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The curved glass display on Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone could cost between $200 and $260 to replace, and the replacement screen is not covered under warranty.

Samsung says it charges $200 to replace the Edge’s display. A call to Samsung Service and Support confirmed this. The phone rep prefaced his remarks by saying “Hmmm it’s pretty expensive” before quoting me the price. He added that the price could be more, depending on what the service techs see when they get the busted device up on the bench.

It could also be that Samsung is subsidizing the screens to keep the price down. One supplier we spoke with at Mobile World Congress said a replacement Edge display could cost up to $300.

And lest you think there’s little risk of the Edge’s screen breaking, consider Square Trade’s recent break test results. The S6 Edge received the worst score possible in Square Trade’s bendability test (when the phone bends the screen usually breaks), scoring even worse than the iPhone 6, which was as at the center of the “Bendgate” controversy. Overall, the Edge was rated “medium risk” for breakage.

A Samsung-certified repair shop, Cell Phone Repair (CPR) in Mountain View, California, quoted me a price of $259 to replace the screen on a broken Edge phone. The proprietor added that the part itself can’t be bought even from off-brand suppliers for any less than $170. And that doesn’t include labor costs.

For the cost of the Edge’s replacement screen you could almost buy a $299 unlocked 16GB OnePlus One smartphone that’s arguably a better phone than the Edge. Or a new 32MB HTC One on eBay.

As I said in my review of the Galaxy S6 Edge, the image and video quality produced by the AMOLED display is among the best I’ve seen on any smartphone. But the display is breakable, and surprisingly expensive to repair. So a good phone case, and maybe an insurance policy, might be especially wise for Edge owners.

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The cost to repair your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge screen totally depends on which method you choose to fix it up. Few of the methods are like getting it fixed from authorized Samsung service center or getting it fixed by a local repair shop in your area or to do it yourself.

* The 2nd option is to go to some local mobile repair shop in your area, where you can get your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge repaired for a better price deal but this won"t ensure good quality part and an unreliable warranty. Just make sure that you don"t get fooled by a shop who claims to have a original screen for a higher price. Do you really think he can have tie ups with Samsung and get original genuine parts from them? The only way these shops can have a original screen is if they took out the screen from some other phone.

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