$0.00
iPhone
-
Are Traditional Phone Batteries Still Viable?
Curtis Taylor
Posted on April 23, 2013Phone Batteries... Is It Time For Change?
Tell me if you’ve ever been in this situation. You’re at work, right in the middle of a business call and bam your phone dies. Has this ever happened to you? Well, even if it hasn’t, it’s happening to plenty of people around the globe on a daily basis.
As I’m sure you are well aware, there have been quite a few solid guides and how-to videos made over the past couple years that go into the general questions as to why your phone is always dead, and things you can do to help prevent the battery from draining so quickly. (Close some apps people) That’s all fine and dandy, and most definitely not the reason we are here today.
Today RepairLabs is going to present the technical reasoning behind your phone always being dead. We’re going to cover the different types of batteries on the market today and how they compare, then we’ll have a throw down between three of the hottest phones on the market, with each one having a specific role to play in the testing of the batteries held within. Last but not least we’ll talk about the future of batteries; what’s out there, what’s the next logical step, things of that nature.
Strap yourselves in, because you’re about to get a crash course in phone batteries!
Lithium What?
Most of you probably don’t know what type of battery is in your phone. Perhaps you know the mAh of it, (that’s milliamps per hour) but don’t actually know what type of battery you have. Don’t worry; it’s not relevant knowledge to a large percentage of people. But for those of you who have wondered into my little slice of Tech paradise, you’re about to get the deluxe package when it comes to batteries.
What types of batteries are prevalent on the market today?
There are truly only two options when it comes to batteries in your phone today. Lithium-Ion and Lithium-Polymer.
Lithium-Ion: Li-Ion batteries are the most commonly found type of battery in phones today. They’re older technology than Li-Po batteries, but have also proven themselves to be reliable. Though they may be phased out eventually -- the fact that we’re able to stretch them up to 3,500mAh at this point in time, while still being slim enough to fit in a phone gives credence to the fact that Li-Ion isn’t going down without a fight.
Li-Ion offers the most convenient product to cell phone manufacturers, with its average 5-10% self-[i]discharge rate a month, and components that are environmentally safe. It also doesn’t hurt that they are readily available, and lighter than equivalent batteries.
If these batteries are so great, then why is my phone always dead is what most of you are probably thinking. This is because there are some caveats to Li-Ion batteries, mainly being that the [ii]cell capacity diminishes with use, causing the battery to hold less and less of a charge. This is made even worse when you factor in high [iii]charge levels and elevated temperatures, both of which cause hastened degradation of the battery.
They are also flammable, which is most definitely a con for any product that you hold near your face.
http://repairlabs.com
Key Interior Difference Between Li-Ion & Li-Po - “The primary difference is that the lithium-salt electrolyte is not held in an organic solvent but in a solid polymer composite such as polyethylene or polyacrylonitrile” Wikipedia - Lithium-Polymer Batteries
Lithium-Polymer: Li-Po is the younger, more advanced brother to Li-Ion batteries. In theory they are nearly identical in design, as can be seen in the diagram above, but there are some key differences between the two.
For starters, the Li-Po offers a more predictable self-discharge rate, which also happens to be lower than that offered on the Li-Ion batteries in general, clocking in at 5% a month. They also are more adaptable than Li-Ion, offering up the ability to use them in a wide variety of packing and shapes. And I can’t forget to mention that they are more reliable and rugged than the Li-Ion they hope to fully phase-out.
The downside to the Li-Po is that it holds less of a charge than that offered on your standard Li-Ion battery. This reason alone is why they haven’t fully phased out the Li-Ion. Though the technology used is newer and more advanced, it just doesn’t offer the power necessary to reliably power these crazy big devices hitting the market today in its current form.
One of the biggest backers of Li-Po batteries is Apple, including the Li-Po in each iPhone dating back to the iPhone 4. Though the mAh (1440mAh on the iPhone 5) numbers are far below that of the competition, we still see the power necessary to competently power the device for a full day of usage. That may lead you to believe that the battery is indeed in a position to compete with the Li-Ion, but the numbers can be misleading. Though the specs on the iPhone 5 are similar to that of the competition – the biggest deciding factor in battery drain is pixel density and resolution. The pixel density and resolution on the iPhone clock in at 640x1136, giving us a pixel density of 326ppi across its 4” screen. This here is a huge difference from what you get from the Android offerings, which come in at 1280x720 or 1920x1080, stretched across 4.7”+ displays.
Putting the Phone Batteries to the Test
Now that you’ve heard about the types of batteries we utilize on a daily basis, let’s get into something a bit more useful to those of you who are visual learners. Below you will find a video that I put together showcasing three of the most popular phones on the market; the Verizon exclusive Droid DNA, the iPhone 5, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 2.
Each phone is popular for different reasons, and each one has its faults. One thing that sets them all apart though is the battery within. For the Droid DNA you have a 2020mAh Li-Ion battery, while the iPhone 5 has the previously mentioned 1440mAh Li-Po battery. Bringing up the rear of the pack is the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with its massive 3100mAh Li-Ion battery.
As you can tell, the Note 2’s battery is loaded with power, but is running on the older Li-Ion technology. Will this make a difference when going head-to-head with the iPhone 5’s newer but smaller 1440mAh Li-Po battery? Spec-wise the Droid DNA is the one most set up to fail, and that’s thanks to the design choices made by HTC. They took a beautiful 5” 1080p display, with a quad-core processor and 2 GB’s of RAM and stuck it in into a casing that houses a measly 2020mAh Li-Ion battery. Why HTC wouldn’t spend the extra $$ needed to go with either a 2020mAh Li-Po or a more powerful Li-Ion, I don’t know.
Droid DNA
- 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)
- Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait
- 2 GB RAM
- Adreno 320 GPU
- Lithium-Ion 2020mAh Battery
iPhone 5
- 640 x 1136 pixels, 4.0 inches (~326 ppi pixel density)
- Dual-core 1.2 GHz
- 1 GB RAM
- PowerVR SGX 543MP3 (triple-core graphics)
- Lithium-Polymer 1440mAh Battery
Samsung Galaxy Note 2
- 720 x 1280 pixels, 5.5 inches (~267 ppi pixel density)
- Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9
- 2 GB RAM
- Mali-400MP GPU
- Lithium-Ion 3100mAh Battery
Without further ado, let’s get to the video showcasing each phone running the RepairLabs video on loop until they die a horrible death.. You know, by running out of battery life. The test is to simulate a full-day of usage in the span of a few minutes once sped up. Obviously to record actually utilizing the phone all day would be unfeasible, so I went with the next best thing. Will the small Li-Po be able to keep pace with the big and bigger dogs?
