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Why are iPhone 5 repairs so expensive?

Source: Geek

It’s inevitable: you have either broken an iPhone in some way or know someone who has. The tradeoff for Apple’s impressive mixture of glass and metal is that the company’s smartphones (and tablets for that matter) can be rather fragile. Under the right c ...
Full article at: Geek  More like this  11 hours ago, 1:55pm CDT

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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn release date announced
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn release date announced
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Rockstar Announces Special and Collector’s Edition of Grand Theft Auto V
Rockstar Announces Special and Collector’s Edition of Grand Theft Auto V
Rockstar Games Software, Inc. has released the details of its new editions of Grand Theft Auto V game. Pre-orders for both $79.99 Special Edition and $149.99 Collector's Edition are available today.
 
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Watch the Funny Google Glass Photographer Spoof Video
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High iPhone 5 repair costs blamed on Apple’s tight components control

Source: iPhone Download Blog

Eight months into its September 2012 launch, Apple’s iPhone 5 is still a pricey gadget to service. Be it a smashed screen, an earpiece that needs replacing or its most unreliable iPhone component – the Home button - so ...
Full article at: iPhone Download Blog  More like this  14 hours ago, 10:23am CDT

Apple Reportedly Keeping iPhone 5 Repair Costs High

Source: Softpedia

Repair firm iCracked founder AJ Forsythe says there’s a tight control on iPhone 5 components in the market, and since Apple controls almost every part that’s used to make one, the repair costs remain very high. “Market ...
Full article at: Softpedia  More like this  14 hours ago, 10:21am CDT

Apple's Tight Control Over Components Keeping iPhone 5 Repair Costs High

Source: MacRumors

MarketWatch takes a look at the state of the repair industry for the iPhone 5, noting that costs for display replacements remain very high eight months after the device's launch in the United States. The report p ...
Full article at: MacRumors  More like this  15 hours ago, 9:38am CDT

Samsung beats Apple by wide margin in Rescuecom reliability report

Source: MacNN

A new reliability report from Rescuecom shows Apple placing in second place, beaten by Samsung by a wide margin. The new report for the first quarter of 2013, which now takes into account tablets as well as computers, also ...
Full article at: MacNN  More like this  1 day ago, 9:43am CDT

Advice from an Apple Tech: When your Mac takes a fall

Source: Macworld UK

If you've never heard that noise before, you're bound to hear it someday: that amazing, dull crunch as your Mac slips out of your hands or off a desk and makes a date with the ground at 9.8 meters per second squared, gravity having ...
Full article at: Macworld UK  More like this  1 day ago, 5:29am CDT

Xbox One Kinect demo and console design evolution videos

Source: Hexus

An impressive upgrade mentioned during last night’s Xbox One reveal concerned the Kinect sensor. If you buy an Xbox One you are going to get one of these motion controllers by default and it will be used extensively ...
Full article at: Hexus  More like this  1 day ago, 5:16am CDT



 

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