Is Apple Going to Make These Parts Available to Consumers?

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Apple has said it will make parts available to iPhone owners. But there are a lot of unanswered questions here, says CNN's John Sutter. Apple remains pretty skeptical about the idea of selling parts to repair providers unless they've signed some sort of contractual agreement with Apple that restricts what they can do in terms of repairs.

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