Vision Pro cover glass repair costs $799 without AppleCare Plus

The Apple Vision Pro headphones’ $3,499 sticker price is nothing to sneeze at. However, if you decide not to pay the extra $24.99 per month or $499 for two years of AppleCare Plus insurance, be sure to handle your new headphones with kid gloves. For users who do not have an insurance plan, this can be resolved The cracked glass cover costs $799sea ​​of ​​apples Updated support page For Vision Pro.

If you have AppleCare Plus coverage, repairs for cracked glass or other accidental damage will cost $299. At this price you can pay for AppleCare Plus for two years And The discounted cover glass repair fee is $798 – a full dollar less than the repair cost without a service plan.

die Conditions (pdf) explains that coverage includes any “unexpected and unintentional external events,” including spilling liquid or dropping a device. If you’re unusually clumsy, rest assured that the AppleCare Plus plan will cover an “unlimited” number of events over a two-year period, as long as you pay $299 each time.

For more advanced repairs, Apple’s extended coverage for the Vision Pro may indeed be necessary. Other damage can cost up to $2,399 to repair – more than two-thirds the cost of a brand new Vision Pro, although extended coverage applies if the damage requires device replacement. Apple didn’t give specifics on how much damage there would be, which would require a full replacement, but your local repair shop probably doesn’t have a 23 million-pixel micro-OLED display on the back.

Sometimes the increasing availability of DIY and third-party repair services offers a cheaper alternative to Apple’s official methods of repairing other devices. Last year, with states like California, Minnesota and New York passing right-to-repair laws, Apple committed to providing parts, tools and information to repair its devices.

After launching the iPhone 15 last fall, Apple expanded its self-service repair offering to new phones about a month later, and if that’s the case with the Vision Pro, DIY and third-party repairs could be another option. But for now, Vision Pro buyers can consider adding AppleCare Plus to their already high price — and take extra precautions when fitting their new glasses.