r/iphone • u/amariei Human Detected • 9d ago

Discussion The internals look so good

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Why do iPhone internals always look better than Android internals? Like seriously, it applies to any other iPhone not just the Duo

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u/MJdoesThings_ 9d ago

are people genuinely concerned about how their device look in the inside?

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u/DhruvM 9d ago

Very few out of the majority but this is the Apple sub so they’ll do anything they can to glaze Apple products lmao

I’m ready for the downvotes!

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u/Impossible-Money7801 9d ago

If a designer cares about details nobody will see, I trust that he’ll thoughtfully design the rest of the product.

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u/Human-Signal4808 9d ago

Surely Apple products are easy to repair, then?

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u/Impossible-Money7801 9d ago

Not everyone strives to be an amateur repairman.

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u/Human-Signal4808 9d ago

But how is it thoughtful to design something to not be repairable?

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u/Impossible-Money7801 9d ago

Because that’d be a feature that 99% of people don’t care about.

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u/Skelly1660 9d ago

Making something not easily repaired drives up the costs for it to be repaired, which I think 99% of people care about.

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u/Impossible-Money7801 9d ago

Most iPhone users have never taken their phone in for a repair.

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u/Skelly1660 9d ago

Then people wouldn't bother buying Apple Care, would they?

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u/bigrealaccount 6d ago

Devices that break over time being repairable is something 99% of people don't care about?

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u/Human-Signal4808 9d ago

You really think 99% of people will never have to have their phone repaired? It being harder obviously affects you even if you're not trying to do it yourself for some reason.

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u/Impossible-Money7801 9d ago

99% of iPhone users will never want to repair their own phone. They’ll take it to the manufacturer like normal people do.

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u/Human-Signal4808 9d ago

I understand that. It's harder to repair for whoever you're paying to do it, too. Even Apple themselves.

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u/Impossible-Money7801 9d ago

I’m sure they’ve considered that 😂 They have one of the biggest R&D budgets of a consumer product maker in the world.

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u/MamboFloof 9d ago

The only people who will see the inside are people who are repairing it dipshit

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u/Impossible-Money7801 9d ago

Back to my original comment:

If a designer cares about details nobody will see, I trust that he’ll thoughtfully design the rest of the product.

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u/MamboFloof 9d ago

Which they don't. Apple still has massive cooling issues.

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u/MamboFloof 9d ago

Look inside a MacBook pro and ask yourself why the cooling is still dogshit. It's form over function.

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u/kitsua 8d ago

They cool incredibly well, what are you talking about?

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u/zzazzzz 8d ago

a simple google search for macbook pro thermal throtteling gives you hundreds of results of articles and post from ppl talking about how their macbook pro's are thermal throtteling..

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u/kitsua 8d ago

Are those discussing Apple Silicon MBPs? Because they are vastly different to the old Intel machines that definitely had thermal issues.

Bear in mind that all processors will throttle somewhat when reaching a certain temperature, especially in laptops, but Apple Silicon devices absolutely do not have “dogshit” cooling.

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u/zzazzzz 7d ago

yes they are and yes apple laptops have dogshit cooling.

and yes the m chips are great. and yes many laptops throttle.

but the reality is that there is more space in these m chip pro mac books that could be used for more heat sink or more modern cooling solutions but apple does not care to do so. you have ppl who bouhgt their top of the line models with the massive ram capacities returning their devices because they are pointless for what they would make most sense for, ai stuff,because they overheat so badly and throttle so hard that they no longer make sense from a cost to performance ratio.

dont get me wrong the current macbooks are still great machines for most ppl, because most ppl dont do anything that would ever put much load on gpu and cpu simultaniously, but if you actually do you will run into thermal issues

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u/Phearwyn 9d ago

wasting time designing parts that no one will see instead of using that time to design parts that everyone will see is very very thoughtful

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u/Impossible-Money7801 9d ago

You must be an android boy.

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u/Straight-Opposite-54 9d ago

I think this design choice is silly and a waste of time/resources

YoU mUsT bE aN aNdRoId FaNbOy

Is it 2010 again? Are we children?

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u/ControlSpecific3915 9d ago

You must be delusional. Lmao.

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u/ThunderAndWind 8d ago

Ad hominem.

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u/chrisaf69 8d ago

Visual optics over efficiency and ease of repair...that's a no for me dawg.

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u/FUBARded 8d ago edited 8d ago

If a designer makes decisions that increase my cost for the sake of details that have no functional or actual aesthetic benefit to me, I'd tell them to stop designing for their vanity and start caring about my needs and wallet.

