Apple’s Repair Your Own Phone Application Launched

Apple has been dealing with the problems experienced by users if they have their phones repaired at a different service in the past months. interesting solution announced that it will be produced. With the new application, users could now repair their own phones. This application first started in the USA as of today.

The new app, called Self-Service Repair, seems pretty logical when you think about it. The newly launched application, although it sounds logical, seems to be talked about a lot with its prices.

The price difference between your own or Apple repair is ‘near nothing’

The Self-Service Repair application, which appeared a while ago, was finally launched, allowing users to repair their own phones. In the application, you go to Apple’s site and buy the broken part of your phone, and a repair kit and a repair manual are sent to you with this part.

However, an important note needs to be made here again; Apple app that they do not recommend for users who are not inclined to repair and repair work. explained.

Let’s say you can repair very well and you are quite handy in this regard. You might be thinking, “Let me get the parts and fix it myself, it’ll be cheaper.” At this point, the reports that emerged show that you do not need to go to this trouble. For example; To replace your phone’s battery, you need to pay $69 (1022 TL) for the iPhone 12 and 13 models, and $49 (726) for the third generation iPhone SE, for the repair kit. I don’t want to deal with fixing it myself If you want Apple to do it for me, the amount you have to pay for battery replacement is still the same.

(Fees you have to pay when you buy a kit for battery repair)

(Charges you pay when you send your phone battery to Apple for repair)

Of course, this situation may differ slightly in other parts of your phone. You need to pay 267 dollars (2955 TL) for the screen repair kit of iPhone 12 phones. If you have it repaired from Apple out of warranty, the process costs $279 (4133 TL). Again, there is a difference between 5 and 20 dollars in other transactions. is seen.

Apple said in a press release that it sees the app as a great opportunity to collect and reuse second-hand parts from customers. Although it may be preferable for this reason, we still do not know if it is worth the trouble. The application, which reacts with its prices in the USA, Not yet available in Turkey. However, given the current situation, we do not think that many users will want to repair their phones themselves if the prices do not change much.