Our cell phones are a huge part of our life, they make communicating so easy, seamless and fun. Smart phones as the name mentions are really smart and are a small computer in your hands. These gadgets which the human race lived without for thousands of years, ironically make life hard to live without.  When your cell phone breaks or has a cracked screen it is almost useless and with our close attachment to our phones, we want them fixed as soon as possible.

iPhones are the most expensive smartphones on the market and result in damages as other phones on the market. Luckily, you have options on where to repair your cracked iPhone screens. There are several ways you can go about repairing your iPhone which is the most expensive and difficult cell phone to repair, just like other apple products are.

Your first option, that is if you decided to purchase it from Apple Care. The Apple Care package is only $100 and comes with 2 extra years of warranty as well as accidental damage coverage. As good as these sounds, there is a fine print. First of all, this package deal can only be purchased after your phone has been inspected by Apple to ensure there was no previous damage and the phone has not be altered. Secondly, the service is limited to only two repairs per the phones lifespan. Also, Apple charges for this service, a $49 charge per accidental damage, so if you break your iPhone screen twice, you will have used up all the accidental repair service.

Another thing about the Apple plan is that all the phones are refurbished, so if your screen is broken they swap the refurbished phone for yours.

Second option is to have Apple repair your broken screen, or actually replace it, since I mentioned above that Apple replaces your broken phones with refurbished ones. This isn’t such a great deal since Apple prices are well, pricey, but you will have a quality refurbished phone in the end. When you go to Apple to replace your broken phone, prices will range from $180 at the least to $300 at the most in order of old phone being the iPhone 4 to new iPhone 5. These costs are quite expensive, considering its just for an a screen replacement, but that’s what happens when you buy luxury items.

The 3rd option is to use a third party like a cell phone or computer repair store. This is the best option for replacing your iPhone screen because it is the cheapest. Although repair cost for the iPhone 5 will still be pricey due to being new on the market, the replacement parts are still scarce. Heroes and Geeks Computer Repairs in Los Angeles offers affordable iphone screen repairs. Heroes and Geeks repairs Cracked/Broken Front Glass/LCD Screen Replacement at the following prices: iPhone 5 – $179.99, 4S – $99.99, iPhone 4 – $99.99 and the older iPhones respectively lower. Compared to Apple’s refurbished price, these prices are a whole lot of savings to you.

Keep in mind these few tips when searching for a iPhone repair store:

• Find a local repair store, so you don’t have to wait for the mail to ship it and it supports local business.
• Shop around for the best price, there is lots of competition.
• If you want to save more money, ask the repair shop if they have 3rd party parts, which tend to be half off the authentic Apple parts.

Of course there is always the do it yourself option, but I really don’t recommend this unless you are a techie geek. iPhones, and other Apple computer replacements are the most difficult gadgets to repair. Just to replace the iphone screen of iPhone 5, it takes a trained professional over 1 hour. The phone has over 50 micro sized screws alone. This is probably why Apple replaces your broken phone with a refurbished one instead of repairing it in-house. The labor cost would be too high to repair it in-store and so they collect all the broken iPhones, and ship them to China for practically free labor and then they ship the repaired phones back to the stores and sell them refurbished-the house always wins.

Stay tech savvy, my friends