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I don't think that Apple makes a lot of money from repairs, as claimed by this (rather silly) article. It's more a case that iPhones, MacBooks, etc are designed and manufactured for thinness, irregular battery shapes, etc, so that they don't lend themselves well to end user repair. There are many other device options out there for people who don't like this approach.

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Do you think that Apple routinely replaces factory defective iPhones with brand-new iPhones? Doubtful - generally most companies replace with B-stock, i.e. returns that passed all of their incoming quality checks.

Chances are, if your electronics were replaced by the original company, they went to someone else first.

Apple makes (or saves) at least $1 billion on repairing iPhones. They changed the interior design of the iPhone 6 vs the 5s to make it much more repairable. They are thinking about this

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