Damn, it’s a long story, let’s cut it short. A while ago, a female colleague in our editorial department accidentally dropped her iPhone. Originally, the phone was protected by a phone case, so the chance of it being broken was not very high. Most of the time, it was just a hole in the frame. However, as luck would have it, there was still a chain hanging on her phone case. When the phone fell to the ground, the beads on the chain just hit the screen.As a result, this fall directly shattered the screen...
Xiaohongshu has many similar cases...
What's even worse is that the broken position happened to be on the front camera, so not only was there a problem with the screen display, but the front camera of the phone and the facial recognition were also unable to work properly.
Because it was man-made damage,In the end, she spent 1,878 to replace the iPhone 14 Pro with an original screen at an Apple authorized repair center., if you go through official channels, the price of replacing an original screen is 2698:
Let me tell you, the repair price is really expensive, it is enough to buy a mid-range Android phone...
In fact, not only Apple, but also the flagship phones launched by various mobile phone manufacturers are not cheap to repair. Especially to replace the screen of the flagship phone, the repair cost of one or two thousand is definitely a huge expense.
Of course, many manufacturers now offer various guarantee services for accidental or man-made damage to mobile phones. If you are worried that it will be too expensive to repair a broken mobile phone, you can consider buying a guarantee for your mobile phone.
Out of curiosity, Tony also went to the official websites of several mobile phone manufacturers.After looking at the series of protection services they launched for mobile phones, I found that they are quite expensive.
Let’s talk about Apple first.
Apple is the most simple among these mobile phone manufacturers. The protection service it launches is AppleCare+, which providesUnlimited timesiPhone accidental damage warranty service:
However, Apple will charge a certain service fee for each repair.
This also means that it is not enough for us to just buy AppleCare+, we have to pay another sum of money for repairs., the repair service fee for screen and back panel damage is 188, and for other accidental damage, the service fee is 628:
To be fair, this price is not expensive for Apple.
Because if you repair the screen of the iPhone 14 Pro Max alone, it will cost more than 3,000, and its two-year AppleCare+ price is 1,599. Basically, you can get your money back after just one repair~
Moreover, AppleCare+ itself includes extended warranty service. If you buy this, your mobile phone will have a warranty of up to 2 years. During the warranty period, if the battery capacity of the mobile phone is less than 80%, it can be replaced for free.
You must know that replacing an iPhone battery is not cheap, and the price has increased recently.
In addition, AppleCare+ also includes a value-preserving renewal service. As long as we meet the conditions, we can enjoy at least a 50% discount when purchasing the next-generation new iPhone:
Unlike Apple, which only launched AppleCare+, which integrates various protection services,I have noticed that domestic mobile phone manufacturers have generally launched a number of guarantee services, which are relatively more user-friendly.
Take Xiaomi for example.
Xiaomi provides quite a lot of official protection services. In addition to the basic extended warranty, it also has broken screen protection, accident protection and MiCare worry-free version protection. The services provided by these protections are different.
Among them, Xiaomi’s MiCare worry-free version basically borrows from Apple’s AppleCare+.Whether it’s a broken screen, broken back cover or broken camera, it’s covered, and there’s no need to pay extra for each repair.
You can see that compared to separate maintenance, the price of MiCare worry-free version is still cost-effective:
However, it should be noted that its free repairs are not unlimited.Once the cumulative total repair amount exceeds the guarantee limit, which is the price of the mobile phone itself, we will need to bear the subsequent excess amount ourselves.
It is understandable that Xiaomi has this policy. After all, if it can be repaired unlimited times, it is estimated that many people will not put films and cases on their mobile phones. If the mobile phone is scratched or bumped, it will be broken and sent back to Xiaomi for repair.
The protection services provided by OPPO are similar to Xiaomi.
It also provides us with a variety of protection services such as extended warranty, broken screen protection, OPPOCare+, etc. In addition, it even sets up a separate battery protection for the mobile phone battery.
However, if you compare Xiaomi in detail, you will find that OPPO does not provide accident insurance, and its OPPOCare+ does not include warranty services for broken back covers and broken cameras.
Logically speaking, it is not cheap to replace the back cover or camera module of OPPO Find
However, compared with the MiCare worry-free version, which only covers various major components on the phone, OPPOCare+ also includes an additional value-preserving and renewal service like Apple.
This service can be used within the 7th to 13th month when OPPOCare+ is effective. When exchanging a new mobile phone of the same series, as long as it meets the renewal standards, you can enjoy a 50% discount on the retail price of the original device.
Whether this business is worthwhile or not depends on our personal choices.
Compared with Xiaomi and OPPO, the protection services provided by vivo are a bit monotonous. It only provides three types of protection services for us to choose from: broken screensaver, accidental warranty and extended warranty.
These three guarantee services provided by vivo are quite different from those provided by the other two manufacturers:
But I don’t know why, I didn’t find the accident insurance price of vivoX90Pro+ on the official website...
And it should be said that from the perspective of individual maintenance costs, the maintenance costs of these Android phones are not much different.
Among them, the screen of Xiaomi 13Ultra is the cheapest to repair. The other two companies cost about 2,000 to repair a screen, but Xiaomi only needs a little over 1,000. It seems that using a domestic screen has this advantage~
Finally, let us take a look at Huawei.
It also provides us with three protection services, namely Care+, extended warranty and value preservation and renewal. Among them, Care+ has one-year and two-year terms, and their protection services are also different.
Huawei's one-year Care+ can basically be regarded as broken screen insurance, because it only provides free screen replacement service.
From the separate maintenance price list, we can find that the cost of the 1-inch IMX989 is indeed not cheap. The cost of the rear main cameras of vivo and OPPO is more than 900, and the cost of Huawei without the 1-inch is 698:
In short, after a comparison, I have to say that the current protection services provided by manufacturers are quite comprehensive. Whether we need to buy these protections depends on whether we are sure that our mobile phones will not cause accidents.
Just my personal feeling.
The protection services provided by domestic mobile phone brands Xiaomi and Huawei are quite detailed. Whether it is the worry-free Micare version or the two-year version of Huawei Care+, there are quite a lot of things covered. What do you think?
Of course, no one can predict such things as accidents, so I chose to stick a film on my phone and wear a case~
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