iPhone 4 was in my lap when I stepped out of my truck at Walgreens.
Due to my door and the passenger side door shutting, I didn't hear the phone hit the ground. Left Walgreens and headed down the street to my eventual destination, where I realized the phone was missing.
Went back to the Walgreens, and, unfortunately, the phone had landed on the asphalt, screen side down, in the next parking space, directly in the path of the wheel of the car that was parked there. So, not only had it been run over by the compact car that was in the spot when we left as it backed out, it had also been crunched by the Ford Explorer that was now in the parking place as my girlfriend found the phone!
Good news was, I had a Speck hard plastic case on it (the one I received for free as part of Apple's "free case program for the iPhone 4). Despite being run over twice, the only damage seems to be a cracked front screen. Everything works, and there doesn't seem to be any loss of touch sensitivity, color, or definition in the screen. It was probably a stroke of good luck that it landed screen side down, as the shallow lip on the Speck case probably minimized damage.
I was really sick. I pride myself on taking care of my equipment, and this is the first phone I've ever broken. I've owned an iPhone since the 3G came out, and never damaged one. Still sick about it!
I bought this iPhone 4 at the Apple Store the day they came out.
I've attached a photo.
Anyway, my main question is, what are my options?
I read in another thread where a member here had his iPhone replaced at the Apple store for a nominal fee - maybe $29.99 or something? If that's the case, I'd probably like to do that, since there's an Apple store here in town.
I also read another thread that said Apple charges $200 to replace the screen. If that's the case, I'd like to consider other options for repair - possibly letting one of the local shops that specialize in smartphone repair do the job?
What about this place I've read about - Direct Fix?
Thanks for any information y'all can provide.
John
Memphis
Due to my door and the passenger side door shutting, I didn't hear the phone hit the ground. Left Walgreens and headed down the street to my eventual destination, where I realized the phone was missing.
Went back to the Walgreens, and, unfortunately, the phone had landed on the asphalt, screen side down, in the next parking space, directly in the path of the wheel of the car that was parked there. So, not only had it been run over by the compact car that was in the spot when we left as it backed out, it had also been crunched by the Ford Explorer that was now in the parking place as my girlfriend found the phone!
Good news was, I had a Speck hard plastic case on it (the one I received for free as part of Apple's "free case program for the iPhone 4). Despite being run over twice, the only damage seems to be a cracked front screen. Everything works, and there doesn't seem to be any loss of touch sensitivity, color, or definition in the screen. It was probably a stroke of good luck that it landed screen side down, as the shallow lip on the Speck case probably minimized damage.
I was really sick. I pride myself on taking care of my equipment, and this is the first phone I've ever broken. I've owned an iPhone since the 3G came out, and never damaged one. Still sick about it!
I bought this iPhone 4 at the Apple Store the day they came out.
I've attached a photo.
Anyway, my main question is, what are my options?
I read in another thread where a member here had his iPhone replaced at the Apple store for a nominal fee - maybe $29.99 or something? If that's the case, I'd probably like to do that, since there's an Apple store here in town.
I also read another thread that said Apple charges $200 to replace the screen. If that's the case, I'd like to consider other options for repair - possibly letting one of the local shops that specialize in smartphone repair do the job?
What about this place I've read about - Direct Fix?
Thanks for any information y'all can provide.
John
Memphis
