Cracked S7 Edge - Advice

[Lfsnz67]

You can get At&t Lumia 640 for $30. Go to at&t website and unlock it. You can try windows as back up for fun.

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As someone who did this last month while I'm waiting for my S7 edge, I can say that you don't need to have att unlock it, just put your SIM card in when before you first turn it on. Att even puts a note in the box telling you to do this.
Pretty terrific phone for $30 too. I got two day battery life out of it consistently. Too bad the App Store is subpar...

 

[dpham00]

I wonder, what is stopping the smartphone manufactures from building a phone that is shatter proof like the Droid Turbo 2 ? Than we could rest more easily.

Droid by Motorola | Verizon Wireless

It is plastic so it doesn't shatter, but the screen can still be damaged. And damages other than shattering isn't covered by warranty

 

[Almeuit]

I wonder, what is stopping the smartphone manufactures from building a phone that is shatter proof like the Droid Turbo 2 ? Than we could rest more easily.

Droid by Motorola | Verizon Wireless

Because they don't want to sacrifice screen quality due to it.

 

[dpham00]

I am surprised that insurance hasn't offered you another device as a replacement.

 

[codeda]

I was JUST about to say this! You can get a Windows Phone for diiiirt cheap and they are highly functional. The only mainstream app they don't have is snapchat. Only kids use that crap though

Ditto here. My back up phone is a windows phone and it's always fairly enjoyable the few days here and there I use it. I couldn't use it full time, but it's a great cheap back up phone.

 

[RIs4]

I am surprised that insurance hasn't offered you another device as a replacement.

That is my biggest gripe...
In my opinion, they should at least offer to send me a free loaner while I wait.

The local T-Mobile store has every color in stock but for some reason insurance has none yet. Waiting over a week when you pay a $175 deductible and 10$ a month seems a little unfair in my opinion.

 

[dpham00]

That is my biggest gripe...
In my opinion, they should at least offer to send me a free loaner while I wait.

The local T-Mobile store has every color in stock but for some reason insurance has none yet. Waiting over a week when you pay a $175 deductible and 10$ a month seems a little unfair in my opinion.

That's their policy which you agreed to when you signed up. If you don't agree, cancel insurance and buy elsewhere,where the terms are more to your liking.

Tmobile did offer you a free loaner, which you declined.

 

[Dubss]

Dam maybe I should get insurance

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[wxman2003]

$129 for 2 years through Samsung.

 

[throttlehappy]

Ouch, even in a case that would still have happened looking at where the damage is.

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Maybe not. The case might have absorbed some of the impact in the fall and not bounced.

 

[throttlehappy]

Yeah... get a burner.... I mean, there's no way you'll get that repaired on your own channel. First off, the thing is so new, no one will have them in stock really... and second, they will be HELLISHLY expensive. I'm guessing that you'll be paying well into the $200's for a replacement screen.

Now, you'll see 'replacement panels' for like $40 or so.. avoid those like the plague. Those are ONLY the glass, not the actual screen. Samsung bonds the AMOLED panel to the glass (aka SuperAMOLED), and removing the panel and reapplying it to the new glass, you aren't going to end up with a display that's as good a quality as you would just replacing the entire unit. And the S7E is a bit of a bear to take apart to get to that panel, anyone that rips that sucked apart to replace the screen, well, it will never be the same phone again.

I'm betting it would be $400 or more for screen replacement. My S5 was almost $200 for replacement.
Samsung Plus insurance looks like a pretty good deal. $129 for 2 years and a $79 deductible.

 

[LeoRex]

I'm betting it would be $400 or more for screen replacement. My S5 was almost $200 for replacement.
Samsung Plus insurance looks like a pretty good deal. $129 for 2 years and a $79 deductible.

I can find replacement assemblies for ... $150 to $180... and I may very well pull the trigger on one soon. I'd like to have the thing as a backup phone or tester... but....These new bonded displays are hellishly expensive, and the S7 Edge's screen is almost assuredly the most expensive one on the market. $129 for 24 months with an $79 D? Unless there are some sideways caveats or terms, that's a great deal.

 

[pinkvikchick]

That's why I always keep my previous phone. Pop in the Sim and instant replacement if needed.

I was JUSSSSSTTTTTT gonna put my note 5 up on ebay.....

 

[Joe J1]

S7 design makes it highly prone to cracks.

 

[Lobwedgephil]

I wouldn't say the design makes it highly prone to cracks, I would say dropping it does.

 

[LeoRex]

I wouldn't say the design makes it highly prone to cracks, I would say dropping it does.

Well, there is some truth to the design... On the Edge, the screen's design does make it a little bit more exposed to impacts. With the curved portions, there is a higher likelihood that the screen will take the brunt of an impact as the screen itself isn't protected by the bezel or frame. The same goes for both the front AND rear as both have a similar exposed curve of glass. The S7 has a similar read curve and the front, even though it is 'flat', isn't really flat. Samsung used a '2.5D' pane on the front, meaning that there is a slight bevel on the edge of the display that juts out a smidge compared to the frame.

Granted, a hit directly to the frame could easily enough cause a glass failure, but that frame does lend it a bit more protection than having just exposed glass.

 

[RIs4]

Update:

Just got back from vacation, unwrapped my replacement phone and saw it was the wrong color (Gold).

At first I was just going to keep the Gold one and move on, but I was curious if they would ship me the Silver when it came in. I called Assurant and asked why they did not send me a Silver one (like the phone I broke), and they claimed they can send me whatever color they want and that I do not have a choice.

I might just keep the Gold because i'm not really in the b****ing mood, but just giving T-Mobile users a heads up. If you really care about color, watch out for Assurant insurance.

 

[Phillip Pugh]

Just get a cheap back up Chinese knockoff they work and you'll still have all your Android app. I to have a window 640 that I use sometimes but I doesn't have all the Android apps I like. So I'd get a cheap android phone my 2 cents

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[Tommy Bayshore]

I broke mine this AM, only had it a week, had a Note 5 for the past year and never had a drop or issue, my feel about 1.5 feet on some tile and i had a OBLIQ case on it, i didn't initially notice any damage but then i noticed a crack that run all the way down the left edge! WTF!
I called Verizon and told them what happened and since it was still within the 14 day worry free guarantee they would ship me out a new phone overnight. I cant believe it broke that easy though, this was not a big drop at all, and it had a case! Should be called "bird glass", not "gorilla glass"!

 

[recDNA]

I'm betting it would be $400 or more for screen replacement. My S5 was almost $200 for replacement.
Samsung Plus insurance looks like a pretty good deal. $129 for 2 years and a $79 deductible.

Plus I would worry about handing over my phone with its data unless you have enough function to do a system reset. I even hate sending a broken phone with data in it to Asurion.