I arrived at my friend's pool during my fraternity's meeting was pushed in (with my permit and iPhone 5s). The two people that pushed me are friends, one of them less than the other. The latter one keeps blaming the first one for pushing him onto me, but I explicitly remember him holding me as he fell in.
Anyway, I have both a moral dilemma and a technical one. There's no way I can afford to fix my iPhone 5s or get a new one. Apple will charge me $300 to repair it. I want them to pay for it, but I don't want to lose their friendship. I've asked, and the first one, my closer friend, responded and is trying to help, while the second one is pretending to be confused, like he doesn't know what I'm talking about (I have 20+ witnesses).
Anyway, two questions… What should I do about repairing my phone? I can't possibly afford it, and I kept a bunch of invaluable stuff on my phone that isn't synced to the Cloud; so it's important that I get it fixed, but I don't know how to make them pay for it? I don't want to lose their friendships.
Second question: Can it be repaired? It was in the pool for 5-7 seconds. It doesn't turn on. I don't know if the LCD was fried, or if the whole unit itself was. Can it get repaired? I wouldn't want to waste $60 on an evaluation, or $120 on a shop to fix it, just to learn that it can't be fixed. I mean, I could pay $300 for Apple to fix it (guaranteed; if not it's replaced), but that would be so much more money.