Destroyed my 928 :(

[MobileVortex]

Yep, hit the concreate floor right on the screen. Was in my hydro pack and the zipper wasnt zipped. Threw the pack on my shoulder and that was all she wrote. I have insurance but im conflicted.

Do i say its broke? assuming they will take my phone
Do i say its lost? Keep the phone and take it apart and play with it?
Just buy a new screen and say F the insurance.

This is the first phone i've broken. The phone is still functional but it actually hurts to look at.

Thanks in advanced for any advice

Sad day.

 

[walter1832]

Pics, or it didn't happen.

 

[sth2r]

If you're filing an insurance claim anyways and you think you can salvage the broken one, file as lost.

 

[mase123987]

Pics, or it didn't happen.

I bet you've said that when a friend of yours had their dog die....cruel.

PSA: Dogs are a lot more important than phones!

 

[MobileVortex]

Ohh it happened i filed it as damaged, i really dont care about taking it apart. And it's not like i can sell it as a working phone.

New one here on Friday, $100 later.

 

[hopmedic]

Since you have the insurance, that's cheaper than replacing the screen. Last I checked, the screen was something like $220 for the 928. The reason it's more expensive than most other phones is because the digitizer and the display are sold as one unit, laminated together, rather than being able to just buy the digitizer.

 

[Indistinguishable]

I'm glad you
1.) Had insurance (smart!)
2.) Filed it as damaged and not lost. That would have been unethical and dirty.

Edit: By the way, were you working with the VZW store or the Microsoft Store?

 

[hopmedic]

2.) Filed it as damaged and not lost. That would have been unethical and dirty.

Having worked for one of the largest insurance companies in the world for several years, there's a pretty special term for it. Insurance Fraud.

 

[MobileVortex]

I kinda wanted to report it lost, just because im a nerd and wanted to take it apart. I still have 14 days to do that if i want to. Thought about switching to black, but it was on backorder (imagine that).

 

[berty6294]

PICS!!!! I love seeing broken gadgets! (idk why but I do)

 

[o4liberty]

I have dropped mine twice so far on concrete from waist level and luckily no damage! It sucks when a device is broken like that !

 

[MobileVortex]

Yea, i pretty aggressively tossed it over my shoulder and it went flying out. It hit very hard, i heard a loud POP and it was all over. Sucks cuz today is a holiday and im leaving at 5AM tomorrow for STL and wont be back till saturday. So my phone is going to sit outside for a day and a half.

 

[snowmutt]

Having just had to bury my Samsung Focus S due to my own war with gravity, which I end up losing 10 out of every 10 times, I so feel your pain.

Ironic part is that I cancelled my insurance. The copay's for the devices were 199.00 each (except my sons Sony Android, which was 99.00) and you get the refurbished devices other people sent in. At that price, if it was new devices I would have thought okay. At half the price, refurbished would be fine. The combination of the two was just too much for my coupon clipping self.

I am glad it paid off for you, though. My past experinces with phone insurance was they were professional and extremely quick in getting your replacement to you. Hope it is a pleasent experience and your new 928 is as amazing as your dearly departed one.

 

[metalchick719]

Pics, or it didn't happen.

Why on earth would you think someone was lying about damaging their beloved gadget?? I don't get it.

 

[DavidinCT]

Since you have the insurance, that's cheaper than replacing the screen. Last I checked, the screen was something like $220 for the 928. The reason it's more expensive than most other phones is because the digitizer and the display are sold as one unit, laminated together, rather than being able to just buy the digitizer.

It's worth the $6 a month that you have to pay for it ($80 something a year if you want to think about it that way)....Just break one phone while your under contract and you will see why it's totally work the piece of mind for the $6 a month...

It happened to me once a long time before smartphones came out, under contract and dropped my phone in the ocean on a vacation... my options $400 or $175 to cancel (or by a used phone), now it's more like $500-1000 depending on model...

 

[MobileVortex]

https://skydrive.live.com/pagenotfounderror

Hurts to look at

 

[Flagz]

https://skydrive.live.com/pagenotfounderror

Hurts to look at

Thanks for the pic.

Beautiful.

 

[Detectionable]

https://skydrive.live.com/pagenotfounderror

Hurts to look at

Give it to Spiderman

 

[anon6002755]

https://skydrive.live.com/pagenotfounderror

Hurts to look at

That's awful. Well half you have insurance. Sucks if you're like most guys and never use it and pay the 84 bucks per year. But as the saying goes its better to have and not need than to need and not have.

Good luck on a quick turnaround.

 

[Indistinguishable]

https://skydrive.live.com/pagenotfounderror

Hurts to look at

That's horrible