Although Apple admitted that the iPhone 14 was built to be simpler to repair, it’s possible that it undersold that upgrade. This year’s base iPhone has been thoroughly disassembled by iFixit, and it is evident that the device was completely redesigned with do-it-yourself repairs in mind. As promised, the back glass is simpler and less expensive to fix, but a metal midframe was employed to keep the front glass equally accessible. According to iFixit, the design is more repairable than the majority of Android phones, which can only be easily opened from the back.

The midframe of the iPhone 14 keeps the same level of structural rigidity as the 13-generation iPhones. On the previous generation’s iPhones, Apple had already relocated the earpiece and front camera array to a more repairable area. Buyers of Fairphones won’t regret their decisions as a result of the iPhone 14. You cannot just use an unauthorised back in place of possibly more expensive Self Service Repair components since Apple still needs that customers and technicians activate parts once they are installed. Even yet, according to iFixit, this is the Apple device that is easiest to fix since the iPhone 7 in 2016.

The revision isn’t entirely unexpected. Both the federal government and state governments are putting pressure on Apple to enhance repairability. It ran the possibility of legal disputes with regulators that may compel changes and impose penalties if it failed to incorporate at-home repairs into its plans. Whatever the justification, if you’ve been waiting for an iPhone that is actually repairable, you probably won’t mind.