hmmm. I finally broke a screen.
Was taking trousers off and tripped a little with them around ankles, phone was in pocket on 45 degree angle from being on top of one foot, stepped on the phone's mid section with my other foot and I heard the noise, felt the quick crunching sound and just knew it was broken even before I picked it up and looked.
Quite a pretty break actually ... sigh ... phone still worked, but you know... need that **** fixed.
Got a price for official Huawei replacement from a place that takes me an hour each way to get to. It was a little weird (maybe the translation was incorrect) but this place gave me a 185 US dollar-ish quote if I didn't want the damaged screen returned or a 130 dollar quote if they could keep the original screen. Weird, hey?
Not sure if that price option and screen return is some sort of insurance or warranty scam, but at least it was a legit screen replacement. Of course, though, the place is an annoyingly long way out of my way for me, so I found a closer place (about 300 meters from where I live actually), that would do for 120 US. Went with that as they could also do within three hours.
Long story short ... probably made a mistake. Picked it up as it was still being worked on and had visible horizontal stains... and the guy said it was still drying. He even removed some of them with a scalpel.......... I don't know, but think I really should have gone with the first place. He reckoned the stains would disappear soon, but I wasn't' sure, so I said I will pick it up tomorrow and pay for it then... I mean, I reckon I now will have a dodgy screen replacement. Bugger... Anyway, will pick it up tomorrow and I suppose have to pay for it, but if it is a crap job, I will look at another phone. to maybe have to now pay the 185 dollars from the first place - how annoying.
Cool story, hey bro?
sigh
Thinking about a possible replacement... rather than spend another 185 bucks. Keep the mate20x for my son, and maybe go the oneplus 8pro. Maybe it really is goodbye Huawei. Bugger my clumsiness.
Update - had an ultra annoying conversation with the guy who repaired... He says the stripes I can see are normal and I won't notice under normal use. Just annoying all around. Anyway, I will try to put up with the screen as is - in most conditions I can't see these horizontal stains. While I initially refused to pay for more than just parts, there's not much I can do really, except pay the dude. and learn that sometimes cheaper is not the way to go for product satisfaction.
