iPad 3 screen repair options

Tiny Clanger · 27 Dec 2017 at 13:35

So....my daughter has managed to drop her (admittedly ageing) iPad 3 and it now has a hairline crack across the glass and some fragmentation of the glass at the one corner. Looking at repairs on t'internet (rather than the somewhat expensive solution via Apple) and there seem lots of places which which will replace the screen for a much more reasonable price - including Timpsons.

My question is - could anyone recommend/have experience of a particular repairer or are they all pretty much the same?

ChrisD. · 27 Dec 2017 at 14:24

Not much experience but only Apple will have the official Apple screen. I guess for a child it doesn't matter that much.

Tiny Clanger · 27 Dec 2017 at 17:40

I assume that this will impact any resale value - but going via the Apple route I assume it would cost more to repair that the resale value...

silverblack · 27 Dec 2017 at 17:45

£296.44 according to Google.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/ipad/repair/service

kefan77 · 27 Dec 2017 at 17:51

why are you even bothered about resale value of a few generations old device with cracked screen?

if it's just digitizer, I'd pay no more than this

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271812803323

Tiny Clanger · 27 Dec 2017 at 17:59

kefan77 said:
why are you even bothered about resale value of a few generations old device with cracked screen?

I was planning on getting her a new one and selling this one one to fund some of the cost - even CEX would offer ~£100 for it according to their website. Of course, that was before she dropped it

Most of the places I've looked at online are around the £30-£40 mark for replacement of the digitiser (which is all I think I'll need). I might just take it in to Timpsons to see what they'd charge to do it...