By RARZACK OLAEGBE
How many hours can you spend away from your mobile phone? One hour? Two hours? Two hundred and four hours? None? Come on! Why behave as if your placenta was a mobile phone? But it was not. Why behave as if you could not breathe without your mobile phone? But you can. If your placenta was not a mobile phone, please explain your mobile phone addiction.
If you can survive without your mobile phone, why behave as if you cannot do so? What do you expect of me when my phone was away for a long spell? To be like water and take the shape of its container? Throw tantrums and call the Red Cross? The answer? I waited. That was why my mobile phone was away from fintech functions.
On the one hand
A mobile phone can be faulty for a million reasons. A broken screen. Faulty charging port. Liquid damage. Fast-draining battery. Malfunctioning speaker. Slow response due to overuse. Internet connectivity palaver. Dead keypad. Crashed apps. Dead camera flashlight. These problems will force you to the repairer. If your mobile phone has another challenge not listed, consult your banker!
On the other hand
I chose to spend long hours at one of the repair companies in Lagos. The staff handed me a computer-generated receipt. The number 34. I was the 34th customer. At 10 in the morning. I chose to wait. I had no other choice. Then I got some work done on the laptop. The automated voice poked me. Oh, my two hours already? Earlier, a technician had assessed the phone.
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With a smiling assurance, he said the mobile phone would be fixed. He repeated the exercise with other visitors. Nigerians from all lifestyles. Each got a different assessment. Some clients left with bad news. Others like me waited for a solution. Buying a new phone is not on your budget, you know.
In the long term
In the Advantages of Mobile Phone Repair Shop, the Phone Shop.com agrees that one of the most popular types of service you can find these days are the mobile phone repair shops. That is correct. At the Ikeja Computer Village, many of these shops abound. You can get phones repaired in minutes. Do you need an iPhone screen replacement? Done. Do you need a Samsung phone camera repair? Done. Mention whatever you need. You would get it at the snap of a finger. You can find spare parts for your mobile phone at the shops.
However, there are other phone repair companies with expertise in this niche. I was in one of the companies. Carlcare. Whatever the problem, their technician would get it done. They use modern tools and technologies for service. Thus with the availability of these employees, you can have your phone in pristine condition.
In this place, you can save your money. You can save time. You can shun regrets. If you have a bad iPhone or Samsung phone, it will surely take months before you get it back. If you want your mobile phone repaired professionally, taking your mobile phone to a repair shop is the best solution for you. At Carlcare, you will get a warranty for the services. With a roadside repairer, you cannot get a warranty. Therefore, if anything happens to your phone after you have parted company, you are on your own.
In the short term
Well, assuming 34 customers spent two hours in the queue. Multiply 34 by 2. You have 68 hours. In addition, I left the phone for another three hours before pick up. Multiple three hours by 68 hours. That is 204 hours. Is the waiting worth it? That was why my mobile phone was away from fintech functions.
*Olaegbe ([email protected])
