Hands-on with Apple’s Self-Service Repair kit to swap iPhone batteries: users are rented 79 lbs of tools, including a heat station, for a 7-day $1,200 card hold (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Hands-on with Apple’s Self-Service Repair kit to swap iPhone batteries: users are rented 79 lbs of tools, including a heat station, for a 7-day $1,200 card hold  —  Apple must be joking.  —  That’s how I felt again and again as I jumped through hoop after ridiculous hoop to replace the battery in my iPhone Mini.