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Apple made it way cheaper to repair an iPhone 15 Pro’s broken back glass

iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. | Photo: Dan Seifert / The Verge

It’s significantly cheaper to repair the back glass on an iPhone 15 Pro than it was on the iPhone 14 Pro. Apple posted price estimates for its new phones over the weekend, listing a repair price of $169 for the 15 Pro and $199 for the Pro Max to replace either phone’s shattered back glass.

That’s up to a $350 decrease from the repair price for last year’s models. For the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, Apple charged $499 and $549 for back glass replacement — frankly, outlandish prices that ran more expensive than the cost of an (admittedly much lower-end) new iPhone SE.

Here’s what the current pricing looks like for these repairs:

These newly reduced prices, first spotted by 9to5Mac, are likely due to a major design change made by Apple:…

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