Let’s find out!
The results are exactly what I predicted they would be. Coming in at four hours, the Droid DNA finally saw itself to the afterlife. An hour later and we see the iPhone 5 finally crash out. In a position to either succeed, or crash and burn, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 was most definitely the phone hardest to predict. With that huge battery, I expected it to last the longest, but you also have to factor in the lighting needed to properly light such a large display. In the end, it didn’t matter, with the Note 2 going for a whole nine hours! Surprisingly if you watch the screens once the warning battery indicator pops up, we see that both the iPhone 5 and Droid DNA last roughly one hour before completely shutting down, while the Galaxy Note 2 goes for an additional two hours after we get the low battery warning screen.
The test proved exactly what it is I was trying to show you guys. Even though the Li-Ion is older tech, size does indeed still matter when it comes to phone batteries, but only to a certain extent. The Li-Po showed that even though it was almost 600mAh weaker than the Li-Ion in the Droid DNA, it could outpace it. You can’t do a direct apples-to-apples comparison due to the massive screen differences, but you still get the idea here.
Another thing to keep in mind is that these phones last four, five, and nine hours respectively – but if you used the phones daily for another year and ran this test again, you would be lucky to get even 75% of the performance you got from them when they were brand new, luckily if your battery ever gets to the point where it doesn't hold enough of a charge to get you through the day, we here at RepairLabs can swap the crummy old battery out for a shiny new battery.
The diagram above showcases how the ions inside your battery slowly but surely lose their ability to hold a quality charge. This is why with all phone batteries, they eventually need replaced. The constant charging, discharging, and usage are what cause the breakdown inside the phone. At this point, there is no way to get around this with liquid-based batteries in the state they’re currently in.
What Does The Future Hold?
Alright so now that you’re a bit more comfortable with where we sit right now when it comes to batteries, let’s move into where we’re headed.
Li-Ion and Li-Po can only carry us so far. Eventually here soon we’re going to have to mix up what it is that we use, then we’ll have to either advance the technologies that we use, or start utilizing something completely new.
Updating Preexisting Liquid-Batteries
This is where some of the brightest minds in the field are hard at work. Some of the most feasible ideas that have been floated around include enhancing preexisting batteries with silicone nanoparticles as well as using new types of conversion alloys – both of which could dramatically improve the viability of Li-Ion and Li-Po batteries.
There have even been recent developments regarding Lithium-Ion batteries by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. These new batteries have the power density to charge your phone 1000x faster than standard batteries, the only issue is that what the battery offers in power density, it lacks in energy density, so until they make more progress on these inventive new Lithium-Ion batteries, I will have to hold them off the list of the most promising – for now.
Even if we extend the life of current batteries another four or five years, we’re eventually going to need new types of batteries to further the advancement of smartphones. When it comes to future options, there are two that truly stick out in mind as being extremely strong options; Lithium Sulfide based batteries and Solid-State batteries. There are some less exciting options like Lithium-Air and Lithium-Imide batteries, but until there is better information on them, I don’t feel them relevant enough to be included in this section.
Future Options For Batteries
Lithium-Sulfide is one of the many options that have presented itself as a solid alternative to the Li-Ion and Li-Po batteries we use now. Li-S not only offers a higher energy density than Li-Ion, but also has reduced production costs due to using sulfur.
Though Li-S batteries are a definite option that we could explore sometime in the near future, like say 2014, there isn’t enough data on the capabilities of Li-S to think that it is the logical next step in batteries. As it stands right now, the engineers who are working on this are still dealing with the fact that sulfur on its own isn’t conductive, which is a massive issue in a product that relies 100% on conductivity!
Solid-State Batteries are definitely the brightest option when it comes to future batteries. Instead of being liquid-based like the batteries on the market these days, Solid-State batteries offer us batteries that are solid inside, much like what you would find inside a solid-state drive for the PC.
Though engineers would love to have these solid-state batteries in our phones right now due to their greatly increased life cycle over legacy batteries, plus they also happen to be safer with a better energy density to that of other options. The reason that we don’t have these already is because of the massive cost of production, with the price soaring up to as high as a $1,500 for a single phone battery.
Engineers are also still trying to work out a solution to their sensitivity to low temperatures. Recently I spoke with Professor Kevin S. Jones from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida, about this very subject; this is what he had to say.
”I do believe solid-state batteries have tremendous potential but there are significant research challenges that need to be addressed. Because you replace the liquid electrolyte with a solid that is much thinner you can achieve a significant weight saving, as well as being much safer. However it remains a challenge to develop an inexpensive manufacturing method that overcomes the challenges of joining solid layers together. In addition, there is a new class of materials called conversion alloys that are being explored for liquid batteries. These materials have the potential to significantly increase the capacity of liquid batteries. Research is necessary to prove if these materials will work with solid state batteries. So the potential is there to revolutionize the cell phone battery, but we have work to do before it becomes a reality.”
Professor Jones statement holds true to what I’ve been saying all along. There is still potential for liquid-based batteries, but the future is moving more and more towards solid-state batteries. For those of you who have not read his excellent piece on the state of solid-state batteries, I highly recommend it.
The End to a Long Journey
What a ride. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried. Had epiphanies, revelations and probably even a few eye-opening moments.. Ok, perhaps we didn’t quite cover that wide of a spectrum, but we did take a long look at where we’re at with batteries and where we hope to be as soon as possible.
The Li-Ion and Li-Po batteries we use today still prove to be viable options for the time being, but as was made apparent in the time lapse, the more powerful the phone, the less amount of time you will have to enjoy it without a charger. Sure, you can carry around a charger with you, have one at your desk, house, and in your car, but that’s not the point. Phones are portable devices – attaching cables to them defeats the entire purpose of a portable phone.
Though the near future is a bit cloudy on what we’ll do next, with there being a few interesting options floating around. None of them are ready for primetime, that much is apparent, but possibly by mid-2014 we can begin phasing out the old and start ushering in the new.
The future begins to look much brighter 2014+ thanks to the advancements we’ll be making in solid-state technology. As soon as it becomes viable from a price-standpoint, I have no doubt all of the major phone manufacturer’s will begin to use them in their newest devices. (Can anyone say iPhone 9?)
