DD broke her iphone. Need some advice. What would you do?

[traces7]

Outch, was the increase from $35 to $65 because they subsidized the phone? Realize that is $360 per year more or $720 over two years. With that kind of monthly price increase I would expected the phone to be $0.

No we went with a new carrier. $35 a month was with Virgin Mobile which was fine for DD, although didn't always have best reception. But they don't have iphones available at the moment. So we went with Verizon and their plan was $65. I'm going to pay half and DD is going to pay half since she's working now!

 

[traces7]

you could have bought a full priced phone and used Cricket.

Didn't know about Cricket, do they have good reception and can you use iphone with Cricket?

 

[havaneselover]

Didn't know about Cricket, do they have good reception and can you use iphone with Cricket?

If AT&T has good reception in your area, Cricket is a great option. I've had Straight Talk for a few years but may switch next year because Cricket is a little cheaper. You can bring your own iPhone.

 

[tink fan]

LOL

Little did I know that when I was reading this thread last week that I would be in your same situation. My daughter broke the screen on her 5c over the weekend. We decided not to get a new phone because we were still paying the installments on this one (we have ATT next) and it otherwise worked fine. I also really didn't want to reward her for dropping her phone by getting a new phone (not implying anything with your daughter-mine did not pay for her phone and cannot pay for a new one). She had to pay for the repair.

I debated going to a cheaper screen repair place, but just went to the Apple Store. I'm glad I did. Because my daughter had the latest operating system update, we were told they could not only repair the screen. They gave her a new 5c phone for the cost of the screen repair $129 plus tax. That means a fresh battery, etc. She is also going to pay for a better case.

To get to your apple care question. We have not always ordered it on the phones that we have, but have always used it when we have it. iPhones seems to work really well the first year, but have issues going into year two, especially with the batteries. Since we are not upgrading as often as we used to, we are keeping our phones longer. I have also read that the iPhone 6 is being dropped more often because it is larger than the previous phones. I think it is a good idea.