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If you break your iPhone, the easiest path to take is contact Apple Support and schedule an appointment with a Genius Bar. However, if you live far away from an Apple Store, don't trust your local ...

The window to buy into AppleCare+ breakage insurance is reportedly expanding enormously. Purchasing this service adds accidental damage coverage to an iPhone, Mac or other Apple product. The deadline ...

Dara Weinstein remembers the fateful moment as if it were yesterday. She had just finished filming a video on someone else’s phone and was turning a celebratory somersault when her iPhone 11 came ...

If you’ve got a Samsung Galaxy phone in need of repair, you may need to find a new shop. Best Buy’s Geek Squad—once a Samsung-authorized partner—will no longer fix hardware issues such as depleted ...

If your iPhone battery drains faster after updating to iOS 26, wait 24–48 hours for background tasks to settle. Then update to iOS 26.1, restart your iPhone, check and update battery-draining apps, ...

Restarting your phone can be a simple yet effective way to resolve various software glitches and improve overall performance. However, it's crucial to understand what restarting can and cannot fix.

When Apple launched the iPhone 16e last year, I was happy to see it, but somewhat skeptical that we'd see consistent revisions to the model. After all, the iPhone SE models that we'd seen until then ...

In 2024, we've come a long way from the time wherein wire management was an essential life skill for everyone who owned electronics. Despite many things still needing wires or cables, we've ...