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I'm in a town of 100,000 with great 3G but the closest apple store is 2 hours away.

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On Sep 2, 2010, at 7:44 AM, jparkerg@yahoo.com wrote:

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> Whoa, Steven. There are many communities in the lower 48 who are not close to an Apple store.
> I'm in southwest MI and Grand Rapids or Ann Arbor are the nearest and they're not very close.
> And, we don't even have 3G.
> Hmmm...maybe it *is* the frontier.
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> John
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> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, stephen maes <mabon52@...> wrote:
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> The Apple store is 90 minutes away? Where do you live, Alaska? And if that's the case how is your reception? Slow?
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>> --- On Thu, 9/2/10, Roger Prokic <rprokic@...> wrote:
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>> From: Roger Prokic <rprokic@...>
>> Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] Broken Crystal - iPhone 3GS
>> To: "apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com" <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com>
>> Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 5:07 AM
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>> I say upgrade to the iPhone 4. You'll be glad you did.
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>> -=[ This email was sent from my iPhone 4 ]=-
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>> On Sep 1, 2010, at 8:48 PM, "jiminmanjr" <jiminmanjr@...> wrote:
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>>> Tonight I was playing with my dog at the pool. It was "Drool in the Pool" night - all dogs got to play before the pool is emptied for the season and shut down.
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>>> Mid-way through the evening a large Great Dane came running up and spun me around... knocking my iPhone out of my hands and letting it come down hard on the concrete. I picked it up, praying for good things, but no... shattered crystal.
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>>> I've had my iPhone since July 2009, so I am eligible for an upgrade. I contacted customer service (the phone still works) and they said I could get a new 3GS for $99, or an iPhone 4 for $199. I called the closest Apple store (90 minutes away), and they said they could probably fix the crystal... for about $99.
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>>> So, I'm looking for options and suggestions of what I should do.
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>>> * Get a new 3GS for $99?
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>>> * Replace the crystal and wait until next year to upgrade?
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>>> * Suck it up and deal with the broken crystal as long as possible?
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>>> * Break out the glass, treat it nice, and see what happens?
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>>> Any thoughts are appreciated...
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>>> Thank you!
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