Apple's policy of parts pairing has long been a controversial one among right-to-repair advocates and lawmakers, but the company's head of hardware engineering has sought to defend it. Contrary to the way some people see it, he says, parts pairing does not prevent third-party parts from working in iPhones.
Parts pairing is a process of configuration that is required in order to authenticate parts when they are installed in Apple devices, including iPhones. It's a process that previously prevented the installation of some older parts in an attempt to save money and reduce waste — something that Apple recently announced would be allowed as part of its iPhone repair process — but only for its latest and best iPhones, for now.
