As we all know, Apple has always been very strict about third-party maintenance, and it often happens that the equipment cannot be used normally after repairing or replacing third-party parts in third-party repair shops. Recently, Apple has upgraded the control of third-party maintenance again, the recent new iOS 15.2 official version has finally come, as the second major version of the iOS 15 system update, Apple has brought some new features, including App privacy reports, legacy contacts, iPhone 13 Pro macro control, Apple Music voice control program, etc., the most notable one of which is the addition of "parts and service history".
Simply put, this feature helps users see if the replacement parts are genuine. View the way is the setting - universal - about the machine, the serial number will appear below the repair related content, the machine has replaced the parts, click "learn more" to view the details of each part. If you're using genuine parts and tools for repairs, you'll see "Genuine Apple Parts" and if not, you'll see an "Unknown Parts" message.
From the support of information, iPhone XR, iPhone XS and other old models can check whether the battery has been replaced; iPhone 12 and 13 will be able to display battery, screen or camera component replacement information; iPhone 11 can display the battery, whether the screen has been replaced, some netizens said: Finally do not worry about black heart merchants.
Some industry insiders have analyzed that the reason why Apple will join this function may be related to the "self-service maintenance plan" previously launched. The program sells parts and tools to the public for self-service repairs of their iPhones and Macs.
When this plan was first announced, many people were worried that they would bring genuine parts to unauthorized roadside repair shops, so that small white consumers encountered problems such as charging high prices, refurbishing machines, stealing parts, etc., and the addition of this function can directly allow consumers to see which parts the repairers have replaced and whether they are genuine, avoiding the problem of third-party repair shops forcing the replacement of unofficial parts and stealing parts. It can also allow users to carry out a certain degree of identification when changing second-hand iPhones, after all, the products introduced by others may be catty, but after the official identification, the credibility is naturally much higher.
In fact, Apple has always been very opposed to third-party maintenance, such as the previous iOS 15 will disable the Face ID function after the screen change, and then in the majority of iPhone users and third-party maintenance service providers under the attack of Apple to fix this "BUG", but Apple is still "reluctant" for the screen change, users seem to receive a prompt, warning their iPhone can not verify whether the screen is genuine, and still can not use True Tone and other display functions.
In addition to mobile phones, Apple even restricted third-party chargers, recently in the overseas Reddit forum, Apple community has a large number of user reports, saying that many brands of third-party chargers can not charge Apple Watch, charging a few minutes before normal, but not after the charging will suddenly stop.
It can be seen that Apple hates "third parties" very much, and at present Apple is still collecting data on non-original parts, saying that it is "service demand, security analysis and improvement of future products". In fact, in the eyes of many people, Apple just wants to "force" users to buy their own parts and accessories, because this is also a lot of income, the third party may have a pit situation, but people are much cheaper than Apple's official parts and accessories, and they can still be used normally after changing. For Apple, after reducing the price of accessories and parts, I believe that many people will still be willing to go to Apple's official repair shop to repair.