Would you dare to repair a phone yourself?

This AW Poll is entirely in the context of our sustainability theme week and the most unexpected DIY-repair-your-own-iPhone-yourself news from Apple. We are curious about your fear of opening a phone.

Fix your iPhone yourself

How does that sound? Apple will in any case start with it and will give owners of the iPhone 12 and 13 from next year the option to carry out a repair themselves. To this end, Apple opens a webshop with parts that will also be expanded later with parts for Mac computers. According to Apple, these repair jobs are not intended for consumers who are not so handy and refers them to the official repair shops. A company that makes repairing smartphones much more accessible is the Dutch Fairphone. Editor Jelle also experienced this because he knew how to disassemble and reassemble the Fairphone 4 with ease. You can read the Fairphone 4 review by editor Jelle here, and find out how easy this phone is to repair.

Would you dare to repair a phone yourself?

We would now like to know from you whether repairing a telephone yourself is a challenging job for you or not. So time to vote. Also explain why you voted for a particular option in the comments at the bottom of this article.

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