Broken iPhone: Local repair shop can fix the phone with Apple's OK and genuine parts Edward C. Baig USA TODAY 0:05 ...

In fact, there are just a fraction of the 100,000 shoe repair shops that operated in the United States back in the 1930s. People now simply replace whatever's broken. Except for their smartphones.

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The IRP program allows third-party repair shops that aren't already AASPs to apply to be authorized by Apple to perform out-of-warranty iPhone repairs.

Try some basic math, however. Apple Care for the iPhone 8, a model from 2017, costs $129, and a repair would cost $149 without the insurance or $29 with it, so the Apple Care bill would be $158.

Independent repair shops are generally much faster, offering same-day service for common repairs such as replacing a screen, battery, charging port or camera, and cost less than Apple's out-of ...