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PSA: Apple's iPhone X Screen Repair Will Cost You $279 (macrumors.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the nickel-and-dime dept.

We already know the iPhone X is expensive: it starts at $999 for the 64GB variant. But what about the cost of a screen replacement? If you don't have the extended warranty, a screen replacement will cost you $279, which is more than twice the price of an iPhone 6 screen replacement ($129) and about 65 percent higher than a new iPhone 8 screen ($169). MacRumors reports: In the United States, Apple will charge flat rates of $279 for iPhone X screen repairs and $549 for any other damage to the device, unless it is a manufacturing defect covered by Apple's standard one-year limited warranty. The fees vary in other countries, such as Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

-Australia: $419 for screen repairs, $819 for other damage
-Canada: $359 for screen repairs, $709 for other damage
-Germany: 321 Euros for screen repairs, and 611 Euros for other damage
-United Kingdom: 286 British Pounds for screen repairs, 556 British Pounds for other damage
-United States: $279 for screen repairs, $549 for other damage

These prices do not apply to customers who purchase AppleCare+ for the iPhone X, which costs $199 upfront in the United States. AppleCare+ is an optional warranty plan that extends an iPhone's coverage to two years from the original purchase date of the device. The plan adds up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each subject to a lower service fee of $29 for screen repairs, or $99 for any other damage.

15 of 144 comments (clear)

  1. Expensive phone, expensive screen by Kohath · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You expected your $1k phone to have a cheap screen?

    If you want to save money on your phone, don’t buy the most expensive phone available.

    1. Re:Expensive phone, expensive screen by Gr8Apes · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I think it's funny that they expect the OLED screen to be cheap. It's probably the single most expensive thing on the phone.

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    2. Re:Expensive phone, expensive screen by stephanruby · · Score: 4, Informative

      The newer Samsung Note screens are even more expensive to replace, at $300 a pop. This is because they're using the Samsung Pen/Wacom technology. Even the S8 screen seems to be super expensive for some reason. I have no idea why, maybe it's because of its curved screen? Maybe that's "the next big thing" to manufacture a screen that is as fragile as a Doritos chip and that is super expensive to replace.

  2. PSA: This Isn't Reddit by sexconker · · Score: 4, Insightful

    PSA: Only idiots on Reddit label mildly-informative and highly-specific shit with "PSA".

  3. Re:It's a fair price... by sexconker · · Score: 3, Funny

    considering each pixel has to be hand painted by hand.

    And here I thought they were hand painting them by foot!

  4. Re:Ridiculous by itamihn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You know you don't need to buy a high-end phone, right? I am perfectly happy with my medium-range Android phone.

  5. Makes sense by lucm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Apple and Oracle are in the same situation. They lost relevance a long time ago and are just milking their existing customers.

    Stop giving money to those greedy corporations. If they starve maybe it will force them to get back to work and innovate for real.

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  6. WOW by Woldscum · · Score: 3, Informative

    A brand new unlocked Moto 5s plus 32GB is $279 on Motorola's website right now..

  7. Re:Not if you have AppleCare... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Genius. The smartphone manufacturers spend millions of dollars figuring our how to make a nice, thin phone. And what do you do? Stick it in a case that makes it thick again. Great.

    Maybe we don't care about a thin phone.
    Maybe we don't want our phone to be so slippery that we drop the damn thing.
    Maybe we want it to survive a minor fall.
    Maybe the phone manufacturers aren't actually providing what a lot of customers want.

  8. Re:Not if you have AppleCare... by jellomizer · · Score: 2

    With the device like the iPhone X which really packs a lot of expensive components together, with Apple still having mass production problems. It isn't too crazy to expect that replacement costs can be expensive. Apple Care insurance is probably worth it for such a new device. As Apple also had covered some manufacture defects from new devices as well.

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  9. Lessee by Snotnose · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Phone costs $1k. No headphone jack. No SDCC card. Phone is in Apple's walled garden. Cost to repair a fairly common failure is $259.

    Remind me again why I would buy one of these things?

    1. Re:Lessee by thegarbz · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Remind me again why I would buy one of these things?

      If you have to ask then you'll never be one of the "cool" people.

  10. Re:Outrageous by Presence+Eternal · · Score: 2

    It is indeed a marvel that you can buy a prepaid smartphone for a subsidized price of ten bucks, but I dunno about the very cheapest having 90% functionality. I've bought a few, and they're usually Android 4, missing important radio bands, and have a screen resolution better suited to waffle irons.

  11. Re: Outrageous by Dixie_Flatline · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Itâ(TM)s estimated that the screens cost something like $120-130 each. Given that, the cost to consumer ratio isnâ(TM)t entirely out of line with previous models. Samsung is the only one that can make this screen, so theyâ(TM)re milking it for what they can.

  12. Re:It's a fair price... by tonique · · Score: 2

    Four phones at a time, with a paintbrush in each hand and foot.