Starting with iOS 15.2, Apple will allow users to check whether the components in their repaired iPhones are genuine or not. However, the move has not gone down well with right-to-repair advocates.
Apple Store vs. Repair Shop: What the Right to Repair Is All About | WSJ
In addition to the Parts and Service History feature that marks a replaced part, Apple will also tag the replaced components. A “Genuine Apple Part” tag will appear next to components that Apple has sold, while all other third-party components, or components that have been used or are defective in other iPhones, will get an “Unknown Part” tag.
“I commend the progress that has been made in terms of the ability to now repair Apple devices outside of its own ecosystem (authorized third-party resellers can repair with Apple-supplied parts, which was not possible before),” Max Schulze, Executive Chairman of the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance, told Lifewire via email.
Apple makes a significant departure from its previous position by making it clear that regardless of whether the device contains genuine or counterfeit parts, it will not artificially interfere with the user's ability to use the device.
