Accidentally broke my rMBP LCD :-(

Hi all, today I was working on my rMBP, I wanted to take a photo of the screen and got my iPad with one hand, after several tries I finally managed to get a sharp photo and BOOM! The iPad dropped! = my hand was sweaty the iPad slipped and dropped right onto the keyboard, BUT before it landed on the keyboard the iPad hit the screen! :-(, as a result the screen started to flick and vertical lines appeared on the right side, I'm making a backup right now, I've been keeping this rMBP since February and now I will have to get it fixed at the Genius Bar, I don't know if the first year warranty covers accidentally broken LCD, any of you have experienced something similar before?, how much do you think I will have to pay for this repair?

Thanks in advance...

 

I read another similar thread and someone said Apple would charge $700 including labour for a rMBP screen, I live in Europe so the cost would be €700 or even a bit more...

 

Unfortunately not, but I'd consider on getting one insurance after this .

 

I'm not prone to break things, this is my second stupidly-broken gadget in my whole life, my first one was my Sony pocket camera, it fell down in the garage next to my car and then I ran over it, same result: camera was fine but screen was broken, maybe they should make stronger panels :-/

 

I made an appointment with the Genius Bar for tomorrow, I still don't know how much they will charge, they said the warranty doesn't cover accidentally damage, the person on the phone told me they'll tell me the repair cost tomorrow at the store.

 

this!,

The most funny thing is that I rarely use my iPad to take photos, this one has been the most expensive shot ever for me!, this just happens when I was planning to buy my first smartphone with a decent camera, now I have to use the money to fix this mess :-S.

 

I just wanted to take a photo of my desk with my rMBP on top with me sitting in front of it to show it to a friend of mine since he's interested on buying the same desk, I raised the iPad with one hand to focus the scene, it slipped from my hand and landed on my open MacBook hitting the screen.

 

Fortunately I also have an iMac and can get by until my rMBP is fixed,

Thanks to all for reading my thread that has being a "catharsis" for me after this sad event, I'll be posting back as soon as I have news about it,

Learn from me and remember not to do stupid things with your pricy gadgets around.

and sorry for my bad English since I'm not native speaker.

 

Hi all again!, my rMBP is back from the Genius Bar! I'm writing right now from it

well, this repair was for free!!! , today I went to my Genius Bar appointment and told the technician the truth, I explained to him that I was not sure wether the iPad hit directly the screen or the crack was due to the vibration produced as the iPad landed on the keyboard, I asked him to check the keyboard as well but he told me not to worry about it because the rMBP's keyboard was strong enough, then we agreed the iPad had first hit the screen and then landed on the keyboard, I asked him about the cost and he said it would cost €600 including labour, he asked if I had any insurance I said not, fortunately they had a screen on the storage so the repair will take few hours and in the worst case within 24-48 hrs.

I went back home, then 2 hours later the technician calls and says my rMBP is ready!, but they had considered to make an exception in my case and the warranty would cover the repair!!!

When I went back to the store again to pick up my rMBP I thanked the technician for the prompt repair and asked him about why they had considered to cover the repair with the warranty, he told that his chief and the rest of the technicians were looking for visible signs of dents on the screen and the laptop's body and they didn't find any!, so they decided to cover this repair by the warranty , I don't know if in this case I was lucky but the I'm more than satisfied with Apple's costumers service!