Spooky! It's almost like it knew the end is nigh, so decided to commit suicide, rather than let you down half way through a film, when they throw the switch on n3...
The cost of buying another one at the moment is likely to be far less than the cost of repairing the one you have, m8. So if you want to be in right to the tragic end, that's probably the best route to take.
There must be shedloads of Nokia dBoxes up for grabs from the areas that have already gone n3...
Cheers- AL