R They Flippin' Insane !!!

[Eager Beaver]

I was looking at colored vinel stickers and such from a thread on this site that eventually lead me to a video of a company offering colored front and back glass for the iphone 4/s (it's the same phone folks). I really liked the deep red color and clicked a couple of times to find out the cost and the wanted $170 american!

R they insane?
$170 for a front and back, and you can get an actual 4/s for $100-$200 bucks

Anyone seen one of these conversions in person?
Would anyone even consider such a huge amount of cash just to change the color?
(it does look nice though)

 

[SDub90]

people are willing to pay, some just believe that paying more means you're getting a better product. Sometimes that *may* be true, but in this case you're often (keyword "often," notice I didn't say "always") getting the same parts as the ones on eBay. If I recall correctly, you can get the front and back for about $70. The reason it's so expensive is because the lcd, digitizer, and front glass are all one unit. If you were able to separate the LCD, it's be closer to $30 for the entire kit (just a guess).

 

[Eager Beaver]

If I recall correctly, you can get the front and back for about $70. .

anyone got any links or company names that make these colored glass front and backs?
(I really would like one, but no way for $170)

 

[rocknblogger]

I was looking at colored vinel stickers and such from a thread on this site that eventually lead me to a video of a company offering colored front and back glass for the iphone 4/s (it's the same phone folks). I really liked the deep red color and clicked a couple of times to find out the cost and the wanted $170 american!

R they insane?
$170 for a front and back, and you can get an actual 4/s for $100-$200 bucks

Anyone seen one of these conversions in person?
Would anyone even consider such a huge amount of cash just to change the color?
(it does look nice though)

Are talking about colorware by any chance?

 

[Eager Beaver]

Are talking about colorware by any chance?

I don't know, I clicked on a utube vid, there was this chick who got a red one and a blue one for demo, and was having a contest with the winner sending their phone in for a free color swap -

 

[asleep]

Exercise your freedom of choice not to buy.

 

[white4s]

anyone got any links or company names that make these colored glass front and backs?
(I really would like one, but no way for $170)

cnn.cn focussupply.com and then of course ebay

i also wanted to do a full conversion but even for $70 , its a lil too much since you have to take the phone apart and its risky. ill be happy with just a back plate. either going blue or carbon fiber

 

[labman]

anybody can charge what ever they want. People can also choose to pay or not. if you want it's bad enough it worth $170 to you.

 

[ericrwalker]

If it's too much you can try another source, usually you get what you pay for. Again, when you buy a phone for $200, it doesn't really cost $200. The price is is reduced because of the 2 year commitment with data plan.

That being said, you could try http://cnn.cn I bought a iPhone 4 back from there, it took a 2 or 3 weeks to receive since it shipped from PRC, HK or maybe TW. Don't remember.

 

[balamw]

MOD NOTE: Thread has been cleaned up.

FWIW if a typical case is $50 and a colorware conversion is $250 if you provide the phone or $1050 if they do, US$170 doesn't seem completely out of whack if the results are reasonable.

The cost of a 16GB iPhone 4S over a 2 year contract with AT&T (cheapest individual plans) is US$200+US$55/mo*24mo=$1520. $170 or $250 to get the non-standard color you want for that duration may not seem worth it to you (or I for that matter), but I can see how it doesn't seem insane.

It's not unlike custom painting or otherwise decorating your car, not cheap and not for everyone.

B

 

[white4s]

paid $48 for my mirror blue kit

 

[maniacphoner]

Exercise your freedom of choice not to buy.

Haha this got me laughing.
I, personally, would not spend USD 170 unless I wanted to really invest on my iphone and not regret spending that much for the product of finished quality later.