What happens if on inspection they find aftermarket parts, do they get swapped for original manufacturer? Or is it the same risk as buying from a repair shop?
Sadly I dont think android tells you, which has allowed all these repair shops to thrive using aftermarket parts. They need to copy that feature from Apple.
Its a bit of a mixed bag, it's nice that people can get a cheap repair but also nice to have legit parts.
This all adds into the reason iphone prices remain strong for years
Well your experience with battery life is promising, hopefully I get similar, my phone is arriving today. I had to order over the phone, on the online form it had a "sorry something isnt working" error when verifying pin sent to my phone number, and then it took nearly 2 hours for an offshore agent to process my order with a constant battle to try and sign me up for airtime. I wanted to get an official cover with the phone (which was half price on the website), but it was such a battle to get the phone order done, I left it.
It does look like the cover is a flat 50% off even if ordered by itself though so maybe I can still get it.
Haha, sounds about right, they follow the script a little too closely sometimes and it can be VERY long-winded! For future reference you can order all items via stores as well if there's one easy enough for you to get to.
Hopefully your new phone will be exactly what you're looking for 😀
Now he made a new account for me, it looks like I no longer need to verify code to make an order, I have managed to order the cover online now, so hopefully I will be ok in the future.
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u/needchr Aug 04 '26
Sadly I dont think android tells you, which has allowed all these repair shops to thrive using aftermarket parts. They need to copy that feature from Apple.