Kobo wants to extend the life of its latest generation of e-readers. The Clara BW, Clara Color and Libra Color will last a long time with a new initiative by Rakuten. Rakuten Kobo is partnering with iFixit, the leader in the technology repairability space, making it easy for customers to fix their e-readers and replace common components. A series of repair kits will be available in the next month or two. Customers will be able to replace their batteries and other standard components. The company has just released a dedicated page for the repair kits, and more information will be
The partnership between Kobo and iFixit means the iFixit will provide official repair kits to fix the most common components like batteries, for newly produced readers (Libra Colour, Clara Colour and Clara BW,)
For the moment the official page is almost empty, until the products are out.
They’re already a problem for people in countries such as Brazil. Arbitrarily and out of nowhere, they decided to no longer ship parts here. This means companies that only use iFixit to supply parts are cutting out Brazilian customers.
I see no reason why components must be centralized on iFixit (other than branding, I guess). If you can sell your device on Amazon, what stops you from selling a component on Amazon too?
They’re already a problem for people in countries such as Brazil. Arbitrarily and out of nowhere, they decided to no longer ship parts here. This means companies that only use iFixit to supply parts are cutting out Brazilian customers.
I see no reason why components must be centralized on iFixit (other than branding, I guess). If you can sell your device on Amazon, what stops you from selling a component on Amazon too?