78% of independent technicians offer more iPhone repairs than Apple
What you need to know
- The U.S. PIRG Education Fund has surveyed 302 independent repair technicians.
- They found that 78% of them offer additional repairs compared to Apple.
- In-store, Apple will only repair your iPhone's battery, screen, camera, and speaker.
A survey of 302 independent repair technicians has found that most of them offer far more iPhone repair options compared to Apple stores.
According to U.S. PIRG Education Fund, a recent survey conducted with iFixit has revealed that 78% of those technicians offered additional repairs over and above those you can get in Apple Stores.
From the survey:
The report claims that the 302 technicians between them repaired more than 40,000 phones per month. 41% of those repairs were not in a category offered in-store by Apple, being replacements of screens, batteries, speakers, and cameras.
The survey also highlighted the concerns around the lack of diagnostics software that these technicians have. When asked "Would your business be more successful if you had access to Apple or Samsung's repair diagnostic software?", 89% of respondents said yes. 92% of them also said that they supported Right to Repair reforms.
The report concludes by stating:
You can read the report in full here.
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