So one of us broke the screen on an iPhone 5. Guess what they want to fix it? [View all]

Last edited Thu Feb 14, 2013, 10:53 PM - Edit history (1)

First, my iPhone is fine. Just to get that out of the way.

I called the Ye Newe Fixit Shoppe where they want $280 to replace it with a screen that is "pretty much the same" as the original.

I called the Apple Store. For $229, they will replace the whole phone and transfer everything on the old unit to the new unit. You contribute a Genius Bar appointment and a credit card.

The moral of the story?

Don't drive your car with your iPhone in your lap and then forget its there and open your car door in the driveway, stand up, and watch in horror as your precious device does a swan dive onto a stone and shatter.