The new process, starting this fall, is designed to maintain iPhone user privacy, security and protection while providing more choices to consumers, increasing the longevity of the product.
Apple said in a statement that used genuine parts will now benefit from the full functionality and protection provided by the original factory calibration, just like new genuine Apple parts.
"For the past two years, Apple teams have been innovating on product design and manufacturing to aid in the repair of used Apple parts that would compromise users' safety, security or privacy," said John Apple, Apple's senior vice president of hardware. Turnus said. Engineering.
Apple teams have been working for the past two years to enable the reuse of parts like biometric sensors used for Face ID or Touch ID.
Starting this fall, calibration for genuine Apple parts, new or used, will occur on the device after the part is installed, the company said.
Apple said it will also extend its popular Activation Lock feature to iPhone parts to prevent stolen iPhones from being torn apart for parts.
This fall, Apple will expand Parts and Service History to include information on whether a part is new or a used genuine Apple part.
"Over the past five years, Apple has nearly doubled the number of service locations to more than 10,000 independent repair providers and Apple Authorized Service Providers with access to genuine Apple parts, tools and training," the company said.
Apple said in a statement that used genuine parts will now benefit from the full functionality and protection provided by the original factory calibration, just like new genuine Apple parts.
"For the past two years, Apple teams have been innovating on product design and manufacturing to aid in the repair of used Apple parts that would compromise users' safety, security or privacy," said John Apple, Apple's senior vice president of hardware. Turnus said. Engineering.
Apple teams have been working for the past two years to enable the reuse of parts like biometric sensors used for Face ID or Touch ID.
Starting this fall, calibration for genuine Apple parts, new or used, will occur on the device after the part is installed, the company said.
Apple said it will also extend its popular Activation Lock feature to iPhone parts to prevent stolen iPhones from being torn apart for parts.
This fall, Apple will expand Parts and Service History to include information on whether a part is new or a used genuine Apple part.
"Over the past five years, Apple has nearly doubled the number of service locations to more than 10,000 independent repair providers and Apple Authorized Service Providers with access to genuine Apple parts, tools and training," the company said.
