Break Apple's new HomeView hub and the bill lands at $39 or $279, depending on whether you paid for AppleCare+ first.
Apple has published repair pricing for HomeView, the smart home hub it launched this year in both tabletop and wall-mounted versions. Accidental damage to either model costs $39 to fix if the device is covered under AppleCare+. Skip the extended warranty and that same repair - cracked screen, dead speaker, doesn't matter - costs $279. Apple did not break the fees down by damage type; both models and apparently every kind of damage fall under the same flat rate.
The flat fee says something about how Apple expects people to use HomeView: as a fixed object bolted to a wall or counter, not a pocketable gadget prone to small scrapes. It also makes the AppleCare+ math blunt - pay $39 once something breaks, or risk a bill more than seven times as large.
Apple hasn't said what AppleCare+ costs upfront for HomeView, so it's hard to judge yet whether the coverage is a genuine deal or just a hedge against a no-coverage price Apple set high on purpose.