Yes, it’s safe. Recommended too.

Dang.

Does it have sms/mms function?

Truth.

As someome who was able to disassemble and repurpose multiple iphone 4’s.

This was the way.

Care to summarize so your logic is spelled out?

Also if you want to be blocked by banking apps

Not so much new. Has been on the road map for years. More like disgusting.

There was a choice to be made to make things repairable, or not. The industry chose not.

Thats not up to you to decipher. Those companies made those claims. Now they have to back them.

Truf