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xrd 6 hours ago

I bought a used iPad for my daughter for her birthday about a year ago for about $500.

M4 chip.

Her mom's cats chewed on the corner of the screen. It won't turn on.

The cost to replace that screen: $1200.

Apparently OLED screens break completely if just a single pixel is damaged.

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ChrisRR 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think that's unique to OLED. There's all manner of things that could've gone wrong when breaking a corner in both LCD and OLED

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mint5 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

your ex’s cat chewed on the corner of an iPad? Does the cat have some more interesting stories of destruction since it apparently likes chewing on metal/glass, a higher level of destruction setting than the standard cat.

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makeitdouble 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Only Apple can properly replace these screens and pair the parts (FaceId etc), so setting the standard repair cost high enough helps push people toward Apple Care eligible new devices, handicapping the second hand market.

That has been the case basically since Apple Care existed IMHO.

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alwillis 5 hours ago | parent [-]

> Only Apple can properly replace these screens and pair the parts

Not true. Apple has a self-service repair program for most of its products, including the iPad mini.

All the repair manuals are available online and you can buy official Apple parts. [1] They'll even sell or rent the tools you will need.

[1]: https://selfservicerepair.com/en-US/home

	▲	makeitdouble 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You're right, the self-service repair program exists. It doesn't clear neither the pairing issue nor parent's hurdles though, as Apple parts are still required , you can't get any similar enough screen you'd want, and they'll be priced the same as in Apple Stores. As far as I remember, the self-repair kits only make sense in very niche cases (I think repair shop get a different contract ?) and won't work around any limitations Apple puts on parts or repairs.

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gib444 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> The cost to replace that screen: $1200.

That's Apple saying to you: omg, stop being so poor and wasting our time, just buy another one

	▲	FireBeyond an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yup. Had an MacBook Air. Slight water damage near charging port. Laptop functioned correctly on AC power. Extensive battery diagnostics: Healthy. Just the charging circuit saying "go ahead, charge device"... At the Genius Bar expected something reasonable, realistic... $300? Parts and labor. "So we have a quote for you, $950. Perhaps we go out and look at the new Macs together?" 90% of the cost of the laptop to replace the charging port.

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asdff 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Her mom keeps jungle cats or something?

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dreamcompiler 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That happened to my MBP without OLED. Fortunately I had Applecare.