Apple's out-of-warranty iPhone repair prices
Read off Apple's own repair estimator on 2026-09-01. The finding most price guides miss: Apple itemises only four repairs. Battery, back glass, rear camera and screen have published prices. Every other fault — charging port, water damage, speaker or microphone, a phone that will not power on — is billed as a single flat “Other damage” fee, regardless of what actually failed.
| Repair | iPhone 12 / 13 | iPhone 14 / 15 |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | $89 | $99 |
| Back glass | $349 | $159 |
| Rear camera | $169 | $169 |
| Screen | $279 | $279 |
| Screen + back glass | $449 | $369 |
| Other damage (everything else) | $449 | $549 |
US dollars, out-of-warranty, no AppleCare+. Source: Apple Support, read 2026-09-01. Method: Apple's interactive repair estimator, driven through the device and model dropdowns on the out-of-warranty tab — not a cached or JS-blocked page render.
Why the flat fee matters
A charging port that will not hold a cable is a small, cheap part. Apple charges $449 for it on an iPhone 12 or 13 and $549 on an iPhone 14 or 15 — the same as water damage, the same as a phone that will not turn on. On an iPhone 12, that flat fee is more than the whole phone is worth refurbished. It is the single biggest reason the official route loses to an independent shop on those faults, and it is invisible if you only look up “iPhone charging port repair cost”.
The back-glass generation split
Back glass costs $349 on an iPhone 12 or 13 and $159 on an iPhone 14 or 15 — a $190 difference for the same cosmetic damage. It is not a pricing quirk: on the 12 and 13 the back glass is fused to the frame, so Apple's fee is closer to a full mid-frame swap. The iPhone 14 redesigned the back to be replaced on its own.
What this table does not cover
Only the 4 models we read live. We do not extrapolate Apple's pricing to models we did not check, and we do not publish figures for Pro, Plus or Pro Max variants from these tiers. Independent-shop prices are a separate question and are usually well below the official fee — those are on each device's own page, with their own confidence level.
The flat-fee structure above — one “Other damage” charge covering charging port, water damage, speaker/mic and won't-turn-on — is confirmed only for the four models we read live. Other iPhone models on this site show an official figure for those same faults on their own device pages; those are modelled estimates, scaled from category-average pricing patterns, not prices read live from Apple's own estimator for that model. Each carries a note saying so and a medium-confidence rating in our methodology.
See it against the alternatives
The official price is one of four numbers that decide whether a repair is worth it. Each model's page weighs it against independent-shop pricing, the refurbished price, and what the broken phone is still worth on trade-in:
Faults Apple bills as “Other damage”: charging-port, water-damage, speaker-mic, wont-turn-on. How we source and rate every price on this site: our methodology.