Top ways we hear how people ruin their iPhones.

Hello friends-

Ruin is a strong word, I should say “ruin your day”, because in all of these cases, the iPhone can be fixed! It’s why we are in business.

I thought it was time for us to run some data through our system and come up with the top 5 ways our customers have reported damaging their iPhones. This data is similar for iPods and Android phones. Without much more to say, let’s see what and why things are happening to our customers in real life! We will start with #5:

5. It just happened.

Unfortunately we hear this a lot. “I set the phone down and the next time I picked it up, the screen was cracked”. Or, “I left my phone in the car overnight, and now it won’t turn on.” These types of issues are a mystery. Spontaneous breakages. I think it’s the aliens that did it.

4. Animal ate it.

Well, I can’t really say “ate it”, but truthfully there are many times that either the family dog thought the device was a chew toy, but we are also going to include dogs stepping on devices in this one. We hear this a lot: “my dog stepped on my iPad” and the next thing you know is that we’ve had to replace a cracked glass on the device.

3. Pulled by the cord while plugged in.

It’s never a good idea to plug your iPhone in then string the cord across the hallway so that your iPhone is sitting on a table. This is a recipe for disaster, and now that white cable that you treasure so preciously just became a tripwire for the next unsuspecting passerby. This issue causes a lot of cracked screens and charging port problems.

2. Liquid Damaged.

I just heard this on Friday: “I had my iPhone in my back pocket, started to pull down my pants to use the restroom…and ker-plunk my iPhone went into the toilet.” We love these (not really). Truthfully clean toilet water in the iPhone doesn’t scare me that much; but some of my technicians might think otherwise. Spilling a glass of water, jumping into a swimming pool with an iPhone in your pocket, or dropping your iPhone into a glass of beer at a Rolling Stones concert have all been reported.

AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON IS……………..

1. Dropped!

There’s not much more to say about this one. Drops are clearly the number one reason that customers call into Mission Repair for service. Some customers even state “I dropped my iPhone from about 3 feet onto the carpet. I can’t believe that it cracked!”. Believe it.

And there you have it. Straight from the customer’s experience. Let me give you one more “abstract” testimonial from a long-time customer of ours that flies with the Blue Angels Navy Team. Lt. Amy Tomlinson took her trusty MacBook with her on a flight, and slammed the canopy of her F/A-18 Hornet crushing the screen. She called us at Mission Repair and we got her back in working order in no time. I’ve recently talked with Lt. Tomlinson and asked her about that MacBook. She was proud to say the she upgraded herself into a new unit; but the original “smashed then repaired” laptop was still being used by her mother after several years. That’s just awesome!

Have a great week, I’ll be back soon.

Ryan

iPhone Repair…of course!

Good afternoon folks,

If you’re in need of an iPhone repair (we are repairing screens for ALL models of the iPhone) and we will even have the iPhone 6S screen repairs coming soon! Stop by one of our locations and we will get you fixed up, most of the time, while you wait.

We are open 7 days a week, so don’t worry if you can’t make it in today. Give us a call at 844-459-0105 if you have any questions…customer service representatives are standing by!

Take care, Ryan

Mission Repair Company Picnic in two weeks!

Good morning Summertime!

I just looked outside and the weather looks gorgeous.  It’s a good thing too because I’m heading to Table Rock Lake this weekend to get some sunshine and to do a little exploring on the lake.  We’ve been there a lot over the last 10 years, but never all the way up and down the lake.  It’s going to be a bit of an adventure that I’m really looking forward to!

It’s really feeling like summer here in Kansas City, and we’ve announced our Mission Repair Company Picnic which is really fun each year.  We’ll play games and break into group for activities like Tug-O-War, “Blind” obstacle course, egg toss and a few other classics.   I usually get the BBQ going to cook for all 40 of us and there are typically a few surprises as well 😉

Never fear, we will be doing this on the second Sunday in July so we won’t be modifying our work schedule which we will keep updated here.  Please note that we WILL be closed on the 4th of July, but open like normal on the 3rd of July.  I’ll write a separate posting for that coming soon.

Have fun today, it’s going to be somewhere near 100 degrees outside in my neck of the woods, stay cool!

Take care, Ryan

Huge price decrease on iPhone 6 Plus screen repairs announced!

Hello friends of electronics!

Mission Repair has been handling the iPhone 6 Plus repair since its release, and we are happy to announce a price decrease on the iPhone 6 Plus screen repair (white or black) today.

The 5.5 inch screen is a huge leap forward for Apple, moving its iPhone range into the uncharted waters of the phablet market currently dominated by Samsung and other Android devices.

Apple has reached a previously untapped audience of smartphone users – those who demand a large screen, with ‘productivity’ the main buzzword being thrown around.

In terms of specs and design there isn’t a huge amount of difference between the iPhone 6 Plus and the iPhone 6 – apart from the obvious size which initially led to a big difference in price for repair; but today we have closed the gap and are happy to pass the savings onto our customers.

Click here to get a repair started:

–iPhone 6 Plus Screen Repair (WHITE)
–iPhone 6 Plus Screen Repair (BLACK)
–Other iPhone 6 Plus Repairs

Have a great day, take care, Ryan

iPhone 6 Plus Repairs A Plenty!

This week we updated our website with new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Repair Services. We now offer battery replacements, charging port repairs, headphone jack replacements and more! Mission:Repair has been offering the screen repair on these units for a couple months and NOW we offer just about any repair you could need.

So, if you have recently cracked the screen on your iPhone 6 Plus or if your device is not holding a charge – we are your source for quality iPhone 6 Plus repairs! Once we receive your iPhone 6 Plus we will asses the damage and put it in line for our technicians. Once one of our technicians receives your device, we will replace the non-functioning part or cracked screen with a brand new part. If you have any questions regarding our repair process or if you are in need of a service we don’t have listed on our website just give us a call and we’ll take care of you – 1-866-638-8402.

Happy Friday,

Melanie