Third Party Repair

Apple IRP expanding https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/29/apple-expands-independent-repair-program-worldwide/ [https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/29/apple-expands-independent-repair-program-worldwide/] Apple Lobbies Against 'Right to Repair' Bill Over Privacy Concerns of Third Party Repair Shops Accessing User Data https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/30/apple-lobbies-against-right-to-repair-bill/ [https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/30/apple-lobbies-against-right-to-repair-bill/] An Apple store employee ‘helped’ a customer — by texting himself an intimate photo from her phone https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/12/an-apple-store-employee-helped-customerby-texting-himself-private-photo-her-phone/ [https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/12/an-apple-store-employee-helped-customerby-texting-himself-private-photo-her-phone/] Apple’s Quiet War On Independent Repairmen (GREAT ARTICLE!) https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/david-vs-goliath-and-the-right-to-repair/ [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/david-vs-goliath-and-the-right-to-repair/] Colorado Denied Its Citizens the Right-to-Repair After Riveting Testimony https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx8w7b/colorado-denied-its-citizens-the-right-to-repair-after-riveting-testimony [https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx8w7b/colorado-denied-its-citizens-the-right-to-repair-after-riveting-testimony] Apple introduces battery recalibration tool for iPhone with iOS 14.5 beta 6https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/31/apple-introduces-battery-recalibration-tool-for-iphone-with-ios-14-5-beta-6/ [https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/31/apple-introduces-battery-recalibration-tool-for-iphone-with-ios-14-5-beta-6/] iPhone 13 Rumours https://twitter.com/Jioriku/status/1379228425995624449 [https://twitter.com/Jioriku/status/1379228425995624449]

The iPhone 12 display design and what this means for LCD and hard OLED displays. Refurbishing and what the 12 series frame means for the display as well as a host of other industry related information. "Brazil’s consumer protection regulator fines Apple $2M for not including charger in iPhone 12 box" https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/20/brazil-agency-fines-apple-iphone-12-charger/ [https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/20/brazil-agency-fines-apple-iphone-12-charger/] "Apple removes 1 million-plus counterfeit product listings in 2020" https://www.cultofmac.com/737599/apple-has-a-team-of-experts-who-seek-out-counterfeit-products-on-social-media/ [https://www.cultofmac.com/737599/apple-has-a-team-of-experts-who-seek-out-counterfeit-products-on-social-media/] Completing repairs from a van travelling to your customers http://bit.ly/tprep11

We touch on how Covid has affected retail in the UK and Australia and the contrasts (lucky Tim). We also discuss the new Samsung ISP ( https://www.wisecertification.com/batteries-plus-bulbs-awarded-first-retail-partnership-in-samsungs-independent-service-provider-program/ ), Louis Rossmann and Repair Preservation, a bug in iOS that allows for no notifications with aftermarket screens on iOS 14.4, props to Mobile Sentrix for a big supply chain update last week (Waqas =🐐 [https://emojipedia.org/goat/]), implications of the rumoured in screen fingerprint sensor Touch ID with the iPhone 13 and the new France repairability score ( https://www.macrumors.com/2021/02/26/apple-rolls-out-device-repairability-scores-france/ )

In this episode we have a quick catch up on what has been happening in the mobile electronic repair industry recently. We look at Hong Kong and how the new law there is having an affect on the industries supply chain. We have a quick review of a great article from Kyle of iFixit on the big tech hearing https://bit.ly/ifixitemails [https://bit.ly/ifixitemails] . We also cover how the supply chain constraints will lead to price increases and part availability.

The conversation continues with a broad discussion around the reach of Intellectual Property in the Third Party Repair world and how the suppression of technical information by journalists and people associated with independent Third Party Repair allows the line in the sand to continue to be moved.