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Apple's iPhone repair scheme extends into Europe and Canada for independent stores
Apple 's Independent Repair Provider Program, which allows businesses to purchase genuine Apple parts to perform iPhone repairs without having to become a full-fledged Apple Authorized Service Provide (AASP), is expanding to Canada and 32 countries across Europe , the company has announced.
The service launched in the US last year, and Apple reports that 140 companies with a total of 700 locations have signed up since.
The program is important because it gives independent shops access to certified Apple parts at the same cost as AASPs, without having to agree to that program's stricter requirements, according to iFixit.
Original parts provide Apple with "security and consistency," but in some situations its goods do not shy of warning consumers when faulty models are used for repairs. The software provides shops with access to services like the training and repair manuals library in Apple.
Apple recommends that businesses will have a technician accredited by Apple to carry out repairs. A full list of business conditions, including having a commercial walk-in location, is available here, which must adhere to proprietary Apple's software, training, service guides which diagnostic.
While the specifications of the Individual Repair Provide Program are less stringent than the AASP arrangements, they have been subject to their criticism. A Vice article questioned Apple's signing contract and a source cited by iFixit expressed more skepticism about the plan.
Apple also says it continues the extension of its Certified Service Providers network in addition to its independent repair programme. According to Apple, there are approximately 5,000 AASPs worldwide and last year the number of locations in the US tripled when Best Buy joined.
