iPad 4 - Cracked screen

[CrippsCorner]

Hi the missus broke her iPad the other day, s**t bit of luck... just opened the cupboard door and a tin fell out and landed straight on it it's pretty fucked.

The options:

• Apple repair - £236.44 (get your random pricing out)
• Buy another one second hand - £200ish?
• DIY repair - £10 for a screen from eBay but are they any good? My boss got one for this iPhone and it's not great... plus it's probably a mission
• Third party repair - Companies only doing it for £50ish, again are they going to be any good?
• Using the home insurance - Got a feeling our excess is about £300

Any recommendations? She'd love a brand new one but we're pretty close to applying for a mortgage atm so need to keep other costs down.

 

[Al_G]

Either Apple repair or second hand....Choice is yours.

 

[adamlstr]

I did DIY the other week on my iPad mini, if the glass is smashed it's a complete f**king pain in the glarse.

I wouldn't do another, I'd go with the 50 quid option if it's recertified original Apple parts as opposed to cheap Chinese fakery.

Some areas of the screen I have now, require a good press to register.

 

[CrippsCorner]

Two more things to add to the mix... finance with Apple starts @ £15 p/m which isn't too bad for an iPad Air.

Also, she could still get around £50-60 her hers on eBay.

 

[Ben]

Can't you just buy another one on a 0% credit card rather than Apple finance?

 

[CrippsCorner]

Maybe... but neither of us have one lol.

For now we're seriously cutting down on everything for this mortgage so she's going to whack on a screen protector instead :tongueout:

 

[Gally]

Local repair shop? The guys I've seen seem to use half decent screens and they know what they're doing in a lot of cases. Worth a go?

 

[CrippsCorner]

Only reason I'm put off something like that is my mate took his iPhone 5S to one of these repair shops in London with a failed power button. They fixed it and all was happy days... for a little while. The following week it was dead again and so were the volume buttons and it wouldn't vibrate anymore! He took it back and they opened it up and said some connector inside had snapped or something. They said they only provided guarantee on the part they actually changed and wouldn't do anything about it. w*****s.