Did you drop it 30 times on a bean bag?! For the first time I dropped my iPhone 12 Pro and the back glass cracked. To suggest you'd have to intentionally break it is an outrageous comment.
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iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus Feature Removable Back Glass for Easier Repairs
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Yeah i was bummed when that modular project died. Classic.
I still won't buy it, but having a connection with my beloved 4s (best iPhone ever imo) is enough to warm the heart.
Probably had a lot to do with Apple Care now offering unlimited repairs per year.
The Apple site says $169 to replace the iPhone 14 rear glass without AppleCare.
iPhone 14 Pro is $499
iPhone 13 is $449
So yes, it’s cheaper.
It would be nice if the front display was easier to replace rather than the back, if you ask me.
I remember replacing the back glass of my iPhone 4 at an Apple Store for $29 in 2012.
It would be the 4/4S series. I had one of those too... but the glass was of craptastic, chintzy quality compared to the thicker/oleophobic coated one Apple used.
Tended the Genius bar 2007-2014, we did thousands of those. Really friendly design. Then in September 2012 the iPhone 5 ended all of that.
Damn…as someone with a 14 Pro Max on order that kinda blows to hear.
I’m guessing it’s even more expensive than the regular Pro? (Sorry, I’d check but I’m lazy and getting AppleCare anyway.
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As I recall with the 4/4S the back glass was the way the phone opened, so that was easy to replace but you had to disassemble a lot to change the screen.
The 5/5S and future phones flipped this so that the screen was easier to replace, but damage to the back meant swapping out the main body of the phone.
Sounds like the new design is potentially the best of both.
True enough but still, repair costs have gone up across the board. Apple may not have increased the base price of the phone itself (in the US anyway) but they are finding ways to make that money back.
Can I just say how good that blue iPhone 14 looks? I mean, I know I want a Pro, but that to me looks better than any of the Pros.
idk why people are talking about the costs w/ apple when this should be easy and cheap to do yourself
If people don't complain, we will never see improvements. Apple decided to put a fragile GLASS back cover on their iPhone (not me), so changing this back cover should be as easy as unscrewing two screws. Same apply for the display assembly and battery, which are the most serviced parts by a wide margin.
Nope concrete floor (I only have microcement floors at home) and outside on tarmac, not even a slight mark on it. Also I believe the glass changed to the iPhone 13 Pro, but again the 12 Pro was no problem for me either. I've owned every iPhone since the first one and never used a case on any of them (apart from the 6s Plus which was the worst one i've ever owned).
I just wish the oleophobic coating lasted longer than 6 months.