*OoH my 100th review!*
I have owned around six cell phones in the past dozen-plus years, and the last three have been iPhones. Until this past Saturday, I had never damaged or broken any of my phones (I used them all until the batteries crapped out). That said, I was busy texting when the images on the screen froze, then the screen showed a black and white striped pattern, and also a red plaid one. Um, what? Where's my pretty purple/pink gradient wallpaper?! I couldn't even turn off my phone, so I asked Siri for help. She said I needed to restart it by myself haha.
I thought to wait until the battery died to try to turn it on, but I realized how many of my daily activities depend on my phone. I Yelped "iPhone repair" from my computer and started researching the results. Several in Oceanside and Vista didn't list email addresses, and others had difficult websites to navigate. My iFix was the sixth business listed, a bit far from me, but I noticed it said "Fast Responder". I sent an email and got a reply within 7 minutes! The owner and I corresponded back and forth a bit before I was told to come on down, and that his business was open until 6pm.
My iFix is located in the shopping plaza with Walmart and REI, at the end of a strip mall. It's actually a little hut-looking building that shares space with a Bank of America ATM.
It turns out the LCD screen was broken. The owner asked if I dropped it, or if [my FatAss] sat on it. I'm totally paraphrasing the conversation since the implications were hilarious to me... but I am not a phone/pocket person and I have yet to drop it. Not sure how I broke it, but he fixed it in half an hour! Super, super cool.
Lastly, I'm not one to bargain or comparison shop. When I really want something, I just get it. I'm not sure if 200$ is the average screen repair cost, but I'm happy that I was able to get it done so fast.
P.S.- While I honestly hope this will be my only check-in to this business, I most definitely do recommend it to other Apple product owners.
Pros:
- specializes in Apple products
- speedy service
- friendly, goofy owner and two equally goofy associates
- located close to awesome restaurants/shopping/beach/etc
- accepts cards
- lots of parking
Cons:
- closed Sundays
- very spendy!
- numerous repairs going on at once means some might have to leave their phones longer read more