Repairing the iPhone Duo's folding screen costs as much as a new…

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentApple posted repair prices for the iPhone Duo without AppleCare Plus, and fixing the inner display costs nine hundred ninety-nine dollars, which is about what a new iPhone costs.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNine hundred ninety-nine dollars to fix a crack. The folding screen was always going to fold us.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe battery is two hundred twenty-nine dollars, so that's a fancy dinner for two just to make your phone last till dinner.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo thousand nine, you could drop a phone off a roof and it would ask for a hug. Now one tumble and you're remortgaging.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRemortgaging a phone.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'm now holding mine over a pillow at all times, and the pillow is the most expensive thing I own.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe fix is AppleCare Plus, and the price tells you the real product is the plan. So buy the plan, or just hold it very gently, like a baby bird.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'm keeping mine in a padded box now, sealed with bubble wrap and prayers.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe cup isn't covered either.