Awesome, DH

Sunflower22

At the Santa Pub Crawl he dropped his phone and the screen shattered. It's my old Droid Incredible and it's not even a year old. He wants to replace it, but because we just used his upgrade for me to get my 4S, the cheapest he can get a phone right now is $500.  I was going to buy an old iPhone 4 for him, but even though it says $99, it's $549 if you are between upgrades. The earliest he can upgrade is 9 months from now. 

He'll just have to whine for the next 9 months because I'm not paying $500 for his mistake.  

schoolsoutbride

Can you find a cheap phone on craigslist or ebay for less than that and change the SIM card? (I say this as if I know how it works...)  I wouldn't pay $500 either.  Taht sucks.

smylei9

Can you find a refurbished phone for cheaper?   

yakigna

Who is your service through? 

Sunflower22

Verizon. I have no idea how to do the sim card etc - I'm sure there's an easier way but I'm not aware of it.

Mrs.Greeko

I replaced the display in my iPhone a few months ago.  Bought a $10 screen kit from amazon and watched a YouTube video.  It was pretty easy.  Not sure about the droid, but I imagine it would be similar.  At least it could limp him through the next nine months.  

WineCat

I take it they can't replace the screen on a Droid? 

Sunflower22

I'll have to look and see if that's something I can buy. I had no idea you could do that - I'm glad I posted

catarntina

Sunflower22:

Verizon. I have no idea how to do the sim card etc - I'm sure there's an easier way but I'm not aware of it.

Verizon does not do SIM cards.  That's AT&T and TMobile.

I have two Verizon phones that I no longer need.  Not even for backups.  We switched to TMobile.  It's not a Droid, but it is a "smart" phone.  If you're going to be in FoCo anytime soon, it's yours to have!

Sunflower22

catarntina:

Sunflower22:

Verizon. I have no idea how to do the sim card etc - I'm sure there's an easier way but I'm not aware of it.

Verizon does not do SIM cards.  That's AT&T and TMobile.

I have two Verizon phones that I no longer need.  Not even for backups.  We switched to TMobile.  It's not a Droid, but it is a "smart" phone.  If you're going to be in FoCo anytime soon, it's yours to have!

Thanks! I am going to buy him the screen kit to try to fix it - if that doesn't work I will absolutely take you up on it. Thank you! 

coloradogirl06

Check out the apple repair shop at 8th and Kalamath. They fix all kinds of phone screens. They are super cheap too. They fixed my iphone for $90 after a toilet dunk.

Sunflower22

thanks! I'll check them out!

Krilyn430

I believe another option is to buy a cheap pay as you go phone from Wal-mart or some place similar. I had looked into it awhile ago when my old phone died.

Bran_ham

Krilyn430:

I believe another option is to buy a cheap pay as you go phone from Wal-mart or some place similar. I had looked into it awhile ago when my old phone died.

 

Were you able to use the pay as you go phone through verizon? I heard one of those brands uses verizon's service. 

Krilyn430

I never ended up using it but verizon sells a pay as you go phone and I had just planned on buying it and activating it with my regular service.