it is the point: sketch on the upper pane, keep reference material or a keyboard on the lower one, then flatten the device into a single drawing board.
The Duo also proves Apple will move iOS elements when the hardware demands it. Dock and navigation sit on the side. The status bar collapses into a corner puck. Dynamic Island runs vertically. Third-party apps that are not ready get a safe area; apps built for iOS 27.1 can use the full inner panel. That same discipline would make a foldable iPad less of a novelty and more of a second computer.
The iPhone Duo makes an iPad Duo feel necessary rather than greedy. The phone version is a proof of concept. It shows that Apple can make a hinge feel like an input device: slightly open for thumb typing, tented for widgets, laptop-angled for media and mail. The missing piece is area. Give that same software a screen that can hold a full page of text above a usable keyboard, and the “pocket laptop” pitch stops being a clever demo and becomes a category.
Apple did not announce an iPad Duo this week. It did something more useful. It shipped the interaction model first, on the device people actually carry every day. After a few weeks of using the Duo half-folded on a café table, a lot of people will not want a bigger phone. They will want the same trick, at iPad scale.
MacDailyNews Take: An iPad Duo that folds into a laptop pose would steal the exact jobs for which a lot of people already use a MacBook Neo or even MacBook Air: email, docs, browsing, video, light travel work. The iPhone Duo already shows the posture: screen on top, keyboard/controls below. Scale that to iPad size and the “why did I bring a laptop?” question gets louder.
An iPad Duo would not wipe out MacBooks, for the same reasons the iPad Pro never did:
• Software ceiling. iPadOS is still app-and-touch first. Serious windowing, files, terminals, IDEs, and pro apps still live more comfortably on macOS.
• Input. A software keyboard on glass is fine in a pinch. All-day typing still favors a real keyboard and trackpad. People who need that will keep buying Airs and Pros.
• Apple’s own mix. Apple has long accepted overlap: iPad Pro vs. MacBook Air, iPhone vs. iPad mini. A foldable tablet would shift the mix, not collapse it. Some MacBook Neo and Air buyers become Duo buyers; some Duo buyers still want a Mac at the desk or on the go.
Net effect of an iPad Duo: partial cannibalization of entry-level MacBook sales, plus some new demand from people who would never haul a laptop, but would fold a tablet. The Macs most at risk would be mostly MacBook Neo with some MacBook Air.
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Apple recently launched its first foldable phone, and the high price is raising eyebrows. At $1,999, the new iPhone Duo carries a price tag that easily beats out a brand-new MacBook Air. Buyers are naturally asking how a phone that fits in a pocket can cost twice as much as a laptop. The answer comes […]
Apple sells seven iPhones this week, from the $699 iPhone 17e to the $1,999 iPhone Duo, and only two of them carry a dedicated telephoto lens. That makes the decision simpler than the size of the lineup suggests: the iPhone 18 Pro at $1,199 is the cheapest iPhone Apple sells with a real zoom lens, […]
O iPhone Duo foi apresentado ao mundo há apenas um dia, mas sua divulgação segue de vento em popa. Em uma série de vídeos publicados pela Apple em seu perfil no TikTok, a empresa destaca diversos aspectos do seu primeiro smartphone dobrável, além de também fazer algumas brincadeiras.
No vídeo abaixo, por exemplo, o iPhone Air e o iPad mini estão “sentados” em uma mesma mesa, com a legenda indicando que esse seria o “making of” do iPhone Duo — uma vez que, quando aberto, ele é ainda mais fino do que o Air e possui uma tela com quase o tamanho do display do iPad mini (7,6 contra 8,3 polegadas).
Em outro vídeo, a empresa mostra as diferentes formas de uso do iPhone Duo, que pode ficar semiaberto (inclusive funcionando como um suporte), associando essas possibilidades às poses de meditação.
Na mesma pegada do vídeo acima, a publicação abaixo mostra que é possível apoiar o iPhone Duo e rolar de forma mais agradável por um aplicativo — no caso deste vídeo, o app Fotos (Photos).
Já o vídeo abaixo mostra o contraste de um MacBook Pro e do iPhone Duo, que estão dispostos em uma mesma bancada e na mesma “posição” — de modo que, quando semiaberto, a parte inferior da tela do dobrável funciona como teclado, como no próprio MacBook (porém em um tamanho bastante reduzido, é claro).
Outro vídeo destaca as capacidades de multitarefa do iPhone Duo, que roda uma versão adaptada do iOS para aproveitar as possibilidades da tela dobrável. No vídeo, é possível ver o Apple Music rodando ao lado do app Fotos.
Até mesmo o som ao fechar o dispositivo virou alvo de marketing pela Apple — que, no vídeo abaixo, mostra um usuário tirando uma foto com o aparelho e, em seguida, fechando-o rapidamente, causando um eco no ambiente.