As it stands right now, the degradation rate on batteries is sitting at a manageable but unacceptable one to two years. (If you’re really lucky) With newer and better technologies, hopefully we can extrapolate that number into the double digits, making the need to buy new phone batteries or even phones less of necessity and more of a commodity.
[i] Discharge Rate – The rate, usually expressed in amperes or time, at which electrical current is taken from the battery.
[ii] Cell Capacity – The maximum total electrical charge, expressed in ampere-hours, which a battery can deliver to a load under a specific set of conditions...
[iii] Charge Levels – The percentage of power in phone batteries at any one point in time.
This post was posted in Tech, Geek, What We Do, iPhone and was tagged with Li-Po, Solid-State Batteries, Li-Air, Li-S, Li-Ion, Testing Phone Batteries, Phone Batteries, Droid DNA, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, iPhone 5
-
The Apple iWatch: Learning Cool from The Fresh Prince?
Posted on February 25, 2013
The new iWatch should have a continuous wrap-around display and work like a snap bracelet.
The Internets have been abuzz recently with chatter of a possible Apple iWatch. Misleading pictures abound of a wristwatch-like monstrosity resembling an all-screen iPod Nano attached to a velco strap. Sometimes, for fun, artists portray this as a round traditional wristwatch with iOS apps. However, here at RepairLabs, we think Apple has something much, much cooler in store for us.
We’re talking early 90s cool. Perhaps you’ve seen the patent filing from Apple as reported by PatentlyApple, where the iWatch will work just like a snap bracelet. That’s right, the era that brought us Ace of Base and Right Said Fred just keeps on giving. And Apple has adopted one of the coolest trends of the early 90s: the snap bracelet. We’ve created our own rendering of the awesome cool that, if we’re good, will descend on us like so many Pogs. (Remember those?)
Based on the patent filing, here’s what we think the new iWatch will feature.
- The device will have a bi-stable spring, meaning just like the snap bracelet, it will live in two states: rigid flat, and curved (to fit a wrist). It will bend and flex just like a snap bracelet. It will utilize flexible glass to make this work.
- The screen will be a continuous display, circular. (This is trickier than it seems at first glance. How will Apple know the size of an individual’s wrist? We think the device will have a male and female end with a sensor that detects the amount of overlap.)
Here’s a list of our best guesses for the features of the iWatch:
- The iWatch won’t charge the traditional way. It just doesn’t make sense for the device to have something as unwieldy as a charging port with all of the recent technological advances. The watch could charge from kinetic energy (your own motion), or may have the new solar touch panel charge that Apple has recently received a patent on. Or it could charge remotely with a plate or mat that could be put anywhere around your house.
- The LCD screen will have the touch feature.
- The device will likely will have no buttons, but would be awakened by the onboard gyrometer. The gyrometer will also be able to tell witch way your hand is facing so it will always show a correct display – even at weird angles.
- The iWatch will connect to your iPhone iPod or iPad via Bluetooth. It will feature two-way transmission.
The 90s gave us lots of cultural and technological gifts (the Internet itself, anybody? The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?) It’s fitting we should borrow from those awesome concepts to create more awesome. So until the iWatch finally comes out, we’ll be digging out our old snap bracelets and pretending that they’re touch screen wonders of a future day. And slapping them on unsuspecting coworkers.
Based on patent filings, this is how we assume the sizing mechanism and continuous screen will work.
by Curtis Taylor, Tech Expert, Freelance Writer.
This post was posted in Opinion, Tech, iPhone Rumors, iPhone and was tagged with snap bracelet, bracelet, touchscreen, Artist's rendition, Fresh Prince, ninties, 90s, concept, iWatch
-
The Top 10 Tech Events of 2012 that WILL Change your 2013
Posted on December 31, 2012
Here at RepairLabs, we like to lean back and take stock of everything that we do throughout the year and our analysis of tech innovations has abounded.. We thought there would be no better time than the last day of the year to remember the most influential tech events of the year, and to think about what they may mean for us next year. Here is the list of our top 10 favorite tech events of the year.
10.) Apple Breaks the Mold with the iPhone 5: Tech Innovation.
Apple abandons their near-religious devotion to the 4-inch iPhone screen format in favor of a 5-inch screen. Apple chose to go with totally expanded device (pictured on the right) rather than just expanding the screen. Ahhhhhh real –estate.
What this means for 2013: With Apple finally willing to innovate again, rather than rigidly sticking to a (now) arbitrary design, we can expect great changes to come: NFC chips, wireless charging, waterproofing, and better cameras could all be in the works.
9.) The Second Screen Experience Emerges, Read: the Will U. Tech changes again.
The way that we interact with technology is changing, now we’re more likely than ever to be multi-tasking and using multiple screens. We’ll watch TV and surf the web, or play a game on our smartphone and keep one eye on social media on a tablet as well. Enter new devices such as the Wii U, a tablet/remote control to augment what’s happening on our screens. This screen device can be used as a controller or as a supplementary piece, think DVD on TV, except all the extra info is on your Will U.
What this means for 2013: Your tablet is gonna become the supplementary device to your TV. Conan’s doing it already with Team Coco for the iPhone, and there are just going to be more and more shows, movies and games jumping on the bandwagon. Expect a mild case of information overload around June.
8.) Lytro Camera Innovation, Will Change the Way your Mobile Takes Photos
So what is a light field camera? Lytro is. And? It lets you focus anywhere, even after the picture has been taken. It’s essentially a camera that focuses on everything. Word is that Toshiba is now developing a lens with this capacity that’s approaching being able to fit into the slim profile of the iPhone. So between Toshiba and Apple, Lytro may be able to put this technology into your smartphone. Though the technology is not perfect just yet, it has endless potential to change the way we photograph with our phones.
What this means for 2013: Expect the camera phone competition to get HOT. Really really hot. And the democratization of photography: everybody will be able to take beautiful photos, with just your phone.
7.) Square Makes It Possible for Anyone to Accept Credit Card Payments.
How about a nifty little attachment for your iPhone or iPad that allows you to accept credit cards? How about doing business anywhere you can get a WiFi signal or cellular connection? Though introduced in 2010, the Square card reader has grown in 2012 and allowed businesses to take their credit card payments anywhere. And it’s not just for craft fairs any more. Think food trucks and mobile diagnostic centers, just to name a couple. Square brings payments to the common folk with a 2.75% charge per swipe with no additional fees or prohibitive overhead in costs or setup. Business owners can simply sign up and the Square Reader is free.
