iPad Pro What is better to do with water-damaged iPad Pro

[Marsikus]

My wife has iPad Pro 11” 64GB 2018 model with recent liquid damage done by drinking water.
Apple’s repair price is about 2/3 of the new device (they actually change all internals and that’s it), so I just bought a similar new iPad Pro for her.
And now I have a toy to play with So, damaged iPad has depth camera disabled, and its battery accepts charge only from MacBook‘s charger, ignoring own iPad’s and other low-powered chargers. Other than that, iPad is working and I am writing this post on it. Also, screen and shell are in perfect condition.

Therefore questions are following:
1. Is it worth trying to fix it in some 3rd party repair shop? Or that gonna be wasted time and money?
2. Are repair shops or any hobbyists buying them for parts?

 

[Shirasaki]

You can seek for third party repair, given you have nothing to lose. But repair shops generally don’t take parts from iPhone iPad unless they are certain they can reuse it with proper tooling etc since many of those components are serialised and thus wont work on another device by just swapping them (literally another device, even if they are the same model).

 

[Digitalguy]

My wife has iPad Pro 11” 64GB 2018 model with recent liquid damage done by drinking water.
Apple’s repair price is about 2/3 of the new device (they actually change all internals and that’s it), so I just bought a similar new iPad Pro for her.
And now I have a toy to play with So, damaged iPad has depth camera disabled, and its battery accepts charge only from MacBook‘s charger, ignoring own iPad’s and other low-powered chargers. Other than that, iPad is working and I am writing this post on it. Also, screen and shell are in perfect condition.

Therefore questions are following:
1. Is it worth trying to fix it in some 3rd party repair shop? Or that gonna be wasted time and money?
2. Are repair shops or any hobbyists buying them for parts?

Personally it does not seem a big issue to me. I wouldn't try to have it repaired. If using your power delivery charger is an issue I would buy another one (you can find a 30w Macbook charger for very cheap). Personally I don't even use face-id on my iPad, but if having secure access is important for you, just use a simple password...

 

[darngooddesign]

My wife has iPad Pro 11” 64GB 2018 model with recent liquid damage done by drinking water.
Apple’s repair price is about 2/3 of the new device (they actually change all internals and that’s it), so I just bought a similar new iPad Pro for her.
And now I have a toy to play with So, damaged iPad has depth camera disabled, and its battery accepts charge only from MacBook‘s charger, ignoring own iPad’s and other low-powered chargers. Other than that, iPad is working and I am writing this post on it. Also, screen and shell are in perfect condition.

Therefore questions are following:
1. Is it worth trying to fix it in some 3rd party repair shop? Or that gonna be wasted time and money?
2. Are repair shops or any hobbyists buying them for parts?

If the limitations don't bother you then there is no reason to try fix it.

 

[Marsikus]

After some playing with this iPad I just sold it. I was surprised how the device, clearly stated as troubled, was so easy to sell.