Apple earned a C-minus for laptop repairability and a D-minus for cell phone repairability, the lowest grades in PIRG Education Fund's 2026 'Failing the Fix' report. The analysis graded the 10 newest laptops and phones available on manufacturers' French websites as of January 2026.
PIRG bases its scoring on the French repairability index, a legally mandated grading system that must appear on devices sold in France. The group weighted physical disassembly ease more heavily than the standard French index does, arguing that is what consumers actually mean when they ask how repairable a device is. Lenovo also lands at the bottom for laptops.
The full report is worth reading for the category-by-category breakdown of how each manufacturer scores across documentation, parts availability, and physical teardown difficulty. The French index angle matters: PIRG is explicitly arguing these standards should apply globally, not just in one EU market.
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