My iPhone 4 lock button is stuck and Ive had my phone for over a year. What do I do.
My iPhone 4 lock/home button is stuck and I'm out of warranty. How much will it cost to fix the button cause I have no other problems. Or will they cover it because people were saying it's a defect?
I was able to pay someone to replace the button completely for much less than what Apple wanted.
Here's a link to the place I had it done:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/fix-my-phone-sf-san-francisco
I can understand why Apple has a 1 year warranty, but I believe a busted power button constitutes a design flaw and thus is defective (much like the iBook logic board from 2003 we had to sue them over).
( http://www.apple.com/au/support/ibook/faq/ )
If Apple wasnt the biggest and most profitable company in the world, and instead the nice little apple I used to know, I'd have more sympathy.
-Matt Bouchard
San francisco
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