Minnesota has passed a groundbreaking right-to-repair law, which requires electronics manufacturers to allow independent repair shops and consumers to buy necessary parts and tools to repair their own equipment. This law, which was signed by Governor Tim Walz in April 2023, is part of an omnibus appropriations bill. The new rules will take effect on July 1st, Read more…
Insurance company Asurion, who purchased UBreakIFix in 2019 is now closing some of their stores, and re-selling some back to franchisees. Asurion turned a number of franchise owned stores into corporate owned stores over the last 4 years. We’ve seen the number as high as 200 stores are impacted. Hundreds of Asurion (and UBIF) employees were let Read more…
As we noted the other day (see here), NWIDA has written to every US Senator, the President and Vice President of the United States and the House Majority and Minority Leaders. Today, we’ve extended that reach to Ambassador Katherine Tai, the US Trade Representative (USTR). Ambassador Tai was appointed to her position in 2021 by President Biden. Read more…
Today, NWIDA sent letters to every member of the US Senate, the President and Vice President of the United States and the House Majority and Minority Leaders. While we’re active in advocacy work for our members, and the industry overall, it takes something pretty major for us to send actual letters to over 50 of this nation’s Read more…
In a complaint filed with the US International Trade Commission, as well as letters filed to the FTC, Samsung is looking to ban all aftermarket displays claiming: … Complainant seeks a general exclusion order barring importation of certain active matrix organic light-emitting diode display panels and modules that are used as replacement displays, and components thereof, that Read more…
We sent the following to NY State Governor Kathy Hochul today, but wanted to make it an “open letter” as well: Dear Governor Hochul, It has been more than four months since the New York legislature passed the Digital Fair Repair Act with a veto proof majority in the Senate and a near unanimous vote (145-2) in Read more…
Third Party parts provider MobileSentrix has acquired Mobile Defenders. Jordan Notenbaum, President of Mobile Defenders will continue with the new company. The acquisition combines the knowledge and expertise of the two leading mobile replacement part suppliers in the industry. From the Press Release: At this time, the Mobile Defenders and MobileSentrix sites will run concurrently. Any specific Read more…
PBK Reviews has posted a tear-down video of the iPhone 14 Pro Max. You can see it here or watch it below: — NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance and if you’re not yet a member, we invite you to join today. Want news like this delivered to your inbox? Click HERE Read more…
We are seeing quite a few repair shops saying that iOS 16 is causing many aftermarket LCD and OLEDs to blackout and not function – especially on the iPhone 12 series. Customers with previously working phones cannot see anything on their screens after updating to the latest iOS. A number of shops have reported replacing the screens Read more…
As we reported last November (see here) Apple announced a “Customer Self-Repair option for customers to fix their own iPhones. Now, they’ve officially announced the store and the store is live – selfservicerepair.com Pricing includes the initial cost and then a “return part credit”, which customers will get after they return the “defective” part back to Apple. Read more…
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