PHILADELPHIA -- Sooner or later it happens to the best of us: Your smartphone screen cracks. A professional replacement can be expensive, but there's other ways to help. There are some cheaper DIY ...

"It would have cost me $129 to get the screen of an iPhone 6 repaired at the Apple store," said Bree Fowler, a tech editor at Consumer Reports. Instead, Fowler rounded up some cracked iPhone 6's and ...

SAN ANTONIO – A professional replacement for a cracked phone screen can be expensive, so Consumer Reports tested some cheaper do-it-yourself repair kits to see if they’re a better alternative for ...

Sooner or later it happens to the best of us: Your smartphone screen cracks. A professional replacement can be expensive. If your phone isn't under warranty, older, or both, paying to fix it might not ...

A cracked screen is an all-too-common problem for smartphone owners, and the high cost of repairs, which can run into the hundreds of dollars, only adds to the pain. But for $50 or less you can do the ...

Sooner or later it happens to the best of us: Your smartphone screen cracks. A professional replacement can be expensive, so Consumer Reports wanted to try some cheaper DIY repair kits to see how easy ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You could almost see it happening in slow motion: your smartphone is in your hand one moment, and the ...

Apple has just made DIY fixes from independent repair stores harder on the iPhone 13 series. While replacing the display on the 2021 iPhones, the Face ID biometric security feature will be disabled.

Apple has once again run into a problem by making things difficult for independent repair shops to fix or replace things in the iPhone. This time the issue is the iPhone 13 screen and Face ID facial ...

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