Instead of relying on a phone insurance plan, I was able to use a credit card perk to get reimbursed for some of the repair costs. Mike Sorrentino Senior Editor Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for ...

Hard to repair phones are inexcusable now. Hard to repair phones are inexcusable now. is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor.

Nothing lives forever -- and that includes your phone battery. Not only is it dying small deaths on an almost daily basis, but it's also dying a longer, slower death that'll eventually render your ...

Stop killing your flagship phone's best feature to save pennies on battery ...