
Repair Process
Swollen MacBook Battery? Get It Looked At!
In Repair Process | No commentDoes your MacBook (including MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and MacBook Retina) have a case that bulges where it shouldn’t? Or have you spilled liquid on it recently? Believe us when we say there are good reasons you don’t want to ignore either of these. This…
Your iPhone Battery and Apple’s “Slowdown”
In Repair Process | No commentIntroduction You may well have heard the news story about Apple “slowing down” older iPhones via iOS updates. This attracted some criticism and scepticism, not least because they hadn’t been clear about the fact they’d done this, nor offered users the choice. (Several legal actions…
The Hidden Problems with “Instant” iPhone Unlocking
In Cautionary Tales, Tech Industry News | No commentIntroduction Although we don’t offer mobile phone unlocking services of any sort ourselves, a lot of our rivals do. Before we go on, we should be fair and point out that many of them are generally reputable, and we don’t intend to tar them all…
The iOS 11 Touch Screen Problem Mystery
In Cautionary Tales | No commentIntroduction Apple officially launched iOS 11 on Tuesday the 19th of September, and it is already causing issues for users. We’ve personally had experience with a number of customers coming in and reporting problems with the touch sensing on their iPhones after upgrading. Often the…
Duty of Care- You Get What You Pay For
In Cautionary Tales | No commentEarlier this year, a story came to our attention where someone had taken their iPhone 6S to have its cracked screen repaired in another local store. To cut a long story short, it didn’t go so well. We won’t name the guilty party, but…
The MacBook GPU Fault That Wasn’t
In Cautionary Tales, Repair Process | No commentHow Our Rivals Handled It Today we’ll be looking at a MacBook a customer brought to us after being less than impressed with one of our alleged rivals. She had used us for a previous repair and been happy with the service, but for…