As noted on Tuesday, Apple quietly took steps to improve the iPhone 16’s repairability. In addition to adding new items to the list of repairable components, the company introduced a clever new method for removing the phone’s battery. On Friday, Apple published step-by-step instructions for swapping out the new handset’s battery.

Following today's launch of the new iPhone 16 models, Apple has shared repair manuals for the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus, the iPhone 16

The traditional teardown by repair site iFixit has given the iPhone 16 lineup the highest repairability score of any previous iPhone, thanks to three key changes in the design and internals that make it easier to access components.