What this means for 2013: Maybe your barber will come to you, or you can have your Thin Mints the second the Girl Scouts come around, if their Scout Mom happens to have a Square reader on her phone. Square giftcards are also up and coming in the future, along with Square Wallet, an app which purports to replace and upgrade your traditional physical wallet, cash, and credit card system.
6.)Microsoft Debuts the Surface—the Next Game Changer?
The Microsoft Surface was what the world was waiting for: a PC/ Windows compatible tablet. It also fused the purposes of the laptop computer (mostly work) and the touch tablet (mostly play) into one neat, clicky, keyboardy, kickstandy little package. Offering a competitive price point, size, weight, portability, hard drives, keyboard AND touch screens, and Wifi connectivity, it seems to beautifully marry purposes of the ultrabook and the tablet.
What this means for 2013: Though the Surface’s OS, Windows 8, has debuted to much criticism, expect this device to only grow in popularty as it will feature full Office functionality. Business travelers, rejoice!
5.) Instagram and Facebook Decide to Drive off the Cliff—Together.
image from http://www.techzek.com/facebook-acquires-instagram-for-1b-cash-stocks/
Just like Thelma and Louise. We guess they’ve never heard the expression “Dance with the one one that brought you,” because both organizations seem to be forgetting the root cause of their success: their users. Both have disregarded the needs and wants of their users in favor of seemingly endless tweaks and policy changes designed to enhance profitability. We have no beef with making a profit (we all aspire to be profitable) – but not at the expense of the users. Every little tweak seems to a little piece of the joy out of using the thing and adds to the complexity of life. Take FB’s IPO and Timeline updates, and Instagram’s disasterously bad (in the PR world at least) acquisition by Facebook: neither designed to enhance user experience.
What to expect in 2013: Users are a fickle bunch, who won’t fail to punish hubris in companies. We wouldn’t be surprised if the new MySpace experienced a resurgence, along with social aggregator services that blend all of your profiles into one feed. Also Facebook might just shock us all and revolutionize web advertising and develop its own Pandora-like add free subscription option. What we hope this means: social will pivot back to focusing on the users and take a tip or two from Twitter, who manages not to ruin the user experience with ads, and still runs promoted stories.
4.) SOPA and PIPA are stopped.
image from (http://pocketfullofapps.com/2012/01/18/sopa-and-pocketfullofapps.html)
By angry kids with internet connections, and Vendetta masks. And hundreds of legit site owners who took their sites dark in protest. SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, Protect IP Act, would have served to censor the internet, under vague pretenses of preventing intellectual theft.
The public spoke out, and refused to allow media companies to use legislation to cudgel their way out of what really amounts to a business model problem, that can be addressed through innovations like Spotify and Netflix. Though hardly innocuous, Anonymous does use their network to preserve online freedom, and the bills are stopped, for now.
What this means for 2013: With acts such as these being stopped, and innovations like the $40 Aakash tablet, information becomes more free. Affordable tablets being air- dropped over no-no zones like North Korea and Kenya in much the same way as the Allied Berlin chocolate bar drop. Education expands exponentially, people solve their own problems, and the world becomes a better place. Censorship is dying. Also: You can’t beat the Geeks. Ever.
3.) 7-inch Tablets Take Over.
Steve Jobs (the apotheosis of geek and ultimate arbiter of things tech, in the eyes of many) was wrong. He believed that the 7-inch tablet size was the red-headed step child of the tablet market, too small to be really useful, and too large to be really portable. However with the advent of the Kindle Fire, the Nexus 7, and now, in the absence of Jobs, the iPad mini, this sizing format has experienced a remarkable boom. Portability plus phenomenal pixel displays plus affordability make these the personal devices to have.
What this means for 2013: Everybody and their grandma is going to have one of these cute little tablets, in a pocket, a purse, or on the plane, and companies will find more and more uses for them. Expect to be able to use tablets for anything you can dream up.
2.) 3D Printers Become a Real Thing.
Gone are the days of Star Trek Replicators (“Tea, Earl Grey, hot”) being sheer science fiction. Though a 3D printer can’t make you a cup of tea from thin air (YET), they can carve objects from Styrofoam and plastics. The products are usually smaller than a breadbox, but they’re only limited by your imagination and by your 3D computer modeling skills. Commonly printed items now include jewelry, sculpture and even working guns (though they tend to only be good for a few shots, dangerous and inaccurate.) Heck, now you can even build your own 3D printer out of Leggos.
What this means for 2013: your imagination is the only limit. Do-it-yourselfers will reign supreme, and will be making startups, innovations, and all the money, IF they can keep the lawyers out of their hair.
1.) NASA Lands the Rover on Mars.
On August 5, 2012 NASA did the impossible and safely landed an exploration vehicle, the Curiosity, on Mars to cheers of triumph at Mission Control. Despite budget slashes, and Space Shuttle retirements, NASA still managed to triumph over adversity and innovate a one-in-a-million safe landing on a planet millions of miles away from our own. It would have taken a person over a year to get to the Red Planet, and once there, ostensibly, he would have no way to return. But our virtual presence there has already even uncovered evidence of organic matter.
What this means for 2013: things are going to start happening virtually. Patients will be able to make a virtual visit to their doctor’s office, Skyping with the doc, or IMing him photos of that spider bite. Unmanned vehicles and even tiny drones will be taking care of our recon for us. We’ll send image-transmitting submarines into heretofore unknown depths of the oceans! We may finally get that elusive photo of Bigfoot! More people will work from home! The possibilities are endless.
So what have we garnered from all of these events combined for 2012? The internet, and the way we use it is changing. The more personally we can use our devices, the more we can connect with others, and the more we can learn. The more we share and learn, the greater the trend of democratization around the globe. We can reach heights never before imagined, through collaboration, as we did with Rover. Then we can tweet about it sarcastically! 2012 was one heckuva year for tech events and innovations, and 2013 is likely to send our heads spinning even more.
Also. Higgs boson was pretty cool.
by Curtis Taylor, Tech Expert, Freelance Writer.
