Apple Now Sells DIY Repair Parts for iPhone 18 Pro and Two New Macs

This is awesome! Now instead of being forced to pay Apple $129 for a battery replacement on the 18 Pro, you can just pay $120.76 (for 7-day tool rental + parts, billed as $182.68 up front with $61.92 refunded once you return the old battery) to do it yourself.

Just make sure you return the tool rental within 7 days of receipt - otherwise the $2,000 late fee will eat into the $9 you save by disassembling and reassembling the phone yourself.

Anybody here ever actually do this?

No. This is really just to say that users can technically do replacements. The only people going through the official Apple parts programs are third-party repair shops (and, despite the sarcasm above, it's good that they have access to OEM parts).

Tim Apple demonstrating the simple tools are needed for, and how easy it is to do a self repair on an Apple device

Anybody here ever actually do this?

In my experience, if Apple breaks the phone during repair, they cover whats needed to repair. I'm not taking that risk to save $10

Anybody here ever actually do this?

I gotta say, unless you're out in a remote cabin in Alaska and the nearest Apple store is a 1,000 mile dog sled ride away. I don't see very many people deciding to do this.

I'm very technically well versed. I've built my own ham radio equipment both from kits and from parts lists simply for the fun of doing it (many moons ago when I was in my youth and could still see things up close). I've worked on many a piece of electronics in the day. Some things came out better. A few things, um, ended up being parts donor's. I absolutely DESTROYED a beautiful Kenwood TS 830 in college. It was good for nothing but parts by the time I was done with it. Had a Kenwood 940 that had the automatic antenna tuner in it. Had the classic issue with the relays sticking. I replaced them and used that radio for years. Did a great job on it. My skill level and patience were much different by the time the soldering iron of death got to the 940.

One thing I learned over the years cracking open expensive pieces of electronics is sometimes better left to the professionals. By the time you factor in the time you spend, the quality of the work you will do, and the chance of turing it into a parts donor or charcoal briquette. Often times it's money well spent.

And plumbing? Don't get me started. if you're cutting more than 1 piece of pipe with an elbow, just call a plumber. At least that's what I learned.

People with a lot more skills than I on YouTube meticulously attempted to carry out some repairs on the iPad and screwed it up, so I will never try it. Especially since the cost usually works out precisely the same as your local Genius Bar...

Only thing I do think is cool, is you can order different options such as nano-texture or a different colour genuine part if you do go through the hassle of doing it yourself.

Thankfully AppleCare One is now so cheap and flexible.