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collyw
on May 25, 2014
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I Broke My Phone’s Screen, and It Was Awesome
Sure in some cases engineering is the reason, but then some manufacturers put pentalobe screws on their phones to make things as difficult as possible for the consumer to look inside the products that they paid for.
judk
on May 25, 2014
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Anyone who can't find a pentalobe screwdriver will do more harm than good with an open case.
collyw
on May 28, 2014
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How many people would have had one in their house before Apple introduced them on the iPhone?
gambiting
on May 25, 2014
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Because buying a $1 screwdriver is really such a huge problem...
collyw
on May 26, 2014
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So was there an engineering reason that Apple chose them?
gambiting
on May 26, 2014
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Well, if it was an attempt at stopping people from opening their hardware,then it was a rather poor one.
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