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: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au> on behalf of Tim Law <t...@peoplehelp.com.au> Reply-To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> Date: Sunday, 25 October 2020 at 17:33 To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> 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>
