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Feb 12, 2016 1:27 PM in response to Csound1by Trent D,So your entire argument is flawed. Apple isn't in the parts manufacturing business. They acquire everything inside an iPhone in the same way I do with one exception, they provide design specifications that yields customized products (ie frames, display assemblies that fit said frames, and having their logo printed on 3rd party parts). I can't buy 3rd party parts (made in the same place Apple gets theirs from) with Apple's logo printed or installed on them without risking seizure by customs, so I generally don't. However, the parts are often the exact same part (buying cheap copies aside). They look the same, they function the same, and they install the same. Printing Apple's logo on something doesn't automatically make it a "better" part as you're implying.
That aside, most of what I do is what Apple refuses to do - soldering. At least 75% of my repair income comes from DIYers and even some professional repair shops that broke a connector or component off the logic board during repair. I buy these components in the same way Apple does and they may even come from the same factory as Apple does not make ZIF sockets, FPC connectors, capacitors, resistors, diodes, filters, coils, or even the solder I use to install these parts. But guess what? When I'm done, without a microscope, no one will know the difference (as mass factory soldering has a distinct, almost perfect appearance). Guess what else? I save people money by offering this service because for $50*, I spare someone from having to do the only thing Apple says can be done, OOW replacement.
*not all solder repairs are $50, but my pricing is based off replacement value of the device - which is the only option if it weren't for people like me and a handful of others posting here.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:28 PM in response to love repairby Csound1,You may not give my identity away, he can post here, like you did.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:28 PM in response to Trent Dby Csound1,Trent D wrote:
So your entire argument is flawed. Apple isn't in the parts manufacturing business.
No, they are in the product design business.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:30 PM in response to Philly_Phanby Lawrence Finch,Philly_Phan wrote:
Csound1 wrote:
I do not have to, eventually the GG will rust away, then you will see the wisdom of avoiding it. Along with all Roebling constructions or as we refer them (Low Bid Bridges)
Because the truth is that none have fallen, despite your libelous allegation.
Wow, talk about thread drift!
No Roebling bridge has ever fallen, however, his first North American bridge across the Niagara Gorge has been removed and replaced. But his two iconic bridges, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East river, and the Cincinnati bridge over the Ohio, are still in daily use.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:32 PM in response to Lawrence Finchby Csound1,Until they fall down or are replaced.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:36 PM in response to Csound1by Trent D,I'm confused then. Is your argument that my capacitors are somehow lower quality than Apples, or that my design of the capacitor is lower quality?
For the record, I don't design capacitors, so I can only assume you mean my 56pf 5% 6.3v capacitor in a 01005 package is somehow inferior to Apple's 56pf 5% 6.3v capacitor in the same 01005 package size.
This is what you're saying, right?
Csound1 wrote:
Trent D wrote:
So your entire argument is flawed. Apple isn't in the parts manufacturing business.
No, they are in the product design business.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:36 PM in response to Lawrence Finchby Philly_Phan,Lawrence Finch wrote:
Philly_Phan wrote:
Csound1 wrote:
I do not have to, eventually the GG will rust away, then you will see the wisdom of avoiding it. Along with all Roebling constructions or as we refer them (Low Bid Bridges)
Because the truth is that none have fallen, despite your libelous allegation.
Wow, talk about thread drift!
No Roebling bridge has ever fallen, however, his first North American bridge across the Niagara Gorge has been removed and replaced. But his two iconic bridges, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East river, and the Cincinnati bridge over the Ohio, are still in daily use.
The Cincinnati Bridge is 150 years old. The Brooklyn Bridge is a youngster at 130.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:37 PM in response to Trent Dby Csound1,I have made no comment about any of your parts Trent so please keep your words out of my mouth. I have at no point claimed that Apple make the parts that go into their product, regardless of what you say.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:39 PM in response to Philly_Phanby Csound1,Philly_Phan wrote:
Lawrence Finch wrote:
Philly_Phan wrote:
Csound1 wrote:
I do not have to, eventually the GG will rust away, then you will see the wisdom of avoiding it. Along with all Roebling constructions or as we refer them (Low Bid Bridges)
Because the truth is that none have fallen, despite your libelous allegation.
Wow, talk about thread drift!
No Roebling bridge has ever fallen, however, his first North American bridge across the Niagara Gorge has been removed and replaced. But his two iconic bridges, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East river, and the Cincinnati bridge over the Ohio, are still in daily use.
The Cincinnati Bridge is 150 years old. The Brooklyn Bridge is a youngster at 130.
Richmond Bridge was built in 1777, not by a Roebling either.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:39 PM in response to Csound1by Trent D,Csound1 wrote:
It means that there are no 3rd party repair facilities that use the right parts. So none of them can competently repair an iPhone (pad/pod)
Then explain yourself here.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:47 PM in response to Trent Dby Csound1,Because they don't have access to the parts required to do a good job on the repair, that's what happens when you have only used and fake parts (how much discount do your fakes attract, and how much less do you charge for a used part as compared to a new one)
A good repair is one that returns the iPhone to it's designed performance level.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:47 PM in response to Csound1by Philly_Phan,Csound1 wrote:
Philly_Phan wrote:
Lawrence Finch wrote:
Philly_Phan wrote:
Csound1 wrote:
I do not have to, eventually the GG will rust away, then you will see the wisdom of avoiding it. Along with all Roebling constructions or as we refer them (Low Bid Bridges)
Because the truth is that none have fallen, despite your libelous allegation.
Wow, talk about thread drift!
No Roebling bridge has ever fallen, however, his first North American bridge across the Niagara Gorge has been removed and replaced. But his two iconic bridges, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East river, and the Cincinnati bridge over the Ohio, are still in daily use.
The Cincinnati Bridge is 150 years old. The Brooklyn Bridge is a youngster at 130.
Richmond Bridge was built in 1777, not by a Roebling either.
Brooklyn Bridge 1600 feet, Cincinnati Bridge 1100 feet, dinky Richmond Bridge 300 feet.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:48 PM in response to Jonathan Aleyby Csound1,Jonathan Aley wrote:
So what makes "their" parts real?
They are real, sold by Apple, prevously unused.in any other device. New in other words.
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Feb 12, 2016 1:52 PM in response to Csound1by Jonathan Aley,Mine are real, come from the same supplier, and are new. So now what?