{"id":760529,"date":"2026-07-13T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/760529\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:00:16","slug":"samsung-is-allegedly-increasing-smartphone-repair-prices-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/760529\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung is allegedly increasing smartphone repair prices in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rising component prices forced Samsung to increase the prices<\/a> of some of its phones in several regions<\/a>. But the effects of the current market conditions reach further than that \u2013 repair costs are going up as well.<\/p>\n

In its home country of South Korea, Samsung has raised the price of repair materials for smartphones by an average of 5%, reports The Chosun. Other segments are affected as well \u2013 e.g. materials for home appliance repair now cost 9% more on average.<\/p>\n

To put this in monetary terms, the average smartphone repair job became KRW 11,000 more expensive \u2013 this converts to $7.37 \/ \u20ac6.45 \/ \u00a35.50 \/ \u20b9705. It\u2019s not much, but it\u2019s something to keep in mind.<\/p>\n

The majority of the expense, 80%, when repairing a device comes from the replacement parts. The rest is labor costs and service fees, which won\u2019t change. \u201cMaterial costs have risen, leading to an unavoidable price increase. Labor and service fees remain the same as before,\u201d said a Samsung Electronics Service official.<\/p>\n

\"Samsung<\/p>\n

LG Electronics plans to keep repair costs for its appliances the same for now \u2013 alas, LG no longer makes phones. Again, this report concerns repair services in South Korea, but the situation is similar around the world.<\/p>\n

We know what you are thinking \u2013 AI made memory expensive. And that\u2019s true, but smartphone RAM and storage are not really components that can be repaired (usually, the whole motherboard gets swapped if there is an issue with one or the other).<\/p>\n

The Chosun points the finger at higher prices for raw materials (such as copper and gold), which were caused by instability in the Middle East among other factors. One unnamed manufacturer told Korea\u2019s Ministry of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Startups that \u201craw material prices surged by approximately 60% in the first half of this year due to supply and raw material shortages.\u201d<\/p>\n

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