Vanilla/Pro swaps: No (connectors are incompatible).To set expectations: unlike the 12 series, there are far fewer similarities between the “Pro” and “Vanilla” models of the 13 line, so what we’re hoping for is portability inside the same models. In the meantime, we kept picking up iPhone 13 parts and putting them in other 13 units. This could change, or it could be a turning point in Apple’s campaign to lock out repair outside its purview. As of this post’s publishing, replacing the screen on your iPhone 13 disables Face ID entirely. Now that we’ve torn down an iPhone 13 Pro, we’re facing yet another early-days parts-swapping conundrum. Later software updates made the cameras work, but added a warning about a non-“genuine” camera inside. Last year we tested the iPhone 12, which shipped with a rear camera that could not be swapped, while Apple provided documents to its techs suggesting that was intentional. We’ve previously tested the iPhone 11 and the second-generation iPhone SE against the iPhone 8 (its almost identical predecessor). We test between the same models (iPhone 13 to iPhone 13, 13 Pro to 13 Pro) and across the “Vanilla”/“Pro” divide (iPhone 13 to iPhone 13 Pro). So we’ve gotten in the habit the last few years of testing which parts you can swap between iPhones. Unless Apple goes out of its way to stop you from swapping parts between iPhones. That’s good for repair: an iPhone with a busted board might still have a working camera, display, speaker, and much more that can be harvested for repairs. A lot of people buy iPhones, and there are just a few models of iPhones (relative to, say, Android phones).
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