This post was posted in Opinion, Tablets, Tech, What We Do, iPhone, iPad, Uncategorized and was tagged with Curiosity, Rover, Mars, NASA, legos, 3D printers, Kindle Fire, 7-inch tablets, PIPA, SOPA, facebook, instagram, surface, credit card, card reader, square, lytro camera, lytro, second screen, Wii U, 2013, change, 2012, events, Nexus 7, Apple, iPad mini, Microsoft Surface, Microsoft, Tech, iPhone 5
-
The Best Tech Gifts for Cyber Monday 2012
Posted on November 23, 2012The Top Tech Gifts for Every Type
There are great tech gifts out there for every type of person you can imagine. Here at RepairLabs.com, we thought we’d make out a list of our favorites for your approval just in time for Cyber Monday. If you're sick of the same old gift ideas, you've come to the right place. Everybody knows an iPad mini or a Nexus 7 tablet would be an awesome gift. But sometimes that's just not the right gift, the perfect gift, the magical rainbow unicorn of gifts. Actually a tablet is a pretty personal choice. Instead give them a tech gift that they're certain to love, no matter what type of person they are. Here's where you can get your creative juices revving: you’ll find gifts from $8.00 - $800, and something that certain to tickle the techie fancy of someone you love. We’re sure you’ll find an idea that you love.
Dad:
- If the car doesn’t have luggage racks, this is an ingenious solution. Inflatables! Now dad can haul nearly anything up top. Universal roof rack $89.99. Buy it here.
- Help dad relax and perfect his swing with this handy gadget Golf Swing Analysis Tool: $129.99 Buy it here.
Mom
- A gorgeous Kaleidoscope necklace to remind her just how beautiful she makes your world. $ 145
- Towel warmer for her spa day, or to warm the kids’ hats, mittens and gloves: $89.99
Boyfriend:
- Smartphone controlled tankbot for his cubicle; he’ll entertain his office buddies for hours. Buy it here for $24.99
Girlfriend
- USB Swarovski Heart Necklace. $75 She needs to look good, brag about what you got her AND have extra storage at a moment’s notice --or at Gizmodiva $41
Teen
- Girl or guy, they’ll be the coolest teen around if they bring the tunes: portable bluetooth speaker $179.99. Buy it here.
Kid
- Bike wheel lights, graphics synthesizer, generates thousands of changing colors and patterns. Kids will ADORE this gizmo. And extra safety and visibility for parents’ peace of mind. A perfect tech gift! $50
New Parents
- This stroller folds itself. FOLDS ITSELF. It also is lighted and charges your iPhone. Is there a tech gift new parents could love any more? Oragami Stroller http://www.4moms.com/origami $849.99
Baby
- HTML for Babies book. Get ‘em coding early! http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/eacc/#tabs $9.99
Gentleman
- The gentleman must always travel in style. Roll up travel charger $49
Geek
- Get them the ultimate recharge station, the Kaynex Sydnee Smart Charging Station $149. It holds everything.
Potterhead
- Team Edward? Team Jacob. We think not. For only $25, try this fantastic sweatshirt instead.
Hipster
- It’s instant! It’s digital! It’s awwwesome! $159. Your own personal hipster WILL want this instant digital camera.
It Girl
- For the girl who has everything? Give her something no one else has. Custom Cemented iPhone Jewels in Subtle Sparkle. $103 US dollars, but she’s gotta send in her phone across the pond, for this perfect tech gift. http://www.crystalskins.co.uk/atelier.html
Motorhead
- The easy answer when your favorite gearhead and motor-er gets a flat: Slime Safety Spair:$38 this special sealant will get them safely to somewhere they can replace a flat tire, in only 7 minutes!
Caffeine Junkie
- 8 Bit Heat sensitive pixel heart mug. $11.49 http://www.perpetualkid.com/heat-sensitive-pixel-heart-mug.aspx . So flippin’ cute!
Prepper/outdoorsman/Camper:
- Whether he’s getting ready for the zombie apocalypse, or just likes to keep his device with him out in the wild, this kinetic device charger: http://www.npowerpeg.com/ is the perfect find. $199.95
Health Nut :
- They need to blend up their smoothie on the run? This blender actually attaches to the bottle, so they can grab and go. My Blend Bottle Blender. http://www.oster.com/myblend/ $29.99
Foodie
- Save time and energy measuring and weighing with this little doodad. Digital Spoon Measure - the link to buy is at the bottom - $25.85
Pet
- Let your lil sweetie get a cool drink whenever he wants with a Doggie water fountain: $79.50. It senses when your pet comes up to it, so he can always have fresh water. Really great for labs who love to drink from the hose!
Jock
- Jawbone UP activity tracking wristband. Works with your smartphone to track sleep cycles and activity levels and goals 129.99 https://jawbone.com/up
Belieber
- Heart iPhone earbud splitter. Because where there’s one Belieber there is always another. And they need to be able to share the beats too. $18
Designer/Artist
- Wacom Inkling, an actual pen that digitally records her doodling for easy import. Learn about it here http://www.wacom.com/en/creative/products/mobile/inkling buy it here $199
Gamer
- For all of the retro joy of 8bit games! A guaranteed hit. iPhone Joystick $13.49
Mr./Miss OCD
- Neatdesk $349.88 Scans business cards, receipts and full sized sheets of paper, and then instantly organizes them! SWEET.
*All prices are accurate at the time of publishing, but we can’t guarantee that they won’t change. Good Luck, and Happy Shopping for great tech gifts that they will LOVE!
by Curtis Taylor, Tech Expert, Freelance Writer.
This post was posted in Opinion, Tablets, Gifts, Tech, Blog Candy, Geek, What We Do, iPhone, iPad, Uncategorized and was tagged with every, person, type, gizmos, gadgets, Cyber Monday, gift, tech gifts, guide, Gifts
-
The Proof is in the Pixels--Displays: iPad mini, Kindle Fire HD and Nexus 7
Posted on November 7, 2012
The elite scientific RepairLabs team had so much fun testing tablet displays under the microscope that they decided to test some non-Apple (Android) devices for pixel density as well: the Kindle Fire HD and the Nexus 7. Our last excursion under the microscope was such a hit we thought we’d check out a couple more devices.
Though in our last post we didn’t find the iPad mini’s display to be terribly offensive in comparison with the Retina Display of the 4th generation iPad, it has been a major disappointment to some. And when the Android devices of the same size are available at much better prices, with far superior display specs, the average consumer faces a problem. John Brownlee sums up the problem in his review of the iPad mini for Cult of Mac,
“It’s maddening. Why did Apple release the iPad mini with a screen this terrible, especially when it’s competing with devices like the Kindle Paperwhite, the Kindle Fire 7 and the Galaxy 7 that aren’t just much cheaper but have displays that are so much superior for reading text?”
