Next time you are thinking of replacing your broken phone consider fixing it first. Technology shouldn't be complicated.
A few days ago I received a phone call from someone asking me what a new Blackberry Storm would cost on eBay. I asked them why they were looking for a used phone and their response was that they had dropped their beloved Blackberry and the screen was cracked. It was still semi-useable but understandably they wanted a replacement. I asked them if they had thought about replacing just the screen, since the phone was still in working condition. Their response was, "you can do that?"
I promptly ordered the parts needed and set up an appointment to have them bring their phone to me. Following a quick disassembly tutorial I had the phone apart and back together in under 20 minutes with a brand new screen and digitizer. The client spent 25% of what a new or used phone would have cost them and they didn't have to deal with the hassle of transferring applications, contacts, settings, etc over to the new hardware.
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