SON OF A GUN! After 4 days of awaiting activation, I cracked my screen in 4 hours..

[thecore762]

If you used a credit card you might be covered for the first few months if its accidental damage...
I used my chase card and I am protected for 120 days.

 

[CrackerJackToy]

If you used a credit card you might be covered for the first few months if its accidental damage...
I used my chase card and I am protected for 120 days.

I used my Chase card! But I also did AT&T next and only paid $53 (taxes) for the phone.

 

[irnchriz]

SON OF A GUN.

IM LIVID.

Ok heres what happened.

I went to Orange Leaf (a frozen yogurt place) with a friend of mine. As we are sitting outside eating froyo, we both hear a *SLAM*! I look down and see my brand new iPhone 6 Plus sitting on the ground, face first.

I don't even move to retrieve it. I just stare at. I just let it sit there for 30 seconds because I didn't want to pick it up and see any damage. After 4 days of waiting for Apple to activate it (see my other thread, 'AT&T can't verify my identity'), my luck keeps getting worse & worse.

Finally, I reach down to retrieve my phone. Sure enough, its cracked...and in two different places. Both cracks are right on the bezel on the left hand side, and the very top. Fortunately, no cracks reach the main viewing screen.

After owning 8 iPhones, i've never cracked a screen. Ive had these phones fall 6 feet up in the air while doing hanging ab raises in the gym, and NEVER cracked one, much less, 1.5 feet from a chair!

Im livid. Im pissed. I want to break it in half. But....I did go buy a case for it immediately afterwards. Any idea what the screen will cost to have it replaced? I am extremely anal and a perfectionist and can't stand looking at these imperfections.

Thanks.

That's a bummer man!

 

[PandaBrit]

Ouch. I dropped my 5s about a month ago for the first time since I got it when it first come out. Shattered screen and the phone was in a case. Gutted but cost me £80 to repair. Sold that now and got the 6 but hope you get it fixed soon

 

[MikeVera]

 

[TWO2SEVEN]

This is payback from the universe for using the term "froyo".

 

[kilcher]

I did go buy a case for it immediately afterwards.

I don't know why someone would cover such a beautiful phone with a case. </sarcasm>

Pretty sure 80% of these threads are started by someone who made the comment above somewhere in this forum.

 

[drober30]

$79. So it's more expensive than paying the $139 (since you have to buy it for $99 up front) but then if it happens again it would only be $79 more. Not much of a deal though since 2 screen replacements would be $139 + $139 = $278 vs Apple Care 2 screen replacements would be $99 + $79 + $79 = $257.

Not only would Apple Care + be a little cheaper but your phone and accessories (lightning cable) is covered for 2 years.

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Just call the 800 number and put Apple Care + on it. Its still within the 60 days of purchase and that's the only requirement.

You still pay the $99 + $79 like anybody else plus your covered for another future mishap. Apple should not care if you have to use it right away.

I had Apple Care + on mine before it came out of the box.

 

[GoCubsGo]

Putting a case on it after it's hit the floor and cracked is like me stretching a condom over my 4yr olds head. What's done is done at this point.

This is internet gold! Thanks for the laugh!

Oh my God. All time greatest wisdom of all time. Add this to the Bible!

This is better than the bible!

Take it to an Apple store and... plead... beg...cry...bribe... no seriously, you may be surprised ..except don't cry or bribe

It's damaged anyway, so worth a shot IMO

Why? He dropped it. I'm sure Apple will be happy to take his money for a repair/replacement.

bad luck and weak design i say. i havent heard of anyone saying i dropped my 6+ and nothing happened.

i literally had 2 cars drive over my 5 and the screen didnt crack. im telling ya this 6+ is screwy. that said, im still getting one! yahoo!

Not a design issue. He/she dropped it. Can't blame Apple.

This is payback from the universe for using the term "froyo".

Came here just to write that.

Can't you just buy apple care and then get it exchanged?

Because it is fraud.

Not only would Apple Care + be a little cheaper but your phone and accessories (lightning cable) is covered for 2 years.

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Just call the 800 number and put Apple Care + on it. Its still within the 60 days of purchase and that's the only requirement.

You still pay the $99 + $79 like anybody else plus your covered for another future mishap. Apple should not care if you have to use it right away.

I had Apple Care + on mine before it came out of the box.

And that is fraud.

 

[MacBH928]

What is a good case to protect the screen? I have an incipio which has thick borders and sure enough it protects the screen but touching buttons on the sides of the screen are somewhat difficult like the Q and SHIFT buttons

 

[tomtucker]

Putting a case on it after it's hit the floor and cracked is like me stretching a condom over my 4yr olds head. What's done is done at this point.

It'd be funnier if he thought of that himself. That near exact comment was posted on the website Reddit a couple days ago. But well played nonetheless.

 

[BoxerGT2.5]

I don't read reddit.

 

[thecore762]

I used my Chase card! But I also did AT&T next and only paid $53 (taxes) for the phone.

Then you should be protected for the first 120 days against damage.
Contact chase and see what you need to do.

 

[CrackerJackToy]

Then you should be protected for the first 120 days against damage.
Contact chase and see what you need to do.

Just did. They won't cover it because the Next program is installments and I didn't actually buy the phone.

 

[MikesGravity]

Take it to an Apple store and... plead... beg...cry...bribe... no seriously, you may be surprised ..except don't cry or bribe

It's damaged anyway, so worth a shot IMO

Worked for me (and I didn't even have to beg, I was prepared to use AppleCare+). They replaced my hairline crack iPhone 6 no questions asked.

 

[aPple nErd]

It's super simple. The need for a case becomes more apparent and they decide that it's too late to stop the damage already done but it's not too late to stop further damage in the future.

Was that really not obvious to you?

Check out the guy talking about a condom over his 4 yr old's head. Makes sense to me. Same principal.

 

[Immiddx]

Check out the guy talking about a condom over his 4 yr old's head. Makes sense to me. Same principal.

Not quite. The similar principle would be wearing a condom while having sex after having had a kid. You can't stop the first kid but you can stop having kids in the future if you start wearing a condom with all future sex.

Was that really not obvious to you?

 

[SR71]

That sucks, OP. At least a display replacement is relatively cheap at $109.

 

[CrackerJackToy]

Not quite. The similar principle would be wearing a condom while having sex after having had a kid. You can't stop the first kid but you can stop having kids in the future if you start wearing a condom with all future sex.

Was that really not obvious to you?

This was precisely why I went out and bought a case. I think this basic principle went over many heads. They must have also missed the part where all my cracking has developed along the bezels, and not the main screen.... Hence the rationalization of buying a case immediately afterwards to prevent further damage that would result on the main viewing screen, which would possibly make the phone usable at that point.

 

[Appleind]

I'm just shocked you've owned eight iPhones. 2G, 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S, 5, 5S, 6?

But honestly, sorry about the incident.

Guilty of this too. I have always bought them with apple care included . Now the apple care plus also covers 2 events of accidental damage.