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Best Buy stores will soon offer Samsung foldable repairs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge reports that Best Buy in the US is now offering repairs for Samsung’s foldable smartphones as well as the Galaxy S and Note ranges. Some stores have done this …

Wammes Proposes NDT for Bonded Panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say German display engineering specialist Wammes sent out a press release describing a new method it has for checking the quality of UV-cured Optical Bonding without destroying them. This means that there …

Tags:Measurement| Optical Bonding| Repair

iFixit Looks at French Repairability

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit has compared its ratings for repairability with those from the system being trialled in a voluntary scheme in France. The site rates the Apple iPhone Note 20 at 3/10 whereas …

Tags:France| Repair| Right to Repair

Links for w/c 22nd March 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Hisense TVs Certified WiSA Ready, WiSA’s Interoperability …

European Legislators Spark Renewed Discussion on Global Right to Repair Movement

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The European Parliament has made two key votes on consumer products. Personal electronics sold online and in stores must clearly be labeled with a repairability score, out of 10. Device makers—notably …

Tags:Repair| warranty

How Dell is redesigning its products for circularity

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Fast Company reported that Dell is working to move to ‘circular design’ so that every part of its products can be recycled or reused rather than thrown out. By the end …

Tags:Dell| Environment| Repair

iPhone 12 mini Teardown

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit had a close look at the iPhone 12 minis – one from the US and one from the EU. The site found that there are many shared components with bigger …

Tags:iPhone| Repair

France confronts ‘planned obsolescence’ with repairability rating

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Sunday Times reports that the French government is introducing a ‘repairability rating’ for smartphones, televisions, laptop computers, front-loading washing machines and lawn mowers from 1st January. A rating from 1 …

Tags:France| Repair

Repair Study 2019 by Clickrepair: Sustainability in Second Place Among Reasons for Mobile Repairs

by Artem Alekseenko

Clickrepair, Wertgarantie’s repair marketplace, has published an updated Smartphone Repair Study* in cooperation with Statista. The most robust smartphones this year, with an overall grade of 1.6 (on a scale of 1.0 [best] to …

Tags:Repair| Smartphones

What Bob Saw on the Net 26/11/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Panasonic …

What Bob Saw on the Net 02/01/2020

by Bob Raikes

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SquareTrade Tests Show Latest iPhones Are Susceptible to Drops

by Andrew Fenn

The iPhone XS and XS Max, the latest devices from Apple, claim they feature the largest, most durable screens of any iPhone — and even have beer-resistant qualities. SquareTrade, an Allstate company and protection …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Repair| Vol 25 - Issue 37