Disaster - I dropped my iPad mini

thehorselady

my iPad mini retina fell out of my bag and the screen has shattered like a spiders web. It needs replacing

I've done a bit of Googling and while I can't pin down an exact price it looks like it will be somewhere in the region of £200 leaving it to Apple. Am I right in this assumption.

There appears to be two solutions: let Apple do the job.
Go to a local repair shop and have it fixed for less than half the price.

The machine is well out of guarantee and I do appreciate that if I let a third party at it then it's goodbye to going back to Apple if something goes wrong.

I'm sure other members have had the same problem, what did you do? It's advice I'm after, take a chance and get it fixed locally or give Apple the money and get piece of mind?

Many thanks

wiogs

Entirely up to you.

If you know a local place who does it and who have decent recommendations then I am sure it is fine to save some money.

If you want some sort of Apple reassurance then go with Apple.

I know people who have done both with no problems either way.

stuart07970

Please be sensible
Phone the Apple Store and get an updated price for a repair
(Not what someone wrote on their blog months ago)

Likewise as long as you appreciate that the replacement will not be the same as the original part - but if it's cheap enough then if may be worth it.
I'm guessing that decent case would have been cheaper

[Deleted User]

Check with your house insurance. It happened to us, we had to pay a £100 excess but they gave us a check for a beand new 1. £250.

Collabora

thehorselady wrote: »

I've done a bit of Googling and while I can't pin down an exact price it looks like it will be somewhere in the region of £200 leaving it to Apple. Am I right in this assumption.

The machine is well out of guarantee

well if its well over warranty i am assuming over 2 years old and going to cost £200 to fix then just scrap it as a new iPad mini is £199 from Apple while iPad mini 2 is £239

http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/compare/

gjchester

Apple out of warranty Ipad mini repair is £156.


However that is rather a replacement with s refurbished produce rather than repairing yours and comes with a 90 day warranty.

deanos

ipad mini is £179 at Tesco direct at the moment so not worth paying apple for a repair if its £200, looking on ebay screens are around £20 so getting someone local should be around £60 ish i would have thought

or do it yourself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwbLFvMItkU

Mr_Singleton

gjchester wrote: »

Apple out of warranty Ipad mini repair is £156.

However that is rather a replacement with s refurbished produce rather than repairing yours and comes with a 90 day warranty.

Wow, not hard to see how Apple has amassed $120 billion cash mountain.

So, Apple will sell you a refurbished iPad for £156. It then repairs your one with a new screen at cost >£50? and then sells it to the next person for £156!

Swipe

Definitely worth replacing yourself for £20.

securityguy

"if I let a third party at it then it's goodbye to going back to Apple if something goes wrong."

Untrue. I've had stuff repaired under Applecare which I've opened up and modified. For example, I'd fitted third-party RAM to a Mac Mini (the old plastic type where opening the case requires putty knives), and they didn't so much as raise an eyebrow when a disk drive failed three weeks before the end of the three year Applecare. It's virtually impossible to open a plastic Mini up without leaving traces of your presence, so had they been looking for a reason to refuse the repair they wouldn't have had trouble finding one.

shortchanged_2

Just look at the positives.

One less apple device in world.

Ditch it and get yourself a brand new non apple device.