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iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max now supported in Apple’s Self Service Repair program

Genuine parts for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are now available through Apple’s Self Service Repair program — but don’t mistake this for a launch announcement.

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The Mobile Desk · (2 hours ago)

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Apple's Self Service Repair website showing iPhone 18 Pro parts listing
Apple's Self Service Repair website showing iPhone 18 Pro parts listingPhoto via AppleInsider

Apple has added the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max to its Self Service Repair program — effective immediately. Genuine parts, tools, and repair manuals are now available for both models via Apple’s dedicated online store. No launch date, price, or availability details for the phones themselves are confirmed in the reporting.

This is strictly about post-purchase repair access. The move follows Apple’s August launch of the M5 Mac Studio and M6 Mac mini, which also just joined the program. All four devices, iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, M5 Mac Studio, M6 Mac mini, are now covered. That means users can order display assemblies, camera modules, batteries, and other components directly from Apple, provided they’re comfortable with precision disassembly, ESD safety, and following step-by-step service manuals.

Apple does not list prices for individual parts in the source material. It does confirm that most ‘core’ parts, like logic boards or displays, must be returned for credit, mirroring the process used by professional repair shops. The program launched in April 2022 under regulatory and advocacy pressure, and remains narrowly scoped: it’s not a consumer-friendly fix-it kit.

It’s a compliance play, one that still requires users to shoulder the cost, risk, and technical burden. Right-to-repair groups continue to criticize it as insufficient. For most people, an Apple Store or AASP visit remains faster, cheaper, and safer. But for the small cohort who repair for work, education, or principle, and who already own torque screwdrivers and thermal mats, the parts are now live.

Next up? Apple says it plans to expand coverage to more devices, though no timeline or model list is given.

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