Both Makers Will Sell You the Parts Now

Both companies will now sell you the part, the tool and the manual. The difference worth knowing is what each is prepared to put in writing afterwards. Samsung states plainly that its warranty is not affected by using the programme. Apple’s page does not address the question at all.

Neither is aimed at a beginner, and both say so in their own way.

What each programme is

	Apple Self Service Repair	Samsung Self-Repair
Covers	iPhone, iPad, Mac laptops and desktops, Apple displays, Beats	Mobile, tablet, laptop, TV, audio, monitor, home appliances
Tools	Rent or buy professional-grade tools	Genuine parts, tools and self-guided manuals
Old part	Credit when you return it, on some repairs	—
Parts warranty	—	90-day limited warranty from delivery
Your warranty	not addressed on the page	“not impacted by Self-Repair”

Each company’s own description, read 5 September 2026.

The warranty sentence is the one to read

Samsung’s is unusually clear, and it does two things at once. It says the device warranty survives the repair, and it says that if you break something in the attempt, the resulting repair may not be covered.

That is exactly the right level of honesty: the programme does not punish you for using it, and it does not indemnify you against your own mistakes. A reader can make a decision on that.

Apple’s page is silent on the point. Its position may well be similar, but a person deciding whether to open their own phone is entitled to read it rather than infer it.

Both are aimed at people who have done this before

Apple says so directly: the programme is “intended for individuals with the knowledge and experience to repair electronic devices.” Samsung frames it as being for individual owners and unaffiliated repair businesses.

That is not a disclaimer to skim past. These are the same parts and the same procedures a technician uses, and the tool rental exists because the correct tools are large, specific and expensive. The programme makes the repair possible, not easy.

The number neither of them gives you

Parts pricing is the figure that decides whether any of this is worth doing, and it does not appear on either programme page. Both send you to a separate store.

That matters because the honest comparison is a three-way one: the part plus tools plus your time, against a shop’s quote, against the device’s remaining value. Self-repair wins that comparison sometimes and loses it often, and neither company is going to do the arithmetic for you.

The credit Apple offers for a returned part is a real thing to factor in, and it is the sort of detail that changes an answer near the margin.

What to actually do

• Get the parts price before anything else. It is the whole decision and it is one page away from where you started.
• Read the warranty position for your maker, and if the page does not state one, ask before you open the device rather than after.
• Price the tools, including rental, and count them once rather than amortising them over repairs you may never do.
• Check whether the old part earns you credit. On Apple’s programme some repairs do, and it is subtracted from the real cost.
• Be honest about the second sentence on both pages. Both makers say this is for people with experience, and the cost of finding out otherwise is the device.