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Re:Apple Said to Have 'Dramatically Reduced' iPhone Repair F... by muro on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @10:08AM (#18184962)
It depends. As soon as something happens to the screen, they charge ridiculous money for repair. Went through that with an iPad pro. 3rd party repair with (a different) screen was a small fraction of the cost
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Re:Apple Said to Have 'Dramatically Reduced' iPhone Repair F... by rangibaby on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:53AM (#18186072)
Apple's screen prices are actually fair if you care about getting a "good" one. If you don't (and if you're not using it for color-related work it doesn't really matter) then unofficial screens can be a good deal.

My experience: I replaced my laptop screen thru iFixit and the replacement part had a "soft focus" camera. It also has worse backlight bleed+a little bit less contrast than the official part, and a dead pixel.

They had good customer service and when I complained about the camera and they refunded me some money, but next time I will probably (begrudgingly) pay the Apple tax.

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