BlackBerry Z10 sudden mother board dead... really dissapointed

My blackberry Z10 suddently went dead (no power) and according to the repair center the mother board IC to be replaced but in Sri Lanka there is no dealer for Blackberry so it cannot be done locally. So through one of my friends i sent the phone to India but according to them should replaced the mother board completely and the cost is very high which is around usd 200. i'm a blackberry user for morethan 7years and i purchased this phone from singapore through one of my friends and used only around 7/8 months.
So is there any assist i could get into this issue...??? it will be great if anyone could advise me into this.
Irshard from sri lanka
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Replacing the motherboard IS a new device. It means a new PIN and that means new device. You could purchase a new Z10 on Shopblackberry.com for $299. I can't imagine a motherboard and labor to install it being any less than that. And then, what are you left with? A device almost a year old that you just dumped $300 into. Not worth it. That's why I suggest just replacing the device. You do what you need/want to do. That's my opinion.
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