The eyebrow-raising proposal, delivered during the president’s speech at the midterm convention, would cost $1.2 trillion and would need congressional approval.
É, meus amigos… A crise causada pelo aumento dos custos de chips de memória e armazenamento atingiu o produto mais consolidado da Apple, o iPhone.
A empresa atualizou, há pouco, a Apple Store Online com os novos valores praticados para os smartphones que já estavam em linha antes da chegada dos iPhones 18 Pro/18 Pro Max e Duo. E sim, nem o 17e escapou!
Como já era de se esperar, esses aumentos se refletiram em vários outros países onde a Apple atua, como o Brasil.
Confira as tabelas com os preços antigos e os novos! 🤑
Nos EUA
iPhone 16 e 16 Plus
Modelo
Preço anterior
Preço novo
Variação
16 de 128GB
US$700
US$800
+14,3%
16 Plus de 128GB
US$800
—
—
16 Plus de 256GB
US$900
—
—
Como podemos observar, apenas uma configuração do iPhone 16 está disponível. O 16 Plus foi descontinuado.
iPhone 17e
Modelo
Preço anterior
Preço novo
Variação
256GB
US$600
US$700
+16,7%
512GB
US$800
US$900
+12,5%
iPhone 17
Modelo
Preço anterior
Preço novo
Variação
256GB
US$800
US$900
+12,5%
512GB
US$1.000
US$1.100
+10%
iPhone Air
Modelo
Preço anterior
Preço novo
Variação
256GB
US$1.000
US$1.100
+10%
512GB
US$1.200
US$1.300
+8,3%
1TB
US$1.400
US$1.700
+21,4%
iPhones 17 Pro/17 Pro Max vs. iPhones 18 Pro/18 Pro Max
Modelo
Preço
Modelo
Preço
Variação
17 Pro de 256GB
US$1.100
18 Pro de 256GB
US$1.200
+9%
17 Pro de 512GB
US$1.300
18 Pro de 512GB
US$1.400
+7,6%
17 Pro de 1TB
US$1.500
18 Pro de 1TB
US$1.800
+20%
—
—
18 Pro de 2TB
US$2.400
—
17 Pro Max de 256GB
US$1.200
18 Pro Max de 256GB
US$1.300
+8,3%
17 Pro Max de 512GB
US$1.400
18 Pro Max de 512GB
US$1.500
+7,1%
17 Pro Max de 1TB
US$1.600
18 Pro Max de 1TB
US$1.900
+18,8%
17 Pro Max de 2TB
US$2.000
18 Pro Max de 2TB
US$2.500
+25%
Apple Watches
Curiosamente, a Apple mexeu apenas nas versões com as caixas maiores do Apple Watch Series 12 — ou seja, os modelos de 42mm seguem os mesmos preços. O SE 3 e o Ultra 4 seguem intactos.
Modelo
Preço
Modelo
Preço
Variação
Series 11 (GPS, alumínio de 46mm)
US$430
Series 12 (alumínio de 46mm)
US$450
+4,6%
Series 11 (GPS + Cellular, alumínio de 46mm)
US$530
Series 12 (GPS + Cellular, alumínio de 46mm)
US$550
+3,8%
No Brasil
iPhone 16 e 16 Plus
Modelo
Preço anterior
Preço novo
Variação
16 de 128GB
R$6.800
R$7.000
+2,9%
16 Plus de 128GB
R$8.500
—
—
16 Plus de 256GB
R$9.300
—
—
iPhone 17e
Modelo
Preço anterior
Preço novo
Variação
256GB
R$5.800
R$6.000
+3,4%
512GB
R$7.300
R$7.500
+2,7%
iPhone 17
Modelo
Preço anterior
Preço novo
Variação
256GB
R$8.000
R$8.300
+3,7%
512GB
R$9.500
R$9.800
+3,1%
iPhone Air
Modelo
Preço anterior
Preço novo
Variação
256GB
R$10.500
R$11.000
+4,7%
512GB
R$12.000
R$12.500
+4,1%
1TB
R$13.500
R$15.500
+14,8%
iPhones 17 Pro/17 Pro Max vs. iPhones 18 Pro/18 Pro Max
Modelo
Preço
Modelo
Preço
Variação
17 Pro de 256GB
R$11.500
18 Pro de 256GB
R$12.000
+4,3%
17 Pro de 512GB
R$13.000
18 Pro de 512GB
R$13.500
+3,8%
17 Pro de 1TB
R$14.500
18 Pro de 1TB
R$16.500
+13,7%
—
—
18 Pro de 2TB
R$21.000
—
17 Pro Max de 256GB
R$12.500
18 Pro Max de 256GB
R$13.000
+4%
17 Pro Max de 512GB
R$14.000
18 Pro Max de 512GB
R$14.500
+3,5%
17 Pro Max de 1TB
R$15.500
18 Pro Max de 1TB
R$17.500
+12,9%
17 Pro Max de 2TB
R$18.500
18 Pro Max de 2TB
R$22.000
+18,9%
Apple Watches
Modelo
Preço
Modelo
Preço
Variação
Series 11 (GPS, alumínio de 46mm)
R$5.899
Series 12 (GPS, alumínio de 46mm)
R$6.099
+3,4%
Series 11 (GPS + Cellular, alumínio de 46mm)
R$6.799
Series 12 (GPS + Cellular, alumínio de 46mm)
R$7.399
+8,8%
Não está nada fácil, infelizmente… 😭
iPhone 17 Pro Max
Cores: prateado, laranja-cósmico ou azul-intenso Armazenamento: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB ou 2TB
Material: alumínio ou titânio Cores: cinza-espacial, prateado, ouro rosa, preto brilhante, natural, dourado ou ardósia Tamanho: 42mm ou 46mm Conectividade: GPS ou GPS + Cellular Pulseiras: esportiva ou estilo milanês
