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Google won’t repair cracked Pixel Watch screens (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/android@lemmy.world
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[–] 19 points 3 years ago* (6 children)

I mean, why would you pay to replace the screen? The cost of a screen repair on a smart watch is about $300 for most comparable devices.

Guess how much the watch costs? About $300. It sucks, but it's literally not worth the parts and labor hours required to repair it. Buy a protection plan if you're worried about it, but otherwise, you just need to eat that cost. That's the risk you take with devices like this.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    You realize replacing the screen costs that much because google says its supposed to cost that much... i wonder why they would do that...

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No they don't. Google doesn't say it costs anything to repair, because they don't offer repairs. That's the whole point of this discussion in the first place, the fact that Google doesn't repair Pixel Watches.

    I'm making a comparison to services offered from Apple and iFixIt, however - both of which will charge about $300 for a smart watch repair.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Pixel watch replacement glass is like $10 on ebay

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    The screen is definitely adhered to the glass. You’d need to use gold razor wire to get it off, then assuming you don’t break the screen you’d need to clean it and install the new glass with adhesive. Definitely not a repair most people should attempt and you need more than just the glass.

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