In his article, Brownlee also calls out “optical fatigue” and text display as the major problems plaguing the iPad mini’s display. Granted, the display is less impressive, with iPad mini’s pixels roughly 1/3 larger than those of the iPad 4th generation. But is it enough to be a deal-breaker when you’re deciding which 7-inch tablet you should buy? We put the three little tablets under the microscope to find out for ourselves whether there was really a difference.
Nexus 7 vs. iPad mini
The pixels of the Nexus 7 are noticeably smaller
Let’s talk pixels per inch (ppi). The iPad mini has 163 pixels per inch, while the Nexus 7 clocks at 216. There’s a marked difference between the two, though the screen sizes are very similar, in that magic 7-inch range. And it bears out under the microscope. The two contrast starkly.
Kindle Fire HD vs iPad Mini
A similar result to the Nexus 7...but could it be better?
Another 7 inch tablet facing down the iPad mini. The Kindle Fire HD far outperforms the iPad mini’s display in terms of pixel density. This time the Kindle Fire HD has 254ppi, and of course the mini’s resolution remains the same at 163ppi, and the story’s the same as with the Nexus 7 under the microscope.
Kindle Fire HD v Nexus 7
These 2 look mighty similar, but look close, the Fire's pixels are a teeny bit smaller.
Testing the Kindle Fire HD and the Nexus 7 side by side under the microscope shows that they’re nearly identical. The Kindle Fire HD is indeed technically larger at 254 ppi, and the Nexus 7 has 216 ppi, or pixels per inch. Under the microscope, though, they look pretty identical.
BONUS: Kindle Fire HD v iPad 4th Generation with Retina Display Pixel Comparison
Surprisingly similar: Kindle Fire HD at 254ppi and the Retina Display at 264ppi
Here’s the real kicker. Our blue ribbon winner for pixel size and density is the Kindle Fire HD. If you were paying attention to ppi from above, with 254 pixels per inch, it’s barely distinguishable from the drool-worthy iPad Retina Display of the 3rd and 4th gen iPads. That’s right, kids. Kindle Fire HD has a WAY better display and is $130 cheaper than then iPad mini. However, the Nexus 7 isn’t far behind at 216ppi.
Conclusion
Granted, there are loads of other factors to consider in addition to simple pixel density to determine just how good a screen is. You must take into account viewing angle, color saturation, screen reflectance, color gamut, contrast and the depth at which the images seem to land on the glass of the displays. Some of these are intangibles are not easy to quantify or measure. But out of sheer pixel density and viewed up close, we can see a clear winner: for 7-inch tablets Kindle Fire HD is the best in display and price.
And for those of you who like to see a side by side comparison.
Additional Sources
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-review/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409367,00.asp
by Curtis Taylor, Tech Expert, Freelance Writer.
This post was posted in Opinion, Tablets, Tech, What We Do, iPhone, iPad Accessories, iPad Tips, iPad, Uncategorized and was tagged with 7-inch tablet, screen resolution, screen, Nexus 7, pixel density, Kindle Fire HD, display, pixel, microscope, Retina Display, pixels, iPad mini
-
Retina Display Test: Under the Microscope
Posted on November 2, 2012Here at RepairLabs.com, we thought we’d have some fun with the new iPad, iPad mini, and the microscope. With the long-awaited iPad mini going on sale today and with some of the rumors and hearsay flying about regarding its screen resolution, we thought we’d put all of the iPad generations under the microscope to see what’s really going on with the different display resolutions. People are worried that once they have the Retina Display on other devices they’ll be spoiled and be unhappy with the iPad mini. And they may have a point. Anecdotes abound of people giving up their lightweight and portable notebook computers in favor of the beautiful Retina display:
“In short, I have become a pompous pixel ass. Thanks to Apple,” says Brooke Crothers @mbrookec, in his article describing the joys of Retina Display.
We, as a screen consuming culture, thanks to Retina display, have come to recognize jaggies: those little jagged edges that the human eye can perceive on fonts and pictures where the individual pixels are visible, even if only just slightly, or if you have your nose to the screen. And the real kicker is that once you start seeing pixels and jaggies, you can't stop. I’m seeing them now, typing.
To illustrate the pixel difference though, presents a bit of a problem. Most of us still use screens that aren’t Retina Display, so showing you a picture from a Retina screen versus one from a standard screen will give you the same results. Jaggies. So how can we illustrate and test the actual difference that you will see? We zoom in as close as we can go. In fact we’ve zoomed in to the actual pixels of each of the iPad screens to give you an idea of what you’ll be looking at.
Under our 150 times zoom microscope, you’ll see each block of Red, Blue, and Green (a square of RGB, 3 blocks). Each of these three block are equal to one pixel. The difference in displays is due in part to how many of each of these tiny blocks Apple can squeeze into one inch, or pixels per inch (ppi). (The other part are some very tricky and clever innovations on Apple’s part of how the screen actually functions.) We’ve compared the Retina Display with each of the previous iterations of the iPad along with the new mini in order to give you an idea of what the difference between them is.
iPad 1st Gen vs iPad with Retina Display (4th Gen)
It looks like Pac Man vs Tron! Left: iPad 1. Right: iPad 4th Gen with Retina Display
Here is our most dramatic example. You can see that the pixels of the iPad 1st Gen are nearly double the size of the 4th with Retina Display. For every one grouping of the RGB block on the 1st Gen, you can see that 6 blocks of color (2 RGB groupings) fit into the same space. What does this add up to? Pixel density. The Retina Display packs more pixels in every punch.
iPad 2nd Gen vs iPad with Retina Display (4th Gen)
Just check out the difference in pixel size!
Again in this instance we can see that the iPad with Retina far out preforms the iPad 2nd Gen. The displays on this device and the iPad 1st Gen are basically the same: 132 ppi. On the iPad with Retina Display (4th Gen) the pixels per inch are again 264. It’s literally double the amount of pixels than the earlier versions.
iPad (3rd Gen) with Retina and iPad (4th Gen) with Retina.
Same size. Surprise.
