IS THE iPhone 14 REPAIRABLE? This was a Rollercoaster.....

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Every year apple introduces a new iPhone, with the new iPhone come new anti repair tactics. My goal is to uncover any new anti repair tactics they may have instated this year. The iPhone 14 was full of surprises from start to finish, and it would be an understatement to say that I am shocked. This was quite insane.

iPhone 14 Teardown / reparability test

Special thanks to @iCorrect & @marcuscupello for sharing their findings with me.

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[PhoneRepairGuru]

I'm working closely with @icorrect & @marnics to see If I may have missed anything ( Their tags are in the description) .
Yes I know the audio at 4:36 is a bit messed up, sorry about that.

Thank you guys so much for watching! hope you enjoyed this one. I will be making more iPhone 14 videos in the days ahead! have a good weekend everyone.

[Ameerjanan]

This video was literally a rollercoaster for me up until the end apple never let us know their next move

[chickenpasta]

Honestly it's pretty crazy seeing Apple simplify the repair process

[lolaA]

For some reason i got really scared when the camera wasn't working before the update.I don't even work in a repair shop😅

[emdotrod]

In theory, having a clear back iPhone 14 is possible

[thetechrefurbchannel]

It's horrible when you need to disassemble and reassemble the entire phone just to replace a cracked back glass (I mean when you don't have laser machines, and those make a huge mess!)

Now both display and back glass swaps are much quicker, I just hope that Apple keeps making their phones more repairable.

[thetechfromheaven]

This will make back glass repairs much easier, no need for the pesky laser machines!

[netic]

This new internal design seems like a good improvement!

[UnrealObject]

Its a great new design. Makes it so much easier to repair. But i hope the software is repair friendly too

[samiajji]

As a phone repair tech here, i dont know how i feel about being able to just unplug the screen flexs without unplugging the battery first, ive seen phones getting fried🤦🏽‍♂️ and to unplug the batter first its doable but just adds an extra step by having to take the back off first!
But non the less great work man all this work you do is not easy and expensive! Kudos💪🏽

[frappes_]

The Pros don’t open from the back, but since the regulars generally outsell the Pros, this is still a big win for repair, but a lot left to do for Apple.

[porkysoda]

This alone sold me on the IPhone 14. Long term software support means nothing if repairing a phone costs more than just buying a new one.

[oguzhanozkaraaslan]

Repair tip: If your front camera is been damaged on iPhone x and beyond it will have the same problem when you replace it with another. After changing the front camera module you always have to do update or restore to get the front camera working again.

[Kitten_abyss]

Great video! Loved the little editor's text. The idea that the iPhone front camera wasn't going to work scared me for a moment, glad that's not the case.

[aruce]

It is weird that the 14 went back to the iphone 4 in terms of reparability. i am guessing this phone was made with the apple self service repair in mind. This also makes screen and back glass replacement super easy to do. I wonder if we will see the iphone 15 be more repair friendly than the 14 since i was not expecting apple to have the 14 be built like the 4.

[MrRohan]

This is the literal hardware version of 'not a lot of UI changes but we have revamped the entire BACKEND in this update'

[zukos_honor]

really surprised that there's no non genuine back glass warning disabling wireless charging

[azureotsu]

8:24 when you said nothing and the nothing phone lit up

[jdp]

I have no experience at all from repairing a phone, but I build a fair amount of computers and mechanical devices, and it seems like apple is starting to take the right step in being more repair/reinstallation friendly with 3rd party shops, they still probably have a ways to go, but this is much better than last year. I've been planning to get a new phone for awhile, had my current one for 6 years, might get a 14 or 14 pro after seeing this.

[johncs]

So the back come off, that’s good, maybe the pros will follow suit next year.. in fact. If there’s a redesign it makes sense for the switch and they are beta testing it now…
That’s some phenomenal engineering right there, from the outside the 13 and 14 are identical twins but the inside is 100% different..