My iPhone Display is totally broken and damaged!
I knew that this will happen anytime - today it happend! My iPhone was falling down (not the first time) and get totally damaged.
I put it out of my bag and then it crashed down to the streets (stone). The display and the touchsreen were broken completely (as you can see on the picture).
But what is amazin - it’s still working without any restriction. I can slide, use all apps, send messages and all that other stuff. It only feels a little sick because of the broken glass.
Now I have 3 opportunities:
1. Sending the iphone to an “iphone specialist” what means I don’t have the phone with me for a few days.
2. Order a new touchscreen/lcd and repair it by myself. Costs are about 250$ and I take he risk to damage it more than before because I’m talented in making things broken
3. Get a new iphone - that will cost me another 400$ and I don’t wanna pay that
Anybody out there that can help me with my problem?
I’ll let you know what I’ve done when I made my decision!
Tags: broken, damaged, display, glass, iPhone, lcd, touchscreen
March 26th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
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March 26th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
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March 27th, 2008 at 1:00 am
If you go into an Apple Store’s Genius Bar, they should be able to replace the phone for less than the cost of a new one. You don’t need the dock adapter, the cable, and everything else that comes in the box when you bust your phone. I’ve seen people get just replacement phones quite a bit reduced from the retail full packaged phone. Make a Genius Bar appointment at your favorite Apple Store, go in to an Apple Store, show your phone, and ask about how to just replace the phone. I doubt it would come close to full retail.
March 27th, 2008 at 2:56 am
I thought there were AT&T stores selling refurbed iPhones for $249.
March 27th, 2008 at 3:45 am
p.s.
checked apple.com/store/refurbished iphones.
sold out.
hence no price.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:27 am
Thanks for your tips… I decided to bring it to some service guys that will replace the display with an new one.
I’ll let you know the details soon:)
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:15 am
Where can I fix my iphone touch screen in Miami ? do you have any tip to give me ? the screen is totally broken, aftern falling down. thanks in advance !
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
No, sorry I have no tip for you, I’m from germany
But I sent my iphone to a serviceshop and got it back by now…. Will post the pics later.
Maybe you can bring it to an apple store and they’ll repair it for you (think this would cost about 200$$)? Ithink it doesn’t matter if it’s cracked or not, if you pay them..