Broken Smartphone display: exchange or buy a new phone?

For upon |The Smartphone is our constant companion, and it often happens that it slides out of our hands and hits the ground with a nasty bang. Since real aesthetes would never use a protective shell, the fall will result in ugly cracks on the screen, the most vulnerable part of the Smartphone. Now good advice is expensive because display break falls as well as water damage under the heading “own fault” and is usually not part of the manufacturer’s two-year warranty. What possibilities there are, we reveal in this post.

SMARTPHONE DISPLAY KAPUTT? NOW IT’S GOING LONG

One thing in advance: The prerequisites for the following considerations are that the Smartphone otherwise has no damage or quirks and the touch screen is still easy to use.

Basically, you have three options for damage on the display. The first: you live with the stigma and tell your friends the cracked screen as a result of a trendy “Spider-App” if the touch screen is still functional. The second: You replace the display or have it replaced. Or thirdly: A new mobile phone must come!

1. HOW DO YOU STAY IN YOUR SMARTPHONE?

If your Smartphone is at the same time your best friend because you went through thick and thin together, a breakup is very difficult. If your mobile phone is your absolute favorite piece and associated with wonderful memories, then – and only then – is the decision to make a repair indispensable. All that remains to be clarified is who is repairing the display: you or a specialist? With that, you can jump directly to point 4.

2. WHAT HAS YOUR ORIGINAL COSMET COST?

The answer to this question should make it clear to you in which relation a repair stands for the former purchase price. Because: The greater the difference between the purchase and repair price, the more worth the investment in a new display or any other refresh your Smartphone. The prices for display repairs for top devices like the iPhone 7 or the Samsung Galaxy S7 range from 150 to 200 Euros for online providers such as fixxoo or handy repair123. This is just the basic price, extras such as a backup or an express repair are added. A repair of the display is therefore worthwhile mainly in the top models of manufacturers, which exceed an original price of 400 Euros.

3. HOW OLD IS YOUR SMARTPHONE?

If your broken phone is two years or older, consider buying a new device. The big manufacturers bring an improved version of their product line to the market every year. At the same time, the prices for the predecessor models fall, which are then partly a real bargain. Your current (broken) mobile phone so you would get so much cheaper at the present time than at the time of initial purchase. It would also be the right moment to think about whether you were completely satisfied with your current device. If this is not the case, now offers the opportunity to test a new model or even another manufacturer.

4. ARE YOU HANDWERKLICH BEGABT?

> YES, THE SOLDERING PISTON WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE TOY!

In that case, you should at least consider replacing the display yourself. On the video portal YouTube, there are tons of crafting manuals for hundreds of models and various repairs. Ifixit also provides step-by-step instructions for almost all technical devices. Are you a gifted craftsman and have a set of small screwdrivers, good light, but above all the necessary time and peace, a self-repair is quite an option. The matching components are available for example on eBay. But also several pages offer spare parts. Here, however, you should be very careful to ensure that they are original parts, otherwise, you endanger a successful repair at the beginning.

On the Internet, you can also order specially designed for the Smartphone model repair kits. The prices quoted for such sets are steep and by no means guarantee that the repair is successful. Opening the Smartphone and loosening all the screws and cables is a real fumbling job and really only recommended if you have lost a passionate watchmaker. A recommendation for a Do-It-Yourself repair we do not want to pronounce here, because there is a risk of irreparably damaging the device. Own initiative also means the loss of warranty and warranty. The best thing to do is look at a tutorial video and then decide if you really believe the tinkering. This example with an iPhone 6 scares off some hobbyists rather.

> NO, I HAVE TWO LEFT HANDS – BASTELN WAS NEVER MY THING!

In this case, we strongly advise against the repair itself! Even with original spare parts and video instructions, replacing a Smartphone display is not child’s play. Fast you break more than you really wanted to fix. In addition, there are competent cell phone doctors in every major city, and there are also a handful of reputable companies on the Internet who understandably pay for professional repairs. Again, it says: “Attention to bargain!” If prices are called, which are well below average, either inferior parts are installed or the cell phone Doc is new to the business. Because the conscientious repair with original parts has its price.

But a satisfactory settlement is not guaranteed even among the major manufacturers (and the service partners they entrust), let alone with the online service providers. Stiftung Warentest wanted to know exactly and tested the repair service of the manufacturers Apple, HTC, Hawaii, LG, Samsung, and Sony as well as three online providers – each dealer received three defective devices. The sad result: Only Apple and Hawaii solved the damage flawlessly, but it took Hawaii more than a month until the devices came back. An online provider repaired the Smartphone, but cheap, but with a display that was not original. Unfortunately, these are not very good news for those who want to give their phone in trusting hands.

5. CONCLUSION: SMARTPHONE NEWS PAYS FREQUENTLY

The decision for or against a repair is both emotional and rational. If you hang on your old Smartphone and paid a lot of money not so long ago, you should contact the manufacturer or a reputable mobile phone doctor. But as described above, even reputable companies work unreliable, and the settlement may take weeks – sometimes with an unknown outcome.

If you want to save all the stress, should think about a new phone. Thus, the broken display as the initial spark for the acquisition of the long-desired successor model or the opportunity to switch to another brand. Because economically most repairs are not. Stiftung Warentest compared the repair costs with the new purchase of the same Smartphone model at the time of the damage. In one case, the repair was only 20 Euros cheaper than the new device. The most worthwhile repair for devices from Apple, as they have a particularly high original price.

But since the previous models of the current top phones fall heavily in price, you get the defective device now already at a much cheaper price, as at the time of the first purchase. After the annoyance of the broken Smartphone, we, therefore, recommend an initial price research of the current new devices. With this background, you can then quite serenely consider whether you want to buy a few Euros more a new phone or the old mend. The prices of all the latest Smartphone in stores near you and from online retailers can be found in our online marketplace.

Do you want to start your mobile repair business? Business Guide Blog has detail information about this business model on their blog post “Mobile Repair at Home” you just need to pay a little attention to understand this profitable business idea.

Description: If your mobile phone your absolute favorite piece and with … a new model or even another manufacturer to test.