Xiomara Blanco is an associate editor for CNET Reviews. She's a Bay Area native with a knack for tech that makes life easier and more enjoyable. So, don't expect her to review printers anytime soon.

You were so excited to have a new iPhone that you decided against protecting it with a cover — the freshness was too sexy to conceal with a case. But now your newish phone is looking very not-new.

Let’s be real here. If your Galaxy Note10+ screen is cracked, you have probably dropped the device or damaged it physically. This means that you’ll probably have to get help from somewhere else in ...

Cracked or broken mobile device screens can be costly to fix, but a few inexpensive do-it-yourself strategies can eliminate a repair shop visit and salvage your tablet or phone. Third-party repair ...

Get a screen replacement kit online, and try to take apart the phone and replace the screen yourself. This typically should be the cheapest option, but obviously not the best option. You might be able ...

Recently, I was jogging from my car to a pizza shop to pick up dinner for the family, carrying my keys and iPhone in one hand, while digging through my wallet for cash with the other, not being ...

With apologies to Sir Jony Ive, I have managed to break every version of Apple’s iPhone, in one way or another. From getting water in the original iPhone’s dock to dropping and shattering an iPhone 6 ...

You could almost see it happening in slow motion: your smartphone is in your hand one moment, and the next thing you know, it’s barreling toward the ground in a nosedive. Sometimes the layers of glass ...

"GMA" sees how five different repair options stack up. — -- As millions of Americans damaged their smartphones, the cellphone repair industry reported $4 billion in revenue last year. There are ...

No matter how much care we take of our precious smart devices, accidents still happen. As unintentional as these accidents are, more often than not, they lead to a cracked screen — and that can really ...

These days we carry our phones with us everywhere on all our adventures through work and play and sometimes a slight trip or fumble can end in disaster and a cracked screen. If the worst should happen ...