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Well I suppose I was thinking more of the fact that my phone cost me about a third the price of an iphone. A year ago I cracked the screen, I'd driven several m

Well I suppose I was thinking more of the fact that my phone cost me about a third the price of an iphone. A year ago I cracked the screen, I'd driven several miles when I realised I'd forgotten it, it was when I swung the car round to go back that I heard it come off the roof. Works fine still. (Little adhesive card wallet had kept it on the roof) To paraphrase Apple I typed this message on my Moto g6

jansan 6y ago
I you have some time, try replacing the screen yourself. There are tons of instruction videos (probably also for your model) and a new screen is surprisingly cheap (for an Android phone).
- stormdennis 6y ago
  I might do, I'm a bit of a bodger though. :) I wrecked our kid's iPhone 5 trying to fix it.
m0xte 6y ago
It was a Moto G (3 I think) I sent in for repair under warranty after it kept overheating. They triggered the water label, refused to fix it and held it until I’d paid a £30 ransom charge. It wasn’t economical for them to fix it so they broke it. And it took them two weeks of pissing around to get that far. How do I know it wasn’t water damaged? Bought new from amazon, only used for testing android apps. As for repairs you can do all that with Apple handsets. However with all third party parts you really never know what the bell you’re going to get. A friend of mine has a Sony handset which they took to a high street repairer who did a bodge with a 3rd party screen. Literally the touch point calibration is completely off, the thing isn’t gorilla glass as the corner cracked trim finger pressure and the thing doesn’t fit properly. YMMV but my phone pays the bills so it’s mid range iPhone with AppleCare thanks. I’m perfectly capable of doing repairs myself but I’d rather someone else did it where if they screw it up or encounter an issue I’ve got an exit plan. Apple when they screwed up my 6s repair on warranty just gave me a whole new handset. This was while I was having a coffee up the road. <2h.

jansan 6y ago

I you have some time, try replacing the screen yourself. There are tons of instruction videos (probably also for your model) and a new screen is surprisingly cheap (for an Android phone).

stormdennis 6y ago
I might do, I'm a bit of a bodger though. :) I wrecked our kid's iPhone 5 trying to fix it.

m0xte 6y ago

It was a Moto G (3 I think) I sent in for repair under warranty after it kept overheating. They triggered the water label, refused to fix it and held it until I’d paid a £30 ransom charge. It wasn’t economical for them to fix it so they broke it. And it took them two weeks of pissing around to get that far. How do I know it wasn’t water damaged? Bought new from amazon, only used for testing android apps. As for repairs you can do all that with Apple handsets. However with all third party parts you really never know what the bell you’re going to get. A friend of mine has a Sony handset which they took to a high street repairer who did a bodge with a 3rd party screen. Literally the touch point calibration is completely off, the thing isn’t gorilla glass as the corner cracked trim finger pressure and the thing doesn’t fit properly. YMMV but my phone pays the bills so it’s mid range iPhone with AppleCare thanks. I’m perfectly capable of doing repairs myself but I’d rather someone else did it where if they screw it up or encounter an issue I’ve got an exit plan. Apple when they screwed up my 6s repair on warranty just gave me a whole new handset. This was while I was having a coffee up the road. <2h.