Apple published its full Self Service Repair manual for iPhone 18 Pro Max on September 18, the day the phone reached customers: 23 support documents covering everything from the display and battery to the logic board. What you can’t do yet is order anything it describes. When we checked on September 19, Apple’s Self Service…
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Apple sets iPhone 18 Pro battery service at $129, up $10 from iPhone 17 Pro
A battery replacement for iPhone 18 Pro or iPhone 18 Pro Max costs $129 out of warranty in the US, $10 more than Apple charges on iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro models. Apple’s repair price tool now lists every estimate for both new phones, and every other line, from a cracked screen to…
iPhone Duo AppleCare+ costs $19.99 a month, with a $99 inner screen fee
AppleCare+ with Theft and Loss for iPhone Duo costs $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year, according to Apple’s online store. Under that plan, a cracked outer screen costs $29 to fix, but damage to the folding inner display costs $99. iPhone Duo's inner and outer displays, which Apple now prices separately under AppleCare+. Image:…
Owning an Older iPhone: What Apple Still Charges for Battery Service
Vintage status does not carry its own price list. What Apple does publish, on a separate battery-replacement page, is an out-of-warranty fee that would apply to an eligible older iPhone the same way it applies to a current one: $99, or $0 under AppleCare+. Apple's battery-replacement page does not reference vintage or obsolete status by…
iPhone Duo's Hinge Has More Than 100 Parts: What Apple Has Not Published About Fixing One
Apple’s iPhone Duo press release names an exact detail inside the hinge: more than 100 components, held together in part by custom adhesives Apple designed for flex relief. What Apple has not named is a fold-cycle rating for that hinge, a repair price for it, or where iPhone Duo sits in Apple’s repair programs. The…
iPhone Duo Screen Repair: What Apple Published About the Display, and the Price It Has Not
Apple has published an unusual amount of engineering detail about the two iPhone Duo displays and no repair pricing for either of them. If you are trying to work out what a broken folding screen would cost, that number does not exist in public yet. iPhone Duo in Night Sky and Star White, from $1,999.…