Apple has begun adding repairability scores to its website and Apple Store app in France to meet the requirements of new laws on the right to repair (via MacGeneration).
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The scores, which are displayed on the purchase pages of an Apple product range, give the devices a rating of ten on ease of repair, as do iFixit repairability scores. The scores are intended to inform customers about “whether this product is repairable, difficult to repair or irreparable,” according to the French Ministry of Ecological Transition.
All iPhone 12 models have scored 6.0, while the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro have a considerably worse score at 4.6. The iPhone 11 Pro Max and iPhone XR have a score of 4.5 and the iPhone XS and XS Max, 4.7 and 4.6 respectively.
The second-generation iPhone SE with 6.2 and the iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus with 6.6 have better ratings. The best rated overall model is the iPhone 7, with a repair score of 6.7.
For Mac, the 13-inch MacBook Pro M1 has a score of 5.6, the 16-inch MacBook Pro has a score of 6.3, and the MacBook Air M1 is the best at 6.5.
A French Apple Support page sets repairability score information for various iPhones and MacBooks, with breakthroughs justifying why each device has been rated. Criteria include availability of repair documentation, ease of disassembly, availability and price of spare parts and software upgrades.
Apple determines these ratings compared to a grid offered by the Ministry of Ecological Transition, as opposed to a central regulatory authority, but they are overseen and verified by the Fraud Prevention Directorate (FRCCB).
In November last year, the European Union voted to support a motion on the right to repair, which included a mandatory labeling system on consumer electronics to provide explicit information on repairability and life. useful of the products. As a result, laws requiring technology companies to show repairability scores for their devices, similar to those in France, could come into force.