Within a month, I noticed a thin crack from side to side. I put a glass screen cover over it after the first one. A year later, there are three cracks. Never dropped the thing. I’m wondering why this screen is so fragile and cost $600 to repair at Batteries Plus. I’ll want another one, but is this a problem with most current iPads?
iPad Air 4 Wi-Fi, Cellular
Applying a glass screen protector to an already broken screen will not resolve existing damage, or prevent additional cracks from appearing. If you intended to pursue a warranty claim, you should have done so at the earliest opportunity - and not waited a year or more before bringing a potential claim to the manufacturer.
It is notoriously difficult to prove that a crack is the result of a manufacturing or material defect. As such, screen damage is often excluded from warranty claims.
If you had the foresight of opting to purchase Apple’s AppleCare+ plan, if still active, you will have the security of being able to make claim with Apple regardless of fault. In such circumstances, a small excess/deductible charge is made - and you will receive a replacement (usually a reconditioned iPad of the same model and specification) iPad.
The purchase of AppleCare+ coverage covers display cracks, with a deductible.
Whether this case was a manufacturing fault or due to some local damage, no one here can know.
No one here woiuld know.
My family has owned lots of iPads in 12 years and none have ever had any type of screen issues.
So, your experience is a fairly uncommon, isolated one.
Sorry & Best of Luck to You!
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