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In my years of reviewing beauty tech, it was upgrading my hair dryer that made the biggest difference to my routine. I used to dread hair-wash days: the chore of shampooing, conditioning and rinsing my hair, plus the time – and aching arms – spent getting it dry again.
My clunky, bargain-bucket hair dryer of seven years was weighty, deafeningly loud, and took a painstaking 20 minutes to dry my hair. So happier days really did arrive when I switched to a new model.
A Apple parece estar preparando seus sistemas para a nova leva de produtos que será lançada em breve. A menos de 24 horas do evento “Surprise and shine” (“Surpreendente e brilhante”), a empresa adicionou nada menos que 37 novos identificadores de hardware ao seu backend, abrangendo iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches e outros dispositivos.
A descoberta foi feita por Aaron Perris. No X, ele compartilhou todos os identificadores, sendo sete deles relacionados a iPhones.
A bunch of upcoming Apple device identifiers have been found on Apple’s backend. Interestingly, there are 7 iPhone models listed. We only know of 6.
O número chama atenção pois, até o momento, os rumores dão conta de seis modelos compondo a futura linha: “iPhone 18 Pro”, “iPhone 18 Pro Max” e “iPhone Ultra”, além dos “iPhone 18”, “iPhone Air 2” e “iPhone 18e” — os três últimos, segundo as notícias, só serão lançados no ano que vem.
Isso, porém, não significa necessariamente que a Apple esteja preparando um sétimo iPhone do qual nunca ouvimos falar. O identificador pode muito bem ser simplesmente uma variante de um dos modelos já esperados — como, por exemplo, uma configuração específica do “iPhone Ultra” destinada à China.
Além dos iPhones, a lista inclui nove identificadores de Macs, oito de iPads, nove de Apple Watches, um de Apple TV e três associados à categoria “HomeAccessory”, utilizada internamente pela Apple para produtos domésticos.
Lembrando que, no evento de amanhã, a Apple muito provavelmente lançará produtos como o “Apple Watch Series 12”, o “Apple Watch Ultra 4”, uma nova geração da Apple TV e, quem sabe, o aguardado hub inteligente para a casa — além dos iPhones, é claro. Novos Macs (como um iMac com chip M6 e a estreia dos “MacBooks Ultra”) e iPads (como o iPad mini com tela OLED), contudo, não são esperados para esta semana.
When two black holes merge, the resulting object rings like a struck bell, radiating gravitational waves that fade in a distinctive pattern called ringdown.
Smartphone longevity didn't used to matter. In the past, before you could wear out or break a phone, there was always some shiny new thing to buy. Today, we expect our smartphones to go the distance, but they've also become less repairable and, in many cases, more fragile. Fairphone, a Dutch smartphone maker that has just entered the US market, thinks about phones differently.
The new $650 Fairphone Gen 6+ is designed both for longevity and easy repairability. There are trade-offs to this approach if you're used to the standard glass and aluminum sandwiches filled with glue, gaskets, and teeny-tiny screws. But the drawbacks could be worth it for the right buyer. Fairphone CTO Chandler Hatton told Ars that Fairphone's goal is to provide a compelling mobile experience while also enabling the user to "fully own" their device. At the end of the day, this is what a lot of people say they want in a smartphone.
Take it apart, put it back together
These days, Google, Samsung, and Apple support phones with software updates for the better part of a decade, but will the hardware last that long? And what happens when it needs a repair? You may be out of luck or out a lot of money, but Fairphone prioritizes the self-repair experience.
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