Re cracked screens, we've had two on iPhones, both where people put them into their back pocket, forgot they were there, then got into a car and sat on them. You'll get charged about £40 to replace the screen but the bits are only about £10-12 to buy. My son did it as a job for a few months back in the spring, buying (iPads mainly) broken ones on ebay, fixing them and reselling. He could do a simple screen replacement in about 30 mins.
His own HTC Android phone fell out of his pocket running across the road and the screen broke when it hit the tarmac. He tried to get the parts for it but it was easier just to get a broken 4S iPhone and fix that - which is what he now uses.
Interesting about the relative market share for Android vs Apple. Often when I'm working at various sports events people will ask me to take photographs of them with their phones. I've probably done several hundred of them this year and on the basis of what they hand me I'd have guessed 50:50 Android vs Apple. Probably says more about the running / cycling / charity world than anything else though.
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