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ed

 posted on 12th May 08 at 16:23

You can buy replacement screens from ebay. Taking apart an iPhone is a pretty simple job and replacing the screen (or battery/camera/speaker/logic board for that matter) is also not too hard...


Graham88

 posted on 11th May 08 at 11:45

Not only would u lose £170 but I doubt you'd be able to find somewhere that still has them in stock! I've always taken insurance out on phones, I'm a clumsy fucker and u just never know what'll happen!


Paul_J

 posted on 11th May 08 at 08:25

hah they offered me insurance and i was nahhh don't need it :| concerns me now.


Graham88

 posted on 10th May 08 at 20:38

Incase anyone was interested, got it back today, they replaced it completely :)

Taking ages to put it back to how it was :o


ed

 posted on 2nd May 08 at 11:19

Probably got the same case as me then :)


Graham88

 posted on 1st May 08 at 00:59

quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
was it a drop from a high height?


Not really, just fell out my pocket when I was running in the rain :(

quote:
Originally posted by ed
I keep mine in a hard leather case btw, keeps it safe... :)


I bought one in Carphone Warehouse when I took it in for repair. Bit bloody late but hopefully if it happens again it'll be absorbed this time rather than directly on the casing.

Annoying, but shit happens.


Bart

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 18:43

i know what this calls for



Dom

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 18:34

Any decent cases for the iphone that would protect it from drops and the likes?

Have an iSkin for my ipod, thats pretty good, but not sure if the iphone version would save the screen getting bashed in :o


ed

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 18:27

I think that they are very solid, but they are quite heavy and I think that any drop will go straight through the aluminium case and be transmitted straight to the glass front on the screen. That is unless it lands on the small plastic part at the bottom as that will absorb a lot more of the impact than the aluminium part...


dave17

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 18:25

werent they meant to be durable? to be fair any phone can smash if you drop it


ed

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 18:18

I keep mine in a hard leather case btw, keeps it safe... :)


ed

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 18:16

I don't think they are as well designed as Nokias when it comes to impact resistance, which is rediculous as it's something the designers should have looked into. They look nice, but a drop will fuck them totally...

Luckily you can buy a new screen for about £40 and to dismantle and repair it isn't too hard.


Mad Moe

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 18:05

Was just thinking the same, must have been some drop


Paul_J

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 18:04

ah crap! I drop my nokia all the time?

was it a drop from a high height?


Marc

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 18:02

Yeah, you don't want to drop your phone! :|


Graham88

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 18:00

Yah! When I bought it last week my mate looked at me and said "Why on earth would you need that?"

And here we are, a week later :lol:


Nismo

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 17:59

:| ouch, insured?


Graham88

 posted on 30th Apr 08 at 17:55

Don't drop the cunt :lol::lol::lol::lol: