Thanks for the encouragement Neil. I’ve replaced bits inside an iPhone 4 and opened and dried out an iPhone 6s after an unfortunate incident, plus rebuilt my 6 cyl turbo Diesel engine. The latter required much larger tools!
I’ll investigate and check it out. The screens a mess, but still works. Cheers Sent from Tim's Retina iPad 2 > On 25 Oct 2020, at 6:47 pm, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > Depending on your confidence/hand steadiness you could always try replacing > the screen yourself! > > I replaced the rear glass on my old iphone4 - but that was a $10 passive > component so I was quite happy to give it a punt and it turned out to be > pretty easy. > > Obviously an Apple Watch replacement display is more costly and the > replacement is more involved! > > iFixit has this page on Apple Watch screens here > https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/Apple-Watch/Screens > > Looks like screen prices vary from around $60 for a series 1 to $180 for a > series 5 - but that doesn't include any special tools which you may or may > not already have (I got a reasonable set when I did my iMac repair/rebuild) > > I don't know the details of your watch but you can see a teardown of a series > 6 here > https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Watch+Series+6+Teardown/136694 > > You would have to do your own research on what was involved for your specific > model - if it is anything like phones or iMacs some models are definitely > easier than others to work on! > > You should also check if a replacement screen will get > > everything working again (eg paying with the watch). > > Or - as you say - work out just how much you need an Apple Watch! > > > HTH > > Cheers > > > Neil > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: <[email protected]> on behalf of Tim Law > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: WAMUG <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, 25 October 2020 at 17:33 > To: WAMUG <[email protected]> > Subject: Apple Watch > > Look after your lovely Apple Watches folks. > > My screen was smashed whilst using a whipper snipper. I guess a rock > flicked up. > > Out of Apple Care it’s a $339 repair at the Apple Centre. ☹️ > > It’s back to my 40 year old Seiko for me whilst I have a bit of a think > about how useful the Apple Watch is and if the cool factor such as paying > bills by my watch, or phone calls talking the wrist really stacks up. > > Tim > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
