“Since January 1, 2021, the repairability index has been deployed in 5 categories of household appliances and electronic products. This tool, provided for by lawanti-waste for a circular economy, aims to better inform consumers about the more or less repairable nature of their purchases.” Here is what the Ministry of Ecological Transition says about the new logo deployed in the Apple Store app.
Also displayed on the official website of the Apple brand, this new label aims to protect Mac or iPhone users in the long term. It is in fact not uncommon to end up with a defective device (thebutterfly keyboardfrom my MacBook Progreets you), which sometimes requires you to go to a specialized technician.
How to read the repairability index?
The repairability index that can be found on Apple products is in the form of ascore out of ten points. The higher the score, the easier the item in question will be to repair. A scale that takes into account many criteria, such as the dismantling process, the “duration of availability of technical documentation and relating to use and maintenance advice” or even the “necessary tools” to repair.
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Let us also specify that the details of the rating, the official scale of which can be foundin detail on the website of the Ministry of Ecologymust be made available to the buyer. For example, here is the rating sheet for the iPhone 12:
Apple repairability index for the iPhone 12 © iPhon.fr
These notes therefore apparently constitute an excellent way of knowing what to expect for the more tinkering among us, who prefer to resolve potential problems themselves rather than paying for a service which is often quite expensive.
Ratings of the latest iPhones
As an example, l’iPhone 12 miniobtains a repairability rating of 6/10. Its big brother, the iPhone 12 Pro Max, is entitled to the same evaluation. A far cry from their major competitor, the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, whose index is 8.2/10. Note, however, that the Korean brand shares this information much more discreetly than Apple, which indeed seems to assume its positioning.
What about Macs, then? The MacBook Pro with a thirteen-inch screen, which recently received the proprietary M1 processor, achieved… 5.6/10. As for its sixteen-inch cousin, it does better, with 6.3/10.
