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Apple has had a long, rocky relationship with right-to-repair laws but released a tool with iOS 18 that should make iPhones easier to repair. The Verge’s Owen Grove sets off to find out what makes repairing an iPhone so difficult and how Apple’s new Repair Assistant affects independent iPhone repair. #apple #righttorepair #technology

00:00 Intro
01:09 – Who owns this phone?
02:31 – Apple iPhone’s history with repairability
03:10 – Talking repair with Shahram Mokhtari, iFixit
03:22 – iPhone’s repair score history
04:08 – What is “Parts Pairing”?
06:32 – Introducing iOS 18’s “Repair Assistant”
07:51 – Repairing an iPhone with Jessa Jones, iPad Rehab
08:59 – 1st test: iOS 17 with Apple screen
10:03 – 2nd test: iOS 18 with third-party screen
10:41 – Final test: iOS 18 with Apple screen
12:21 – Updates with iOS 18.1
14:23 – Happy with these changes?
15:24 – So, does iOS 18 fix the challenges in iPhone repairs?

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