Good customer service, terrible products
TLDR:
Save or find a few more bucks (for example, $80 - $90 more at Best Buy) and get your phone serviced by an authorized repair shop. You'll be happier with the result.
The problem with unauthorized repair shops
Below are the problems that you'll encounter with unauthorized repair shops like iFixOmaha. Note, this review is for an iPhone X screen replacement however, it will likely apply to any phone that uses an OLED screen and is water and/or dust resistant, for example, the Samsung Galaxy line of phones.
Let's start with the replacement screen
The replacement screen is low quality and possibly not an OLED screen (later, I'll describe why). Below are the issues that you will notice:
- Image retention. Switching between apps that have light and dark backgrounds is frustrating at best. You can easily test this by switching between the clock and an app like Robinhood (Robinhood has a medium green background vs the clock app that has a dark background with white text). To have a fair comparison, I tested an old iPhone 7 that has an LCD screen and it did not exhibit any of the image retention problems. It's also 6 years old. Plenty of time for screen degradation.
- Banding. While the phone is off, view it from an angle. You'll notice rainbowing on the screen. A tell tell sign that this is not an OLED screen at all (it doesn't have a screen protector, so that's not the issue).
- Multitouch doesn't work correctly. Edge detection also doesn't work. This is extremely frustrating when using large phones as the palm consistently touches the screen when trying to reach the top edges.
- FaceTime. You can see the facetime flash in the upper right hand corner of the screen. It's annoying and noticeable, even on apps that have a light background. Not sure why the flash-like light would be leaking through.
- Fragile. Don't apply any pressure on the screen nor rattle it in any way. The screen cracked when I tapped the corner of the phone in my palm. I did this in an effort to remove water off of the device. See the next section as to why I was trying to frantically remove moisture from the device.
Issues that they don't warn you about unless you know to ask
- You will lose True tone for good. Because they are not using OEM parts and/or tools, they can not enable this. Make sure that you're good with losing true tone.
- The device will no longer be water or dust proof. The tools they use, along with the non-OEM parts won't allow them to make a proper seal. There is nothing they can do about this since they are not an authorized repair shop. Make sure that you're okay with losing water proofing and dust proofing.
- The phone will no longer lay flat (screen down). While I advise you against doing so, know that you will have a wobbly phone after the repair. They will tell you that it's like because the frame is bent and that's why your phone will not lay flat. Take this one as you will.
- They will tell you that it'll cost almost double to use OEM parts. This is ridiculous. If so, then they cost more than BestBuy or Apple, which doesn't make sense. Why not get your phone repaired at the official store instead?
If after reading this you are still dead set on going there, good luck. My advice is to pony up the extra $80 to $90 and take it to an authorized repair shop or better yet, if you can, take it to the Apple store. Note, with the Apple store, sometimes you get lucky and they just replace your phone outright. Your mileage may vary. read more