Introduced last September and criticized for not being much different from the iPhone 12, the iPhone 13 series has also garnered a reaction with its feature that will cause you to have a large-scale heart attack, not a small one, when you drop the phone. Apple, which has been highly criticized for its repair policy to date, would disable Face ID even if the iPhone 13 screens were replaced with the original unless this process was done by the authorized service.
So, how is it that Apple can understand whether this screen replacement was made by an authorized service? This move, which is the first indication that Apple will sign a new ‘innovation’, is actually due to an innovation brought to the iPhone series with the iPhone 13. The iPhone 13 series hosts a small chip located at the bottom of the screen. But the novelty is not this chip.
Meet Apple’s new strategy to further limit repair:
This tiny chip, which is also found in previous iPhones and located at the bottom of the iPhone 13, pairs itself with an iPhone 13 by connecting to Apple servers. As soon as the chip detects a different screen, it causes Face ID to be disabled. Because with this screen, it does not renew itself on Apple servers. Authorized services approved by Apple have the necessary software and Apple Service Toolkit 2 to match this screen with the chip. This brings the obligation to replace the iPhone 13 screen only by authorized services in order not to be deprived of Face ID.
It is among the possibilities that this situation, where Apple completely restricts third-party repairs, may be a software or hardware error. However, it does not seem plausible that such a mistake could have passed Apple’s software and hardware tests. In other words, we can say that this move of Apple is not a mistake, but a new strategy.
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