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I'm dealing with Mac right now, but the AT&T store where I bought it treated me like a criminal. Mac wasn't too bad, but I have yet to see what becomes of all this. I'm supposed to get a temp in the mail tomorrow or the next day and then send back the one I bought for repairs. If they don't give me grief then they'll have my support. I was getting the vibe from them, however, that they weren't entirely sure they would replace it.
They kept slipping in "if you really didn't drop it," and so on. Yeah, I dropped the phone and it broke right around the button? Seems a strange place for it to break. Additionally, I was so anal about caring for it, that I had the aftermarket rubber guard on it (recessing the screen), to begin with. What a headache.
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A.J.H.
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Although you can expect a "Genius" to say it's nearly impossible, even when you're holding a shattered phone in your hand. And then to explain that $249 to replace the screen is a good deal, because they'll give you a whole new phone (since they claim they can't replace just the screen).
Apple should just admit this and recommend that everyone buy a bump case. And/or offer insurance.
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Or how about the fact you can buy the replacement glass screen online for $110. This tells me Apple must be paying under $30 for the part and then charging $240 in labor to fix their baby. I can't imagine they didn't try dropping a few of these during product testing and were not well aware of this problem. This is customer service at its worse. Thumbs down to Apple. Thanks Mr. Jobs! I hope the law suit comes soon.
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My gripe is that it is a clear engineering error to place holes in the screen glass as it makes a stress riser. In this case, it is placing 'clean design' over 'good engineering'. Surely by doing this it is foreseeable than many screens will break because of those two holes.
I am most disappointed with apple.
1 year ago
$249 to fix it. Ridiculous!
Luckily, the phone was purchased via Amex platinum.
Be very careful with your iphone. They are not durable at all.
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I have some clout I can throw around, most people do not. SHAME ON APPLE FOR NOT STANDING BEHIND ITS PRODUCT. This chunk of fragile glass you call a phone is poorly designed. Stand by it
Dan
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What is also very troubling is the lack of any warranty coverage for a problem (screen cracking) which is all too common, and certainly was forseable. If anyone has the time to discuss their experience with us please contact me: Steven Berk: 202-232-7550; Steven@chavezgertler.com .
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ohkay so i have had my phone for over 6 months
and i have dropped it soo many friekin times
and on concrete to, like alot !
but just one time i drop it on carpet
the glass friggen shatters every where
wat the heck?
isnt concrete more durable than carpet?
i wasnt so pissed
cuz i thought that i could get a replacement easily
i get to the at&t store
and seriously all they said was
oh sorry we cant fix that
you will have to by a whole new phone
around 400 dollars.
and they barely even looked at it
i just wanted to smack all of them
like seriously these people.
1 year ago
I had my iphone glass smash only last Friday. Here are some points. I must admit that I was not even aware that the iphones screen was made of glass. Nowdays if you buy any thing it always comes with a warning like toys for example..small parts can be dangerous to children. Electrical goods warn about electric shock and not to work on the product etc..New cars and motorbikes have warnings etc..and there are many other modern
products which carry warnings
So why is it that a very common product like a mobile phone does not have any warning like this stuck to the screen....
"Warning, this screen is made from glass and is very fragile...do not drop or leave in a pocket Be very carefull while handling this phone in case the screen shatters .... keep away from children"
I will be going to the Apple shop tomorrow outside of London to try to get a free replacement and as I have bought various ibooks and imacs etc I would expect as a valued customer to get a replacement...so please watch this space tomorrow
Cheers
Nigel
ps I ride a vintage Triumph motorcycle and I still wear an open face crash helmet with goggles. New goggles can not now be made with glass len's as they are now considered dangerous so now they are made from poly-carbonate clear plastic
pps it is a pity about the iphone because for me it is a wonderfull thing as I work for myself, I can work while on the move especially good for Ebay etc...
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http://www.hitchsource.com/blog/2008/06/fixing-...
12 months ago
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5aN74NqoJC4
In brief, Apple refuses to do repairs on broken iPhone screens because
they fall under the category of "accidental damage" and therefore are
not covered under warranty. Instead, the only option they give
customers is to buy a replacement for $199, the same price as the new
iPhone 3G coming out on July 11th. Apple takes your old iPhone and
ships it back to California, and you get a refurbished model in
return.
Is it right that Apple charges as much for a used phone as a new one? And if Apple isn't repairing broken iPhone screens for customers, what are they doing with those phones getting sent back to California?
11 months ago
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$299 for a new one? there are screens on ebay for $30! if i "exchange" it, apple is just going to refurbish the one i return and make a huge profit selling it.
it's absolutely unethical. if it's this flimsy, then they should have a program in place to deal with repairs.
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THANK YOU
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they work with AT&T and Apple with non warranty repairs
you can mail it in or if you are in the San Francisco Bay area they are up 101 north of the Golden Gate
www.northbayelectronics.com is the website i was in the bay area and just called and they fixed my phone the same day
6 months ago
entries that are exactly the same as the one posted above on this
forum. Clearly someone from the company posted all these identical
entries under different user names. Let me balance that entry with
the perspective of a real customer.
I sent my iPhone 3G to NorthBay Electronics to repair water damage.
I called them before I sent my phone in and they said they were getting
so much business that it would take 3 - 5 days to fix my phone.
In the end, they had my phone for an entire week (let's say 5 business
days), and with the shipping time I was without my phone for 12 days.
I sent the phone in via USPS Express Mail. Apparently no one was home
the first time they tried to deliver it, so a day was lost there. I
chose FedEx for the return shipment. The phone was shipped back to me
via FedEx on a Friday. The price for the FedEx shipment was more than
what I paid for overnight Express Mail, but it was only for the FedEx
2day shipping, so I didn't receive my phone until Monday, despite the
fact that I'm only 3 hours away from them.
They claimed the battery in my phone wasn't working as well as it
should, which is plausible for damage such as this. It's also the
kind of thing where they could claim the battery is bad, charge me
for a replacement, and do nothing. So, I asked them to send me the
old battery. When I got the phone back, the old battery wasn't
included. Almost two months later, and after several emails to them
and several promises from them, I still don't have the old battery,
which makes me extremely suspicious.
In the end, although they did actually fix my phone, I can't recommend
them. Their customer service is poor, and their business practices
are questionable. There are plenty of other companies that offer
this service, some of them very well established. Take your business
to one of these other companies.
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I waited for an hour to talk to someone in the Apple store who had the nerve to tell that I should have been more careful with my phone, and then said the only thing he could do is give me a new one for the "low" price of $199, which is EXACTLY WHAT IT COST NEW. So after a near-miss from exploding glass, I get a lecture about how I need to treat Apple products with more care than other electronics because they're "cutting edge", and then they offer to sell me a new one? Seriously?
Somewhere along the line Apple forgot the way the market works. If I buy an electronic device I expect it to work within reasonable environmental conditions. If it fails to function as it should, then Apple should fix it. It's a simple contract between them and me. I gave them money in the expectation of a product, and the product turned out to be nowhere near the standards that nearly every other cellphone manufacturer is held to. Gimmicks like a touch screen are neat, but there's a fundamental standard that is expected of a product, and the iphone hit substantially below the mark.
If only the exploding glass had cut me, then we'd have our class action lawsuit. It's only a matter time before someone gets hurt.
8 months ago
Apple replaced the phone without a problem under warranty.
I've dropped my iPhone several times, some of them quite bad spills. Both my old one and my new 3g got dropped but neither got broken so I actually reckon these phones are pretty tough.
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http://www.lawyerseek.com/Practice/Product-Liab...
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