The much-maligned and befuddling 3rd Gen stopgap iPad is not all bad. Hated due to its inferior power and how quickly it became obsolete in in the wake of the 4th Gen announcement, it’s no slouch when it comes to display. In fact the displays of the two are identical, with identical resolutions of 2048 x 1536. (The difference you see between these two pictured is that the 3rd Gen screen is displayed upside-down. Just to keep you on your toes.) At exactly the same magnification, the displays are identical.
iPad mini vs 4th Gen.
At this point it looks like a major, deal-breaking difference, but wait...!
The iPad mini is where things get interesting. Its smaller size necessitates a few sacrifices, and the Retina Display (at this point) simply cannot be made to fit the new small chassis, so to speak. But lo! The difference between the iPad 4th Gen and the iPad mini is not that huge when examined under the microscope. In fact, the pixels of the Retina Display are only 2/3 the size of the iPad mini. In the older iterations, the pixels of the 4th Gen are ½ the size of the older versions, or .50. Here, they’re a full 16% (.16, since the 4th Gen’s pixels are 1/3 or .66 of the size of the mini) larger in comparison. This means the difference between the two, is less noticeable. In fact, to the naked eye, it’s negligible. Why is this? Since it’s a smaller screen, the pixels are packed much more densely.
iPad mini pixel size breakdown, compared with Retina Display
BONUS: iPad mini vs. 2nd Gen
A surprising difference here! Left: iPad mini. Right iPad 2nd Gen.
But if you buy and iPad mini, are you going to be sad that you don’t have the glorious Retina display?
So the question remains. Which device is the best to purchase, based solely on displays? If price point is your major consideration, you’ll be choosing between the iPad mini, which costs $329, and the iPad 2nd Generation, a larger size for $399, but without Retina Display. In theory, these displays should be basically equivalent.
But when viewed under the microscope, you can see that the pixels of the mini are much smaller, it looks a little over half the size of the 2nd Gen (it measures in 81% of the 2nd Gen’s 132 ppi, to be exact). The mini boasts 163 ppi, more than the 1st and 2nd generation iPads. The pixels are packed much more densely into a smaller screen.
“No, this isn't Retina, but maintaining the same resolution as a 10-inch display shrunken down to 7.9 means a necessary boost in pixel density: 163ppi,”
says Tim Stevens of Engadget in his review of the iPad mini.
In Conclusion:
We must keep in mind that, as Gary Marshall (@garymarshall) points out in his definitive article on Retina Display:
“When Apple talks about a Retina display it's not referring to a worldwide standard or a set of specifications. It's actually just a marketing term, and it simply means that the screen has sufficient pixel density, so that when you look at it normally, you can't make out all the individual pixels.”
We must remember that viewing distance is always a factor, and what looks pixelated at 2 inches from your nose won’t look pixelated 15 inches away. So between all these devices it’s generally agreed that Apple has mastered the art of creating a beautiful screen. What’s the difference between devices? Much smaller pixels, packed much more densely into an area. That’s basically what you’re getting when you’re paying for Retina Display. And many will swear up and down that it’s TOTALLY WORTH IT. After all, Retina Display boasts as many as 3.1 million pixels, better than an HDTV.
Additional Sources:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/1/3585082/13-inch-macbook-pro-with-retina-display-review
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/14/2870533/ipad-review
http://www.apple.com/ipad/design/
UPDATE: Sorry for the confusion, folks. I managed to "dyslexic" my right and left on that last image there. I've updated it, so that now it is correct. Thanks, astute readers!
by Curtis Taylor, Tech Expert, Freelance Writer.
This post was posted in Opinion, Tablets, Tech, What We Do, iPhone, iPad Rumors, iPad, Uncategorized and was tagged with display, Retina, Apple, pixel, density, microscope, Retina Display, pixels, iPad mini, LCD, tablet, iPad
-
The History of Sony's Gaming Console - "Playstation" [Infographic]
Posted on October 18, 2012When most people think about the words "console gaming", one of the things that come into mind is the Sony Playstation. Ever since this platform was introduced back in 1994, the world of home entertainment has never been the same. From friend, families, rivals, to (former) kids fawing over Final Fantasy 7's Tifa Lockheart, many people bonded with their loved ones over this gaming rig.
The Playstation had some remarkable evolution: from it's bulky, rectangular shaped console to the slick and handheld PS Vita. Sony had some ups and downs over every console, but nonetheless the PS still reigned supreme for many years. If you are curious (and I know you are) on how this God-given console evolved, then check out this infographic below:
This post was posted in Opinion, Tablets, Tech, Geek, What We Do, iPhone, iPad
-
iPhone 4S vs. iPhone 5: LTE Speed Test Comparison
Posted on September 21, 2012"Clash of the iPhones" LTE Speed Test
So is the LTE speed of the iPhone 5 really worth it? www.repairlabs.com/, the experts in mobile device repair decided to test whether the iPhone 5 LTE speed will really measure up to all the Apple hype, in a head-to-head match up between the iPhone 4S and 5 for LTE speed. We think you may be surprised with some of the results. Check out our fun video to see the beast in action.
The iPhone 4S, weighs in at 4.9 ounces and measures up at a cool 4.5 inches. The newcomer iPhone 5 weighs in at 3.95 ounces, but carries the height advantage at a tall 4.9 inches. We made sure to level the playing field: both devices had 3 bars of service and both run iOS 6. *Video correction: In the video we say 4 bars but we actually only had 3.
ROUND 1: LTE Speed Test App.
We installed the nifty Speed Test.net app on each phone, just to check it's "dashboard." The mobile connection speed (megabytes per second) revved up to a 10 on the iPhone 5 while the 4S hovered around 2 to 3. Download and upload times on iPhone 5 smoked the 4S at 6.04 mb/second upload on the 4S to .32mb/second upload on the 5. Download times: 4S at 12.63 mb/second, and iPhone 5 at .98 mb/second.
ROUND 2: Siri response time in LTE speed.
We asked Siri two questions, and in these two instances, Siri preformed almost identically.
- Siri, who won the Panthers vs Giants game last night?
- Siri, How many career knockouts did Muhammed Ali have?
ROUND 3: LTE Speed for Launching Maps Directions.
A simple request: Get us from Wichita, KS to Madison Square Garden in NYC. The iPhone 5 LTE clearly bested 4S in this instance loading faster and getting us started on our turn-by-turn navigation.
