
iPad Pro RepairsĪs you can see, the cost of a screen repair is reasonable under Apple Care+ but quite costly without. Here are Apple’s cost breakdowns for repairing a broken iPad screen with or without an extended warranty. Just how expensive the repairs will be depends on the model of the iPad in question - unless you were prescient enough to purchase an extended two year AppleCare Plus warranty for $99, which covers accidental iPad screen damage among many other things. Apple - which markets some of the most expensive devices on the planet - also charges an arm and a leg to fix them.

Even if your iPad is still under the original one-year limited warranty, accidental damage from your cat nudging it off the kitchen table onto your stone floor at precisely the wrong angle is not covered. The first thing to do when you’re faced with a cracked or broken iPad screen is to find out what Apple can do and how much it will cost for the iPad maker to fix its product.

Here are some options for fixing damage to your iPad screen. This, obviously, makes repairing the newer versions much more costly. If you own one of the newer generations of iPad, then you’ll to replace the entire fused assembly, regardless of which screen components are broken. If this is the case and you own one of the older generations of iPad, then you’re in luck, because the top glass/digi layer can be replaced without disturbing the LCD panel beneath. If the glass on your screen is shattered but you can still the image clearly, then it’s likely only your glass/digi assembly is broken and your LCD is intact. The newer generations of iPad and iPad Pro feature a fused glass, digitizer, and LCD or OLED display much like the newer iPhones.

Older iPads and iPad Minis feature a glass and digitizer (responsible for the touch sensitivity) assembly and a separate LCD display underneath. Working out which iPad components are brokenĪpple’s iPad displays are built differently in different generations. Whether you choose to go through the manufacturer, a third-party repair center, or you make the repairs yourself, we’ll walk you through your different options if you break your iPad’s screen.
