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I'm not going to bother with the back story because cracked displays are all too common.
Phone is usable, minimal cracks in a corner but one clean one that goes from bottom right to middle left. Usually doesn't see it but from some angles or depending on colour on lightning it does show.
It's going to cost 250€ to get this little mistake fixed... or a brand new s7 for 500€.
Live with it (haven't dared to try and see how it impacts VR), repair or get a new?
Or chuck it all to hell and just stick to smoke signals?
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New phone.
Happiness is a function of consumption.
Buy more things.
Do it.
Do it now.
Go on, go on, go on, go on...
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I hate buying for the sake of buying. I prefer consuming content instead of hardware but you do bring up multiple valid points. Everyone got to do their part for the economy.
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Yes yes yes!
Buy buy buy!
Spend spend spend!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Don't try and do it yourself - it's truly a PITA and the chances are you will break something important or expensive.
If it's minimal and doesn't affect the use, I'd probably live with it myself. If it makes the digitiser wonky, then it needs something done.
I suspect you have already made the decision, from the "or a brand new s7 for 500€" comment: you've looked at models, looked at prices, ...
So what do you want? Us to say "get a new one" to justify what you have already pretty much decided? 
Me? "Repair, Recycle, Reuse" is my approach: "disposable product" is not "me".
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Overall I prefer to use until no longer an option, repair if possible.
I once tried my hands on phone repair several years ago when my wife cracked thee display of her earlier galaxy model. Several years before they removed the battery cover altogether. I did manage to open it up. Replace the screen and get it to work perfectly. Sadly I managed to destroy the antenna.
I don't think I'll buy a new one straight up. Just that I saw the same model for that price while browsing for network hardware.
Leaning towards repair but I'm not sure its worth that price compared to the value of reducing my annoyance at the cracked screen.
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Member 11683251 wrote: Sadly I managed to destroy the antenna.
See what I mean about breaking something expensive?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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My cheap phone is cracking in many places. Until it works or I find a suitable substitute it will stay there.
In 14 years I spent 630€ on phones - I will never buy something that expensive.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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That's probably about 500€ more than me in the same period!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Said the one with the Wookietab 
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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That doesn't have any phone hardware!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Just put a screen protector over it.
"Fixed" phones never quite work right (had one screen replaced, after that would get misty/condensation) - front bezel was slightly out-of-shaped, and the warranty on repairs doesn't cover the new things that start to happen.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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Easier said than done: I owned a couple of smartphones which weren't iToys nor Samsung Galaxy and there wasn't a single cover or screen protector available for sale. Next handset I'll take will be a Galaxy S<something> just because I learnt the hard way that if I want the barest trace of support then I'm required to buy a mainstream model.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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But a screen protector doesn't fix the crack in the screen. Maybe a car glass repair shop could patch it up instead.
I do have a protective film on it which is what I suspect kept my screen from becoming useless instead of just slight annoyance.
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Hold on.
You've been Heaven-sent opportunity an to buy a new phone, and you haven't capitalised on it, yet?
What's keeping you, man?
Get down to the shop* NOW!
* Or go here[^]
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: * Or go here[^]
Wow! They're cheap. Has anyone here used them?
Slogans aren't solutions.
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I'm on my third.
I'd still be on my first, but I keep breaking the damned things -- reason No.1 for not paying EUR600 a pop.
I've had a Doogee and a Xiaomi. and I've currently got an Asus. All of them brilliant (and already superseded by better models -- which is good, because I'm bound by the laws of the great god Buggermi to break this one, soon).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'm rather tempted - my ex-contract Galaxy S5 is falling to pieces (through complete and utter neglect and abuse, it must be admitted) and there's no way that I'm either going to pay current Samsung prices or go back on contract.
I'm not a big user of the "smart" aspects of a 'phone and I really don't need a camera that outstrips Hubble for something that might occasionally be deployed as a hand-held scanner so the whole concept of paying more for a 'phone than a laptop is kind of ridiculous to me when 'phone calls, texts, an alarm clock, a browser and the ability to run a handful of apps are the only real requirements.
For me (and I suspect the majority of users) 'phones hit the "all you'll ever need" level a good while ago - does being the latest thing really offer any benefit other than being the latest thing? I suspect not. Old and Chinese could well be the way ahead!
Slogans aren't solutions.
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I haven't regretted it; they've all worked fine -- at a total cost of around EUR500, rather than closer to EUR2000.
[edit] And DX is very hot on customer service -- don't tell them, but one of the phones I broke sort-of didn't look like I broke it, and they gave me a full refund within a couple of days of my returning it. [/edit]
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My Windows phone is nearing 5 y/o and was in perfect shape until a few weeks ago when it fell out of my jacket pocket and cracked the display almost identical to what you describe. The good news is I just saw that the new ones are going for $120.  Why would anyone pay $600 for a new phone?
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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you just took the words right out of my keyboard.
I'd rather be phishing!
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My current phone is a BLU phone. It was $110 shipped from Amazon. While it isn't the fastest (and I often curse the speed), it does almost everything the S7 does and if it breaks, I can buy another before I come close to the price of the high end ones.
While there are drawbacks, they have features that many other phones don't offer. You can put in 2 sim cards (no need to 2 devices if work requires you to have one). Generally great battery life. Cheap isn't always bad.
Hogan
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I have an LG Stylo a similar price and it is near enough without the price tag!
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DOOL - Oweynagat[^]
This week is the new rock sensation from the Netherlands!
With members from the (also Dutch bands) The Devil's Blood and Gold and lady(?) Elle Bandita on the mic this all-star band is quickly gaining a following in the Dutch rock scene.
And rightfully so! 
I could've seen them live last weekend, but I had already made other plans 
I'll probably get a chance to see them live again.
Anyway, enjoy
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