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A few months ago, I experienced sort of an inflection point regarding the love I had for Apple products when my iPhone broke for no reason whatsoever: it worked perfectly during the day, no physical scratch or anything, woke up and I noticed that the phone was hot, i opened it, tried to close some apps and I noticed that it's quite slow. I opened the settings and kept getting notification popups regarding storage and saying that the storage is full. I decided to reboot, and the iPhone did not start after that. No reboot, restore, no safe recovery, nothing worked. Took it to Apple Support, told me the same things I found online "hardware failure" and proposed to "fix" it by buying a new phone of the same (2.5 year old) model for $570.

Nope.

I'll never buy an 'un-repairable' headset for $549.

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Sounds like the APFS issues I have been having on my iMac. Once the disk is full, the device won't boot anymore. Removing files doesn't work "rm: disk is full". The only solution is to format the drive and start over. Have you tried DFU restore, if that's even a thing anymore?

Not sure this is the weakest link in value-for-money for Apple products. Like many people I know, my iPhones have been changed for no fee, outside warranty, for minor or major issues.

I'd say it's more about Apple moving from a yearly/bi-yearly iPhone renewal goal to a 2-3 years calendar, with now lucrative gadgets to buy in between. Fine by me: just get the long lasting core products and then pick what you want/need.

> proposed to "fix" it by buying a new phone of the same (2.5 year old) model for $570.

My first gen MacBook Air's display (the LED backlight to be precise) broke down due to coffee spill. Took it to Apple store, the estimated repair price was almost twice the original purchase price MacBook Air. I didn't know what to say!

>I'll never buy an 'un-repairable' headset for $549.

What other headphones are repairable at that price point?

Pretty much all of them?

A lot of high-end headphones have interchangeable earpads, cables and sometimes even headbands.

Beyerdynamic cans for ~120 €: replaceable padding, replaceable headband, replaceable cord, replaceable transducers. Only the last two need tools.

Which model? I'm torn between getting the Sennheiser PXC 550-II or Beyerdynamic Lagoon ANC.

I have the DT 770 Pro, which I'm not sure they still make anymore, and it has been a ten year love affair. I am reliably informed that you can, as the grandparent says, replace most parts of them, but I have never needed to - they are very, very robust. Mine do look a little dog-eared but honestly nothing most people would worry about. And, obviously, they sound great.

These are wireless...

extremely high end audio gear can usually be dissembled down to its constituent parts and rebuilt from scratch.

usually because it’s for industry professionals who thrash their gear pretty hard.

I'm not sure what the price point adds to it. Maybe headsets less than $100 are to be considered disposable?

Most of my headsets have detachable XLR cables, and some of them have replaceable ear cushions too.

Last week I took the ear cushions off my AKG Q701 (5 years old?), put them through the washing machine, and they came out great.

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