Apple unveils repair pricing for iPhone XR, and it hurts!Author : AZIndia News Desk
Oct 23 (AZINS) Four days before its official launch, Apple has unveiled the price to repair an iPhone XR screen: $199.
The iPhone XR repair costs seem expensive until you compare them to that of the iPhone X, XS, and XS Max; then it seems like you're getting a real bargain.
On Monday, the service pricing of the iPhone XR, which offiicially releases on October 26, was added to the Apple site: screen repair and other damages will cost you $199 and $399, respectively. With the phone itself costing $749, the damage repair could cost over half of what you paid in the first place, so it's best to invest in a tough case and sturdy screen protector, especially since the Apple warranty doesn't' cover, "accidental damage or mishandling."
To fix just the screen of the iPhone XS Max, you'll have to drop over a hundred more than for the iPhone XR totaling $329, and other damage repairs will cost you $599. However, if you do have AppleCare+, a screen replacement for all iPhone models, the XR, XS Max, and everything else, will only cost $29 and all other damages will total $99.
In India, the iPhone XR is priced at Rs 76,900 for the 64GB variant, Rs 81,900 for the 256GB variant and Rs 91,900 for the 512GB variant.
In terms of features, the iPhone XR has a single-lens glass-backed design and is available in a bunch of colors including red, blue, copper and yellow. The iPhone XR is the new budget iPhone, customers can possess. The phone is iP67 water resistant. It has LCD edge to edge and not OLED like the other phones. It's a bigger display than the 8 Plus but physically smaller than an 8 Plus. iPhone XR has a new name for the display: Liquid Retina display.
iPhone XR will not have 3D touch but it does get 120Hz touch responsiveness, True-Tone and tap-to-wake on an LCD. The device will have rear camera with a 12MP wide angle, same as in the Xs and Xs Max. But it will have single lens only. Also, iPhone XR gets the new True Tone flash. The iPhone XR also gets portrait mode and depth control, just like the iPhone Xs.