They know at some point it's going to be taken apart, and being stylish on all fronts is part of their brand image. But also, I think the apple engineers are likely perfectionists of sorts and want everything to be neat and tidy. It's mostly the black PCBs. It costs marginally more, but it's worth it to apple.

I have a Samsung I've repaired as well; however, the first screen replacement I bought wasn't even close to the original. I had to return it and buy a used OEM one. And I can't find a replacement back that won't crack since they're all made from super cheap glass.

I've had so many pixels break I've lost count, and most of the time it's not economical to do the repair.

All of these companies have terrible options for repair

You can, but only certain parts, and it's almost or even more expensive than having apple do it. Schematics still aren't available, which is just as crucial as parts availability, as it allows repairing specific components far more economically than just replacing the entire thing. A single resistor can be replaced instead of an entire $700 motherboard from apple.

They're still unrepairable scrap metal unless they make a real effort to make parts available at reasonable prices, remove all software locks and provide schematics for board repair. I don't rescind my comment; it's true. The same is true for any other company that follows in apple's footsteps, including samsung, and google.

https://youtu.be/K2WhU77ihw8

Don't take information from just one source. iFixit has long been generous with the ratings they give apple, I'm not sure if it's due to different teardown reviewing staff or methodology but they frequently have given competing androids that are easier to repair much lower marks than iPhones.

Regardless of that, however, don't put any faith in apple's so called "repairability". It appears to be more repairable - but the reality is that it's absolutely no different due to the software locks and availability of parts being terrible.

It's a PR stunt. Apple sees the encroaching right to repair laws and reacts with it like this to present an image to the public that they're being repair friendly, in an attempt to make people think right to repair laws are unnecessary.

In most cases, doing the repair apple's way yourself is actually more expensive than getting it done by apple. That's not repairability, it's marketing.

You're welcome, I hope some day you'll learn to read so you can understand them.

I guess if you like glue and unrepairable scrap metal

Not at all how headphones work. Drivers and the housings that hold them are developed in conjunction. Taking a driver out of one headphone and putting it in another housing will completely and utterly change the tuning, particularly if going from closed backs to open backs or vice versa.

Apple's drivers are nothing special. It's the combination of the drivers, housing, and more than likely DSP that makes them moderately good headphones. But totally uncompetitive with other $500 wired headphones.