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This The Verge journalist just wanted to replace his iPhone Mini's battery using the official Apple parts and tools, so Apple sent him a massive repair station to do the job!
It arrived in two massive carry cases:
![Bagged up.jpg Bagged up.jpg](https://nerdzone.uk/data/attachments/0/574-adf36a7ffc62996e76ee87dfefa84593.jpg)
Nice train station by the way.
This is what it's like all decked out:
![iPhone repair station.jpg iPhone repair station.jpg](https://nerdzone.uk/data/attachments/0/573-e796d3010b5e21e39ad9e5ef8fac85e4.jpg)
Full article of this journalist'smisadventures and hi-res pictures of everything at the link below. He really didn't like it...
www.theverge.com
Apple must be joking.
That’s how I felt again and again as I jumped through hoop after ridiculous hoop to replace the battery in my iPhone Mini. Part of that was the repair process — mostly, it was how difficult Apple makes it to even get there.
I expected Apple would send me a small box of screwdrivers, spudgers, and pliers; I own a mini iPhone, after all. Instead, I found two giant Pelican cases — 79 pounds of tools — on my front porch. I couldn’t believe just how big and heavy they were considering Apple’s paying to ship them both ways.
It arrived in two massive carry cases:
![Bagged up.jpg Bagged up.jpg](https://nerdzone.uk/data/attachments/0/574-adf36a7ffc62996e76ee87dfefa84593.jpg)
Nice train station by the way.
This is what it's like all decked out:
![iPhone repair station.jpg iPhone repair station.jpg](https://nerdzone.uk/data/attachments/0/573-e796d3010b5e21e39ad9e5ef8fac85e4.jpg)
Full article of this journalist's
![www.theverge.com](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fthumbor%2FMig91_KtsM6qmESWm_GqAvA9NJc%3D%2F0x0%3A2200x1650%2F1200x628%2Ffilters%3Afocal%281204x788%3A1205x789%29%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fuploads%2Fchorus_asset%2Ffile%2F23488982%2Fsean_hollister_20220510_125041.jpg&hash=3ad70a8a543258edc3fd75dc436677ca&return_error=1)
Apple shipped us a 79-pound iPhone repair kit to fix a 1.1-ounce battery
Nobody should do it this way.
![www.theverge.com](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2Ficons%2Ffavicon_32x32.png&hash=0fc756cd889968ef943288fbab92d3ed&return_error=1)