Starting next week, your broken Apple iPhone 5c screen can be fixed or replaced at an Apple Store

So you dropped your Apple iPhone 5c on the sidewalk and cracked the glass. What can you do? After you let out all of your tears, kicked an old lady in the shins and whined to a bartender how unfair life is for a good 45 minutes, you can actually go somewhere to get your broken screen repaired or replaced. Starting next week, the Apple Store will repair or replace broken screens on the Apple iPhone 5c.

The game plan is for the Apple Store to start offering this service on January 20th. A broken display can be repaired/replaced in an hour without having to replace the handset. This is a big deal to those who hate having to reinstall apps on a brand new phone. Apple has been testing out the service at select stores and is ready to expand this to all brick and mortar Apple Stores except for those in Canada and Hong Kong. It's expected that an uninsured screen repair/replacement for the Apple iPhone 5c will cost $149. Still, that is less than the price of a new unsubsidized phone. Those with Apple Care will have to pay only $49 to repair or replace the screen.

And if you own the full-featured Apple iPhone 5s, better hold on tightly to your phone. While Apple is planing to eventually rollout screen repair/replacement for the iPhone 5s, right now that service is available in a limited number of Apple Stores. There is no date scheduled for the full rollout of screen repairs or replacements for the current flagship iPhone.

source: 9to5Mac via TechRadar