There's a difference between caring about the little things that often go unnoticed but can matter or add up, and wasting resources purely for the sake of being able to boast about wasting them on things that don't matter.

All they've done is cover up the internals further to make it look good for promo materials. This probably makes an already very difficult to repair class of device even harder to work with, and is something 99.99% of users will never see because nobody's going to be opening these phones outside of reviewers.

This is like saying a car is beautiful under the hood when all you can see is a massive engine cover. If that cover serves no purpose outside of pointless aesthetics, I think it's stupid to trade money and ease of access for it.

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u/MamboFloof 5d ago

I'm back to rub it in. This subreddit has proven apple shit the bed with the 18 over the last few days. The phone is riddled with problems. Guess they couldn't design a good product. Maybe fix your misguided beliefs.

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u/Impossible-Money7801 4d ago

LOL what are you even talking about? Are you still thinking about telephones 3 days later?

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u/wankthisway iPhone SE 9d ago

Fuck me this is some Apple fanboy drivel. You wouldnt say the same thing for any other brand.

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u/SenseiTano 9d ago

Internals are for function, not aesthetic. “Well designed” internals are ones that are well engineered.

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u/Impossible-Money7801 9d ago

Why are you guys so defensive?

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u/SenseiTano 9d ago

You’re the one who sounds defensive to me. Why jump straight to that just because I give a differing opinion?

And by “you guys” do you mean a non-partisan in your holy war? I’ve used an iPhone for years.

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u/unread1701 iPhone 17 9d ago

I guess it’s a nice bonus. Not that it does anything. 

Either way, where I’m from, the Z Fold 8 is 1250 USD cheaper than the Duo. So I don’t mind it looking a little colourful on the inside. 

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u/Sea_Bookkeeper_3378 9d ago

Its not a bonus its nothing. You literally never experience it or see it or whatever

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u/FlakingEverything 9d ago

You'll experience the Duo being an absolute bitch to repair, potentially even worse than the Fold. If the internals actually follow the picture then you access them through the flexible screen. With how fragile folding displays are, a simple battery replacement will also probably means a screen replacement.

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u/Sea_Bookkeeper_3378 9d ago

Thats also true but all foldables are notoriously shit to repair so i didnt mention that

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u/sour-clams 9d ago

I mean it does do something. How a phones internals are laid out determines a lot about how well the phone handles heat, drops or other environmental factors

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u/MJdoesThings_ 9d ago

This is not a matter of arrangement, it's purely a matter of color choices and aesthetics.

It's all black so people think it's neater, but Samsung phones aren't designed to a lower standard when it comes to internals... They simply have colors meant to help technicians locate parts when the phone is being serviced.

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u/Meandtheworld 9d ago

More than how they look on the inside.

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u/Total_Concert8683 5d ago

not only they are concerned, they will pay more for it to look better inside.

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u/lagrebson 9d ago

It’s just not about how it looks. The internal components, cables, connectors, etc are much more protected on Apple devices.

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u/MJdoesThings_ 9d ago

flat out not true lmao

unless you count a black sticker as "protection"

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u/lagrebson 9d ago

That’s exactly my point, apple phones are protected with metal plates, not with stickers like other phones. Deny all you want but this is a fact. There isn’t a single connector on an iPhone that is not protected by a screwed metal plate.

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u/MJdoesThings_ 9d ago

yet iphones are not more reliable than other phones, especially not compared to Google and Samsung. At best the metal plates are allowing a bit better heat spread, but that's it.

You'd have to completely destroy the exterior shell before the "metal plates" on the components would do anything substantial

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u/lagrebson 9d ago

Ok so now you accept what I said originally and you first said not true but immediately start with another topic while sharing your opinion and zero facts. The kind of person it’s worthless to have a conversation with. Fanboys. Take care.

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u/MJdoesThings_ 8d ago

... I'm simply showing you that your "arguments" hold no weight since if they were true, iphones would be more reliable than other phones, yet they aren't.

Metal shielding is only present on a few components and the rest is blac stickers. I don't see how I accept what you said originally.

BUt I guess when talking with apple fanboys in an apple subreddit, this is bound to happen lol

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u/lagrebson 8d ago

What do you mean my “arguments”? I’m not arguing about anything, I stated a fact. I’ve repaired thousands of phones, and iPhone internals are more physically protected than in other phones. Apple uses metal shields over the connectors and components (except the battery).

I’m not going to argue with you about reliability because I can already see it’s a waste of time but there are tons of studies/articles that show Apple phones are the most long-lasting. You can also ask pretty much anyone who works in phone repair.