The government is set to introduce a 'repairability index' for mobile phones and electronic products by December. This index will help consumers make informed decisions before purchasing electronic ...

The National Workshop on the Right to Repair in the Mobile and Electronics Sector, convened on August 29, brought together industry stakeholders to establish a consensus on the framework for ...

At the start of the year, the French government began requiring makers of smartphones and laptops to assign their products a “repairability” score based on how easy they are to fix — a ...

In the past, when an expensive consumer product stopped working, the owner could take it somewhere and get it fixed. More recently, when a product stops working, the owner often hears, "We can't fix ...

You can now pore over repairability scores for Apple iPhones and MacBooks on Apple’s site. Couple of problems, though. They’re self-reported and still quite mysterious – they’ve been published in line ...

Consumers in France looking to buy iPhones or Macs can now view each product's repairability index. According to MacGeneration (via 9to5Mac), the feature showed up this week (Feb. 25). It's meant to ...