Series 5 SS face crack 😭

[Madmischief]

Hi gang,

A public service announcement:

I sadly dinged my 11 month old Apple Watch, did not buy AppleCare this time ? thinking I’ve never had to use it on my other SS ones - why pay even more than the hefty price?

Sent it from the UK to the Apple EU service centre in the Cezch Republic and they want £300 + taxes to repair it.

So either add protection to the screen (ruin the design), baby your watch or buy £80 AppleCare.

Bit gutted as I now have an expensive cracked paperweight … lesson learned.

 

[Monkswhiskers]

Yes, the SS screen is more brittle. AC+ is a must

 

[bricktop_at]

Ouch! ☹️

 

[Royksöpp]

Well think of the bright side, at least you have an excuse to upgrade to the Series 7!

 

[jz0309]

that sucks, but it can happen.
I always get AC+ for my watch, I smashed the screen on my S0 ~ 2 months after AC+ expired (there was no month to month extension at the time yet), so was happy that Apple now lets you extend, for me, and its $3.99/mponth in the :US, it is worth it

 

[Matcha]

Hi gang,

A public service announcement:

I sadly dinged my 11 month old Apple Watch, did not buy AppleCare this time ? thinking I’ve never had to use it on my other SS ones - why pay even more than the hefty price?

Sent it from the UK to the Apple EU service centre in the Cezch Republic and they want £300 + taxes to repair it.

So either add protection to the screen (ruin the design), baby your watch or buy £80 AppleCare.

Bit gutted as I now have an expensive cracked paperweight … lesson learned.

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is the steel damaged any or just the glass damage?

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

Can a third party repairer not fix this? I’ve never bought AC either and figure if I damage something once in a decade, I’ve saved a lot of money anyway. I also buy the aluminium watches so the loss or repair bill is nowhere near as much along with the depreciation lol.

 

[imlovinit]

On a positive note , You can probably just sell it as is and use the funds towards AppleCare on your next watch

 

[Madmischief]

@The-Real-Deal82 -> The ones I have found don’t guarantee water proofing here in the U.K. sadly

@imlovinit -> yup, true that!