It’ll come to other countries later this year.
Apple’s Self Service Repair service is now available in the United States. If you own an iPhone 12, iPhone 13, or third-generation iPhone SE, you can buy replacement batteries, cameras, and displays from a dedicated store and repair it yourself using the company’s official repair manuals. If you don’t want to buy tools, you can rent a toolkit for $49 for a week.
Later this year, the program will be expanded to other regions, beginning in Europe. You’ll have to wait a little longer if you want to repair your Mac. Like iPhones, only the most recent models — powered by Apple Silicon — will be self-repair friendly for the time being.
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Conveniently, for Apple, it timed the launch alongside a new white paper, which says the company has “nearly doubled” the size of its repair network, and eight out of 10 of its American customers live within 20 minutes of an authorized repair provider. The company also outlined the rationales, again, behind its design and repair decisions, including its emphasis on using official parts — to protect your privacy and security.
It’s not a flawless repair scheme. To buy a part, you need to enter your iPhone’s serial number at checkout and get that part activated through a pairing software tool.
As iFixit points out, other parts will come with an “unable to verify” warning, which could limit (or put off) people thinking of repairing their device.
