IT Home reported on May 24 that on the occasion of the two anniversary of the expiration of iFixit's cooperation with Samsung, iFixit recently released a press release announcing that "cooperation with Samsung is ending". iFixit said that the reason why they ended their cooperation was that "Samsung's maintenance methods are inconsistent with iFixit's mission", That is, "Samsung equipment parts are expensive and mobile phones are difficult to repair" 。
Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, said:
For example, if the user wants to replace the battery of the smart phone. On iPhone 11, you only need to buy the battery and the attached repair kit at the price of 40 dollars (Note from IT Home: about 290 yuan at present), and then follow the steps provided; Samsung glues the battery and screen of the Galaxy phone together, This will cause the user to easily damage the screen when changing the battery , and the price of related batteries is even higher. As a comparison, you need to pay 170 dollars (currently about 1233 yuan) to replace the batteries on the Galaxy S22.
IT home noticed that, The cooperation between Samsung and iFixit will end on June 17 。 At that time, iFixit will no longer be the "officially designated" third-party parts and tools distributor of Samsung Galaxy series mobile phones. However, the iFixit official website will still sell Samsung accessories for users to repair the equipment. iFixit said that it will specify whether the specific parts are "original components" or "after-sales components" in the product list.
In addition, the end of the relevant partnership is accompanied by additional changes. Samsung users of iFixit are no longer restricted to "only purchase seven parts every three months". The original maintenance manual of Samsung Galaxy devices will remain on the website, but iFixit will no longer cooperate with Samsung to update the relevant guidelines.
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