I just dropped my Nexus 4 and the screen has smashed and won't register any touch.
What do you guys think I should do?
- Get screen repaired (Send back to google or just use any repairer?)
- Buy a new Nexus 4
- Buy a new different phone (?if so which one)
Just dropped my Nexus 4...
LEthereal Winter on 26/09/2013 - 17:11
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Lol, either fix it yourself using a $20 glass repair kit from eBay or get a new phone.
It's not just the glass that's broken. He will need to buy the digitizer AND glass panel, which costs quite a bit. $125 USD to be exact.
My friend broke his screen, and his digitizer - he fixed his screen using a toolkit and then sent it back as faulty and they fixed the digitizer completely and nothing was said again.
they fixed the digitizer completely and nothing was said again.
Maybe not at your friend's place, but I bet at Apple they're still spitting chips about it.
Might even be worth considering going back to the old 'dumb phone' for a few weeks and seeing what the Nexus 5 is like :)
Yeah I just realise that the nexus 5 should be coming out soon, so I definately want to wait for that. Only problem is that all my old dumb phones use the mini sim whilst my current sim card is a micro. I'm currently trying to find a friend who could lend me a spare microsim phone, but I don't know too many tech heads that might have phones lying about.
I think you can get some sort of adapter to make your sim bigger, not sure. It's just extra plastic around the edge really.
Same thing happened with my beautiful Lumia 820.
Got it repaired but I could see the difference. Sold it and bought a different device. A repaired device always feels like a repaired one.
Got it repaired but I could see the difference.
That means it was a shoddy repair job.
Yea! Nokia guys quoted $200 as the repair cost. I chose the cheap alternative.
That sucks… A screen repair costs around $165 according to this blog
http://ausdroid.net/2013/05/29/smashed-your-nexus-4-heres-ho…
$165 dollars is a pretty high price to pay just go get the screen fixed, so you have to weigh up your options between getting a Nexus 4 for $300 or paying half the price of a new phone to revive your current one.