iPhone screen broken?
Apple now provides the self-repair tool
Created: 07/12/2022, 17:24
By: Patricia Huber
Paradigm shift at Apple: Anyone can now repair their iPhone themselves.
The company provides the tools for this for a fee.
Bonn – So far, repairing an iPhone has hardly been possible for normal consumers.
Until now, you usually had to take your phone to an Apple store or an expert to get it repaired.
That's enough of that.
Apple is now also offering self-service repairs in Germany.
Apple lends iPhone repair tools
Repair instructions, original parts and tools from Apple are available to users for a fee, the company informs.
The tool rental kits can be rented for a week from EUR 59.95.
Shipping is included.
Among other things, torque wrenches, repair brackets, display and battery presses and over 200 spare parts are available.
However, the offer is only valid for the most common repairs of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 and for Mac notebooks with Apple chips.
Apple also points out on its website that not everyone should necessarily attempt a repair.
“Self-service repair is intended for people who have the knowledge and experience needed to repair electronic equipment.
If you're experienced with complex electronic repairs, self-service repair gives you access to genuine Apple parts, tools, and repair manuals to perform your own out-of-warranty repairs.
Apple: Repair possible on your own thanks to EU rules
However, repairing it yourself is not necessarily cheap.
For example, if you want to replace a broken display on the iPhone 13, you have to reckon with replacement part costs of up to 330.97 euros.
The battery, on the other hand, can be exchanged for as little as 77.02 euros.
The background for the new Apple offer is a new EU eco-design rule.
According to this, manufacturers of smartphones and tablets will in future have to provide certain spare parts such as displays and batteries for seven years and information on repairs and software updates for five years.
"No one should have to throw away a mobile phone because a defective battery cannot be removed," said Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens).
With the new rules, “we are taking another step out of the throwaway society”.
(ph/dpa/AFP)