In the United States there are the guys from iFixit, experts in gutting all the devices that are presented on the market and assessing the possible post of a repair, depending on how the device is manufactured. To this day we are still waiting for the Apple Watch to be unleashed to see the complexity or simplicity of a possible repair. Across the pond, we found the guys from iPhonefixed, who practically do the same thing, but they have not achieved the same fame as their American peers.
In iPhonefixed, as in iFixit, they are experts in repairing any Apple device, be it iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, and it seems that soon they will also be able to fix the Apple Watch. Proof of this is the video that they have published on the internet in which The Sapphire Apple Watch crystal (the sport model has a different ION X crystal) is subjected to different tests to verify its resistance.
In the video we can see how they have extracted the glass from the device only, they have not carried out the tests with the glass mounted on the Apple Watch, as they subject the glass to various tests such as the rubbing against a rough wall, rubbing with coins and keys, sandpaper, a hammer and a drill. Finally, the sapphire crystal of the Apple Watch (remember that the Sport model is made of other materials) resists all the torture to which it is subjected without flinching.
The sapphire crystal is particularly resistant to scratches but not to blows from impact, which in a wrist device is unlikely to suffer. The resistance shown by the sapphire crystal of the Apple Watch will allow users who make a model of these, to be calm to the possible blows or frictions that the device may suffer.
The question is how much the straps withstand friction, especially those that are so expensive, even more than the watch itself, and how much the sphere also supports, not all the blows will go to the glass.
What is said above that the sapphire crystal has withstood all the torture to which it has been subjected does not correspond to my reality. I have gone to the Sol Apple Store in Madrid because the watch screen has slight scratches, something that the technical service has been able to verify, and the answer has been that this is due to use, friction with clothing etc ... Of course, it has not suffered any impact and I have claimed replacement under warranty since it only has 9.5 months in my possession. In that center they tell me that as it is due to use, it does not fall within the warranty since it only covers hardware or software defects but this does not. As I do not understand that in the case of sapphire crystal there are slight scratches I have insisted but the answer was the same. In the end, I have submitted a claim to go to the Municipal Office of
If it is as they say in this article, Apple would have to respond to these defects.
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Augustine