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Would’ve been nice if they told us the location, still.

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They’re just talking about those repair shops you see everywhere, they will have a sign outside saying something like “repair iPhone/Samsung/Laptop/Computer”

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I want to laugh but a licensed Samsung repair shop couldn’t repair my phone because I lost the stylus and Samsung licensing requires 100% pass of a test that includes the stylus before returning phones to customer.

Borrowed one from the Verizon shop down the street - gave them my driver license as collateral. Worked out but I was less than pleased with Samsung. They can still have my babies tho.

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I went to a Samsung certified repair shop to get my screen replaced and they said they couldn’t do it cuz they couldn’t repair my color of phone. Idk what they have against white phones, but I ended up having to mail it to Samsung to get it repaired.

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Another Samsung Store couldn’t fix my screen without wiping my data (because procedures) and of course they had to do a full replacement of both the glass and the actual screen.

A Ukrainian guy came to the rescue and replaced just the glass (screen was working just fine), thus at half the price, and most importantly, kept my data intact. As it should’ve been at the official store.

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I work at an AASP and I can 100% guarantee you that’s Apple’s fault too cause they literally started that practice. It’s bullshit.

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I will never bite the Apple

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Oh i will, but in a literal sense.

Bite a apple fan boy day!

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Apple was shit during the Steve Jobs iphone years, too. Just ask Louis Rossman (used to do mac repair videos on YT, nowadays mostly talks about current computer stuff)

Oh, and the iphone 4 had a “feature” where holding the phone “wrong” made it lose all signal.

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What town was that?

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Casey Neistat got his big break in 2003 with “iPod’s Dirty Secret” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuTcavAzopg

Just as relevant today as it was 20 years ago.

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buys iPhone

complains about unreasonable repair costs

You sleep in the bed you make.

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We are forced to participate in the society we live in. It is not the consumer’s fault that a company is shitty.

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How are we forced to buy Apple products? Legitimately asking.

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Smart phones are almost essential in this day and age, most people get an apple product because it’s what other people have, they shouldn’t be punished for just wanting to have a smartphone was my point. It’s not their fault apple is like this.

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True, but also stop giving Apple money

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When my phone brakes I’ll either be able to repair it myself or it gets cremated, i don’t trust anyone near my phone.

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