stroker
stroker PowerDork
11/3/22 10:30 a.m.

and hit the concrete, shattering the screen.  Still useable, though.  Seems to work fine.  

I despise the berkleying thing.  I'd throw it in the lake if I could.  However, I need some means of on-demand communication.  I use it for voice and text and have deleted every other function on the thing that I can.   It's a Nokia N1374DL model from Tracfone service.  I've looked at repair websites but can't find any local that can offer a quote on Nokia phones.

Am I better off:

A. trying to replace the screen myself

B. selling the phone damaged

C. Paying a repair shop to fix it

 

I bought a cheap Tracfone flip phone in the assumption my Nokia was DOA.  

 

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH MegaDork
11/3/22 10:36 a.m.

A or C depending on your level of comfort with repairing small electronics. Any general phone repair shop should be able to swap out the screen, but you'll get a better deal if you bring them a replacement screen with the phone vs. letting them source it.

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
11/3/22 10:38 a.m.

If all you want is voice and text, you're probably better off just buying a new $30 phone. 

red_stapler
red_stapler SuperDork
11/3/22 10:38 a.m.

At the $150 pricepoint I'm not sure that you could spend less than buying a new one to have someone repair it.  

dculberson
dculberson MegaDork
11/3/22 10:44 a.m.

That same phone is $99.88 on Amazon right now with free overnight shipping:
https://www.amazon.com/Tracfone-Nokia-G300-64GB-Black/dp/B09HR795H3

most replacement screens suck. They are not usually as good as the original. Also, get a case whatever you end up doing. I have dropped my smart phone so many times and there's not even a nick in the screen. It's in a $10 rubber case, no need for an Otterbox or such to protect against the occasional fall.

stroker
stroker PowerDork
11/3/22 11:09 a.m.

I'm checking to see if it's under warranty, but I don't know if my clumsiness qualifies....

stroker
stroker PowerDork
11/3/22 11:10 a.m.
Tom Suddard said:

If all you want is voice and text, you're probably better off just buying a new $30 phone. 

Yeah, I kinda figured that.  It's on my desk in front of me waiting to be activated.

 

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