What are the repair costs for a shattered Apple Watch?

I dropped my Apple Watch on the cement and it’s shattered very badly. I just had it for one year. I heard to fix the face will cost a lot. Why the face is so easy to break, why Apple don’t use traditional watch material? I hate it is broken.


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Apple Watch SE, watchOS 10

Posted on Aug 10, 2024 12:33 AM

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Posted on Aug 10, 2024 4:23 PM

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Apple Watch Service and Repair - Apple Support


Scroll down to How much will it cost and put in your information. Do you have AppleCare? If you do choose to get a new Apple Watch I would suggest an AppleCare plan…


AppleCare Products - Watch - Apple


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Aug 10, 2024 4:20 PM in response to JenniferZh

Most people find that buying a new watch is much more effective than replacing or repairing an old one. For example, replacing the screen of an Apple Watch costs almost as much as a new Watch.


From what I have found, replacing the Apple Watch SE screen can be around $150-250, and Apple has confirmed that after WatchOS 11, they will stop updating the SE, so its around a good time to upgrade.


Heres the current Watch lineup: Apple Watch - Compare Models - Apple


Aug 10, 2024 1:14 AM in response to JenniferZh

Hello, I see that your watch broke as you unfortunately dropped it on cement, resulting in the screen smashing, I recommend taking it to an apple store to get it repaired, do not take it to a repair shop, unless they do OLED screens, as your apple watch has something called an OLED screen, well all apple devices, do and placing an non-OLED screen on the watch, will mean it will not perform as well or be as good, as it was previously.

Aug 10, 2024 9:26 AM in response to JenniferZh

The watch SE uses Ion-X glass which is quite tough but not indestructible. The more expensive stainless steel models of iPhones use sapphire crystals, the kind that's used in high-end watches like Rolex and Breitling.


You can see some additional information here:


https://www.slashgear.com/780962/apple-watch-scratch-resistance-ion-x-vs-sapphire-glass/

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