The Apple Self-Service Repair Store you have already added the parts and tools to repair iPhone 16 at home. You can buy batteries, screens, cameras, cases, screws, tools, and much more.
In recent years, pressured by climate change and the technological waste generated by devices that cannot be repaired, Apple has been introducing changes to the design of the iPhone, so that users themselves can repair it on their own.
This is a great advance, but it is far from perfect. It is still too difficult and too expensive to repair an iPhone on your own. Although, at least, it can now be done officially.
iPhone 16 arrives in Store for self-service repairs
For a few days now, Apple has included the iPhone 16 in its Self-service repair shopalso in Spain.
If the battery, screen, camera or glass casing of any model of iPhone 16and is not covered by warranty, you have the opportunity to repair it on your own.
It will be a little cheaper than if you take it to an Apple store or workshop for repair, but not everyone is qualified for it. Changing the battery is not as simple as opening the iPhone 16 and removing the old one, and for advanced tasks such as changing the screen, you need a special machine that Apple rents for 60 euros.
If we enter the Store for self-service repairs, we see that there is a new category for the iPhone 16.
We can repair the back glass, screen, battery, camera, bottom speaker, main microphone, SIM tray, and other things.
As expected, parts prices are not cheap. For example, the iPhone 16 battery costs 109 euros, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max, 135 euros.
If you want to change the screen of the iPhone 16, it costs 339 euros, and that of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, 489 euros. The camera kit varies between 199 and 299 euros.
To this we must add The tools you would need for the repair. Some are standard screwdrivers and utensils, but others are not. There are different screwdrivers for between 12 and 14 euros, and torque wrenches for up to 120 euros.
A battery press costs 126 euros, and a screen press costs 225 euros. The hot screen extraction equipment, 265 euros. Luckily, some of these tools can be rented. It also offers repair manuals for all its products, which you can download.
Self-repairing the iPhone 16 is not easy or cheap, but it can now be done officially. Without a doubt it is a great advance to defeat planned obsolescence, and pollute less.
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Tags: Smartphones, Repair, iPhone, Environment