dropped S3 - €190 for 'repair' or is S5 worth another €280?

[madeirabhoy]

broke my S3 sadly dropped it one time too many. seems no one repairs them, apple just post you a new or refurbished one. so I am weighing up paying €190 for this and probably waiting a week or so too, or do I just bite the bullet and get a S5? I do like the bigger screen and it gets more faces and its faster..... but will I really notice the difference especially when S6 comes out and I don't have the 'new' model?

 

[rgyiv]

If you have access to Black Friday deals on the S3, I vote get a S3 and then wait to see if you want the S6

 

[FlyingDutch]

I would say the S5 compared to an S3 is a big upgrade, but why not an S4 on sale ?
The price would be in between, and the performance are almost identical to the S5.

 

[PugMaster]

How bad is the damage? If the screen is cracked but the lcd is still good, you can consider a 3rd party repair store which often do this repair for less than 100 bucks. If you cracked the whole screen (no image/lines/partial function only), it's getting expensive. 3rd party screens for the S3 42 are around 120-160 bucks. Not sure if Apple Pay will be affected when doing a swap as the NFC chip sits on the display.

 

[madeirabhoy]

went for the 'repair' €208, the wife said why didn't you spend the extra and get the new one...torn... I haven't paid for the repair yet.

 

[JT2002TJ]

Get a new one. You are putting money into something that isn't worth the cost of the repair. You can probably find used S3's at that price all day (€208).

 

[PugMaster]

Sell the broken one for parts, then. You can easily get 35-40 bucks for it, if it's the 42mm with LTE, you can get even more.

 

[madeirabhoy]

Get a new one. You are putting money into something that isn't worth the cost of the repair. You can probably find used S3's at that price all day (€208).

itll be a new one anyway, they don't repair them, but its another €280 to get a series 5.