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Separate guides for a battery repair and a Black Friday comparison
Applies to: Brief editions 002 and 003 in English, Greek and German.
What changed in FixIndex
The battery edition includes a written quote-request template and service-preparation checks. The Black Friday edition includes an exact-item comparison table, prior-price guidance and a complete checkout calculation.
What to do
Choose the edition for your decision. Bring an actual installed repair quote to the worksheet, or record the exact phone configuration and final delivered total before comparing retailers.
These are dated guides, not current offers, repair quotes or promised savings. Email editions are primarily in English for now; the web editions remain available in all three languages.
This is the first source check recorded here. We have no earlier captured version to compare, so this entry does not establish a new Google policy or an extension. Feature availability and your phone’s installed patch level need their own checks.
Applies to: Products covered by the EU ecodesign rules; FixIndex’s calculated support references.
What we checked
The Commission ties the five-year update period to the end of placing the model’s last unit on the market. Its FAQ explains the obligation for updates that are provided.
What to do
Read the source label beside the date. FixIndex’s first-market-date calculation is a planning floor because the final placement date is unknown. Check the manufacturer’s current evidence before deciding how long to keep the phone.
This entry records a source review, not a new law or a manufacturer deadline. We have no previous captured version to establish a policy change. A planning floor cannot establish the date updates will stop.
Return with a quote. Share the phones you are comparing.
Applies to: The repair worksheet and shortlist in English, Greek and German.
What changed in FixIndex
The repair worksheet now saves your entered costs for one common planning period. The shortlist can create a link to a public comparison; opening it leaves the recipient’s saved choices intact.
What to do
Collect the complete installed repair quote, then compare both spending plans over the same period. Share the buying shortlist when you want someone to look at the same models.
Saved worksheet amounts stay in the current browser. The comparison link carries public models and market, not your worksheet, private checks or a frozen price quote. Empty amounts remain unknown. These tools do not send automatic alerts.
Applies to: The iPhone 15 versus iPhone 16 article first published on 31 October 2026.
What changed in FixIndex
On 3 November we corrected wording that had called calculated EU planning references confirmed update end dates. The article now identifies those dates as derived references and keeps its original dated price snapshot.
What to do
If you used that article to set a replacement deadline, revisit the support source before making the purchase. A calculated reference alone is insufficient to conclude that Apple will stop updates then.
This is a correction to FixIndex’s interpretation. It does not record a newly announced Apple policy, refresh the article’s historical shop prices or establish a new support deadline.
A dated check of an existing statement. It may establish a starting point without evidence of a historical change.
Confirmed source change
A difference supported by dated before-and-after records for the same subject. A website refresh alone does not qualify.
FixIndex update
A change to our own tools or explanations. It does not imply a manufacturer changed its policy.
Correction
An error or misleading interpretation in FixIndex that we have corrected, with a link to the affected record.
Entries are added after a specific check. Data imports and page builds do not reset their review dates. Sources can change after review; follow the linked policy when making a current decision.