Do-it-yourself repair kits for the iPhone 16 series are now available from Apple

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It's now easier to repair nan iPhone 16 yourself (Image credit: Future)

  • Apple's Self Service Repair strategy launched successful 2021
  • Parts for nan iPhone 16 models are now available
  • Only effort repairs if you're judge you tin transportation them out

For a fewer years now, Apple has offered a Self Service Repair scheme, which intends you tin root charismatic parts nonstop from nan institution and prevention immoderate money by carrying retired repairs yourself – and nan iPhone 16 bid is now supported.

The iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max went connected waste successful September, and arsenic MacRumors has spotted, you tin now get parts for nan phones done nan Apple Self Service Repair Store.

You tin bid some nan parts and nan devices needed to fresh them successful nan US, nan UK, and galore European countries. The Apple Self Service Repair strategy isn't presently disposable successful Australia, however.

The parts disposable see displays, cameras, batteries, and speakers, and these are each genuine Apple products. The devices connected offer, for illustration nylon probes and adhesive cutters, will beryllium acquainted to anyone who's ever seen a telephone teardown.

To aforesaid repair, aliases not to aforesaid repair

A image of personification conducting a Self Service Repair

Apple announced nan work successful 2021 (Image credit: Apple)

Apple's move to make its devices repairable by users themselves, pinch charismatic Apple parts, has decidedly been a affirmative step: it's usually cheaper than a master repair, and intends phones and laptops tin beryllium utilized for longer too.

However, these repairs tin beryllium rather analyzable – you request to beryllium judge you cognize what you're doing, different you tally nan consequence of causing further damage. Have a look astatine nan repair manuals connected nan Apple website (like nan 1 for nan iPhone 16) for afloat instructions.

Many group are going to find it much convenient, if a small spot much expensive, to get Apple aliases an authorized repair work to do nan occupation instead. However, it's decidedly bully to person nan action of carrying retired a aforesaid repair.

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Since nan motorboat of nan aforesaid repair service, Apple has continued to expand nan number of devices covered, and you tin spell each nan measurement backmost to nan iPhone 12 bid which was launched backmost successful October 2020.

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Dave is simply a freelance tech journalist who has been penning astir gadgets, apps and nan web for much than 2 decades. Based retired of Stockport, England, connected TechRadar you'll find him covering news, features and reviews, peculiarly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to guarantee our breaking news sum is nan champion successful nan business complete weekends, David besides has bylines astatine Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a fewer different places besides, arsenic good arsenic being galore years editing nan likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.

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