ROUND 4: lte speed for downloading and installing an app: YouTube
The new iOS6 doesn't come standard with YouTube, so we thought that was the perfect app to test app download speeds on apps. iPhone 5 LTE pummeled the 4S in this instance, downloading and installing in under 15 seconds while the 4S took around 2 minutes and 10 seconds to fully load.
ROUND 5: YouTube video download LTE speed and quality, vs 4S 3G.
And since we had YouTube, we thought we should test it with a video download and play. We played a montage of Ali's greatest knockouts and noticed the 5 loaded faster and played with better quality.
LTE Speed Comparison Conclusion.
So, what have we learned?
The phone processing speeds of the 2 phones are basically the same, but the network performance is vastly different between the 2 networks. It’s up to you to decide whether the new features of the phone are worth the extra $200 for a new phone. In our opinion the main reason it would be really worth your money to pay for the 5 is because you can get those screaming LTE speeds and service.
"Overall speed for the iPhone 5 LTE is incredible; it kicks the circuits out of the iPhone 4S," says Jason Draper, resident Apple Certified Mac Technician. Even at only 3 bars, the LTE speed of the iPhone 5 blows away the 4S on 3G. For LTE speed the iPhone 5 is the winner hands down.
Will YOU shell the $200 for the extra speed? Tell us in the comments.
by Curtis Taylor, Tech Expert, Freelance Writer.
This post was posted in Opinion, Tablets, Tech, What We Do, iPhone, iPad, Uncategorized and was tagged with iPhone 4S, Speed Test Comparison, LTE Speed, boxing match, boxing, Video, iPhone 5
-
Exclusive Images of iPhone 5, High-Definition
Posted on August 31, 2012Exclusive Images, High Definition iPhone 5
RepairLabs has done it again: we're bringing you new exclusive images. From the folks responsible for bringing you the latest in iPhone secret photos, we’ve gotten new images. We have just received EXCLUSIVE high-definition images of the soon-to-be-released iPhone 5 front glass assembly. So what about the changes? Let’s talk about them!
Conclusions we can draw from these exclusive images
With these photos we can confirm:
- Apple has redone the whole front Digitizer and LCD Assembly of the device. We see 3 flex cables. The first seems to be the proximity ear speaker, and the front camera. The last two probably LCD and Digitizer.
- The ratio suggests that it is indeed the long-rumored bigger screen.
- The camera is in the front middle of the ear speaker, not on the side of the ear speaker anymore.
- It looks like it has a black ear speaker mesh right now.
- We can also see the home button is going to have more support; it’s backed by a metal bracket. It doesn’t look like it’s going to be supported anymore by prongs or a push cable. It may actually be a combination of both.
- It looks like it has a plastic 3GS-type midframe running around the digitizer and glass LCD assembly.
- The metal brackets suggest that it will be sitting into a housing, similar to a 3GS, but more updated and modern.
- From the width of the bracket, we can tell the charger port is indeed going to be smaller because it has to fit between the two silver bottom screw brackets, just like a 3GS.
- These pictures suggest that the LCD may pull apart from the Digitizer, given the rivets on the sides. (This is similar again to the 3GS, but a departure from the 4 and 4S.)
- We notice a striking similarity to a 3GS, with the bottom screws and brackets. We think it’s going to pull open from the front.
So, could this be the iPhone 5 real deal? We think so, and we believe these exclusive photos prove a lot of what the tech world has been suspecting all along in regards to the new iPhone 5. Could Apple be going back to the old faithful model of the iPhone 3Gs? It looks probable. From the leader in iPhone repair services, exclusive images of the iPhone 5, and Apple hardware components, remember you heard it here first. Check out www.fix-iPhones.com for a full list of all of our services and our great blog, and new exclusive images.
Stay tuned for more specific analysis and details!
What do you think? Please leave your opinion in the comments.
by Curtis Taylor, Tech Expert, Freelance Writer.
This post was posted in Opinion, Tablets, Tech, What We Do, iPhone Rumors, iPhone, iPad, Uncategorized and was tagged with images, High-Definition, Digitizer, LCD, exclusive images, Photos
-
Yoda and the Broken Gaming Console
Posted on July 25, 2012Yoda sends his broken gaming consoles to Repairlabs.com….using the Force!
How embarrssing. How embarrassing.
We understand the abject agony of a broken gaming console.
Did you know that we can fix broken gaming consoles? We fix Xboxes, PS3, PSP, PSP Vitas, Wii, Nintendo DS and many more! We can even fix the RED RING of DEATH on Xbox and Playstation. We can replace drives. We can even fix your Wii if you accidentally throw a controller at it. Pour a soda over your console? We fix that too. We can restore gaming consoles with moisture damage and corrosion (from Mountain Dew, beer, etc, etc). Not to brag, we even fix broken controllers. We change CD ROM drives, pull stuck disks, clean them, and even blow out all the dust. You’d be surprised how dusty those things get. We can even fix broken Beats Headphones. Yes, you heard us right. That was because your Beats Phones are broken.
Yes, you could buy a new one. But then again, the next gen of it is coming out in only 14 months... Maybe you should just upgrade. But you still have to wait those pesky 14 months, with no gaming system. NOT AN OPTION. Trust us, it’s cheaper and faster to get it fixed.
Yoda can get back to playing Madden faster than a pod racer through the Lars Homestead Dome, since we fixed his broken gaming console. This is why Yoda loves us.
“Lost a planet, Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing. How embarrassing.”
--Yoda, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
“Broken an Xbox, Master Guns4Hire84 has. How embarrassing. How embarrassing.”
Bet you just read that in Yoda Voice, huh?
So remember, young Jedi Knights and scoundrels everywhere (or in a Galaxy Far Far Away), we fix everything. Send your broken gaming console in to us.
This post was posted in Opinion, Tablets, Tech, What We Do, iPhone, iPad, Uncategorized
Showing 1-10 of 22 Matching Main Categories
Electronics Repair
- iPod Repair
- MP3 Repair
- Tablet Repair
- Mac Repair
- Gaming Console Repair
- Camcorder Repair
- Laptop Repair
- Phone Repair
Phone Repair
More About Our Services
Helpful Links
- Home
- FAQ
- Loyalty Discount
- Our Difference
- RepairLabs Blog
- Site Map
- Repairlabs Guarantee
- Meet Our Team
Customer Service
Connect With Us
RepairLabs
804 East Mount Vernon
Wichita, KS 67211
1.855.265.5610
www.repairlabs.com
© 2011 RepairLabs. All Rights Reserved.
