Sindarina, Edge Case Detective on Nostr: Marques Brownlee got to visit Apple's iPhone testing labs, and talk to John Ternus ...

Marques Brownlee got to visit Apple's iPhone testing labs, and talk to John Ternus for a bit, who made a point that I do think that a lot of people skip over when they consider repairability; the fact that Apple has data on what causes the most repairs, and that one of those big things was the water ingress, which is why they went after that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8reaJG7z-is

They do need to make battery replacement easier when and where they can, but remember that it is a trade-off, a compromise between competing goals.