FixIndex: five phones within EU repairability class C
Observation date: 2026-11-05
Article: https://fixindex.eu/blog/same-repairability-class-different-phones/
CSV: https://fixindex.eu/data/research/repairability-class-c-2026-11-05.csv

Scope
Five purposefully selected Apple and Samsung model records already covered by
FixIndex. All five supplier-declared EPREL product information sheets were
checked for the fields below on 5 November 2026. This is a fixed public-document
comparison, not a representative sample, hands-on test or current offer feed.
The observation date is not the publication date of the supplier's document.

Fields
checked_on: date of this scoped document check, YYYY-MM-DD.
model: familiar model name used by FixIndex; the exact regional identity follows.
model_identifier: exact model identifier in the supplier's EPREL sheet.
eprel_registration: registration number identifying the source record.
repair_class: declared class A-E; this sample deliberately contains only C.
repair_index: supplier's published index, retained to two decimal places.
disassembly_depth, fasteners, tools, spare_parts, software_updates_score,
repair_information: six declared component scores, each on the method's 1-5
scale. software_updates_score is a score, NOT a number of years or an end date.
battery_endurance_hours: declared endurance per charge under the EU method.
battery_endurance_cycles: declared endurance in charge/discharge cycles under
the EU method. Neither battery field predicts an individual user's runtime or
calendar lifespan.
source_url: direct link to the exact official EPREL product information sheet.

Method
Class C covers 2.55 <= R < 3.35 under Regulation (EU) 2023/1669.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/1669
The headline spread is 3.23 - 2.79 = 0.44 index points. It is not a percentage
of repair difficulty, repair cost or useful life. Published indices are retained
rather than recalculated from displayed, rounded component scores.

Reproduction
Repository: https://github.com/konsevdi/fixindex
Snapshot: src/data/research/repairability-class-c-2026-11-05.json
Command: node pipeline/research/repairability-class-c.mjs --check
The command checks that the public CSV matches the fixed snapshot and prints
the count, minimum, maximum and spread. It makes no network requests and does
not update model records. --write regenerates only this CSV from the snapshot.

Sources and reuse
Public EPREL source data: European Commission, supplier declarations.
Selection, transcription and comparison: FixIndex.eu, operated by ΚΥΤΙΟ Ε.Ε.
Reuse follows the site's CC BY 4.0 data terms:
https://fixindex.eu/data/LICENSE.txt
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Credit the European Commission/EPREL and FixIndex.eu, link the source records
and this dated study, and identify any changes. No EU endorsement is implied.
Please report record-specific corrections at:
https://fixindex.eu/methodology/#corrections