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i do not understand @psionandy
why not
I'll explain with pictures
Apple Store, i.e. a place that sells Apple products.
Means of payment, e.g. credit cards.
Any questions?
Of course that's the ideal...
This is the reality of where some of us might be buying our shiny new Apple products.
Apple Store, i.e. a place that sells Apple products.
Means of payment, e.g. credit cards.
Any questions?
Of course that's the ideal...
This is the reality of where some of us might be buying our shiny new Apple products.
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psionandy
Extreme Android User
@w00tnoway
Apple doesn't think that users of most of its products should be able to upgrade them*
In fact, They've gone to considerable lengths to stop people being able to do this.
The only way to 'Upgrade the hardware' many Apple Products is to Buy a new one. As to why they do this, we can only guess... Apple can be contacted at https://www.apple.com/contact/
*Although to be fair, they are not the only manufacturers that take this view.
Apple doesn't think that users of most of its products should be able to upgrade them*
In fact, They've gone to considerable lengths to stop people being able to do this.
The only way to 'Upgrade the hardware' many Apple Products is to Buy a new one. As to why they do this, we can only guess... Apple can be contacted at https://www.apple.com/contact/
*Although to be fair, they are not the only manufacturers that take this view.
To be fair, as you say, the only upgrade you can make to an Android phone (other than the LG G5) is to stick a bigger SD card in it (or battery in a few older models). And not even that in some cases.
Put simply, all of the hardware is soldered or bump-bonded to the motherboard. Even if you could find newer replacements that were pin-compatible, good luck replacing them and still having a working device afterwards (somebody apparently did manage to upgrade the storage of a Nexus 5X this way, but that's simpler than replacing the SoC or RAM, and still requires a lot of skill). And then there's the problem that the system software was built for the hardware the device came with, so if you change that there is a good change that your device wouldn't even run iOS afterwards.
Put simply, all of the hardware is soldered or bump-bonded to the motherboard. Even if you could find newer replacements that were pin-compatible, good luck replacing them and still having a working device afterwards (somebody apparently did manage to upgrade the storage of a Nexus 5X this way, but that's simpler than replacing the SoC or RAM, and still requires a lot of skill). And then there's the problem that the system software was built for the hardware the device came with, so if you change that there is a good change that your device wouldn't even run iOS afterwards.