Iphone 5 - cracked screen options

[_Jimlad_]

Hello chaps,

I purchased an Iphone5 with a cracked screen and LED bleed for £100, this was a good deal i felt, just wondering if anyone had any advise,

do apple do a part pay replace like they do with the ipods? ie i take them my broken iphone5 pay x amount and they give me a refurbed one?

if i replace the screen myself any solid places to buy from, as bit un sure with ebay?

 

[MonsterMoshi]

Seems easy enough to do yourself

iFixit

Wouldn't know a reliable place to buy a screen though

 

[_Jimlad_]

thanks, a few on ebay, but will wait for advise on here as would rather buy from a recommended site

 

[MonsterMoshi]

From what i'm reading you might be best to take it into an apple store and see what they say
It seems that some people are getting a replacement for free
Tell that you dropped it from a short distance or something and its unacceptable that a device should break under these circumstances and see what they say

 

[lamboman]

If you still want the replacement pricing:

Out-of-warranty service fees from an AppleCare email they sent me:

New iPad Wi-Fi, New iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular, all models: £256.44
iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, all models: £206.44
iPad Wi-Fi, iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, all models: £206.44
iPhone 5, all models: £186.44
iPhone 4S, all models: £146.44
iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, and original, all models: £126.44

 

[_Jimlad_]

cool cheers guys, will try the apple store first

 

[jrwagh333]

How did you get on?

 

[Dr Delphi]

It can't be out of warranty as the device isn't a year old, in theory I would have thought you'd be able to get a replacement for free.

 

[imb4tman]

It can't be out of warranty as the device isn't a year old, in theory I would have thought you'd be able to get a replacement for free.

Accidental damage wouldn't be covered by warranty. It would be hard to prove a cracked screen would be down to a defect covered by warranty unless there were lots of handsets suffering from something similar.