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0 pointsi_am_jl7d ago0 comments

An Apple product manager just fainted at the thought of a user taking a screwdriver to an iPhone.

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not if they manage to find a screw head that can only be opened by a clean, minimalist, proprietary, expensive Apple screwdriver

bonestamp27d ago

You joke but...

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Lukyamzn-P2-P5-P6-Pentalobe-Scre...

At first it looks like a normal torx head, but then you realize it has 5 lobes instead of 6. Apple used these on early iPhone models when you actually could open them with this proprietary screwdriver.

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luqtas7d ago

not if they manage to find a screw head that can only be opened by a clean, minimalist, proprietary, expensive Apple screwdriver

bonestamp27d ago

You joke but...

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Lukyamzn-P2-P5-P6-Pentalobe-Scre...

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