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iFixit is breaking up with Samsung. ‘Samsung’s approach to repairability does not align with our mission,’ says iFixit’s CEO. (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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iFixit and Samsung are ending their partnership on a direct-to-consumer phone repair program.
iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens says "Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale" and that the deal is not working due to high parts prices and difficulty of repairs.
Samsung only ships batteries pre-glued to the phone screen, forcing customers to pay over $160 even for just a battery replacement, unlike with other vendors.
The contract also limited iFixit to selling no more than 7 parts per customer in a 3-month period, hampering their ability to support local repair shops.
Additionally, Samsung required iFixit to share customer email addresses and purchase history, which iFixit does not do with other partners.
iFixit says it will continue to stock aftermarket Samsung parts and publish repair guides, but will no longer work directly with Samsung on official repair manuals.

iFixit says:

We clearly didn’t learn our lesson the first time, and let them convince us they were serious about embracing repair.

We tried to make this work. Gosh, we tried. But with such divergent priorities, we’re no longer able to proceed.

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[–] MxM111@kbin.social 46 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So, at this point it is cheaper to change iPhone battery in Apple Store. Wow.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This article is primarily about Samsung, but yes, there is a brief mention of iFix its battery prices, which are $50.

Apple charges $99 for a battery swap on a new phone. Component + labor.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Samsung's replacement is $90 if done at a service center, so it was more expensive to buy the parts (because they included the screen for some reason)

[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I wonder, does it qualify as unwanted service?