If you live in a city with Apple Storemost likely you have never noticed the Alternative sats To these, however, for those who do not have a fence, the only option to change our iPhone's battery in an original way, among many other things, is to go to one of these stores.
However, there is a problem, and while sats like Mediumkt or K-Tuinpopular chains with certain types of protocols and mechanisms, there are also other particular stores attached to the program, which may not become what we are looking for.
Are Apple's SATs recommended?
SAT means Technical Assistance Service, And although you could consider any store that repairs Apple phones, the company itself has those called “officials”, and where we can, as we said, change the battery, this being the original, something that the rest of the stores do not possess, and that we cannot buy on the Internet if it is not in one of these.
However, there are individuals, or very small chains, who are officially attached to the program, due, in part, that in provinces or small cities, there are no K-Tuin, Mediamarkt, or other larger ones. To know them we just have to enter, from the iPhone, in the support app, and there they will get the closest.
The problem is, what happens to this type of shops? Without giving data on what I have been able to visit, for not criticizing something publicly, for a simple personal opinion, I have proven how most products they have, despite being original, they are also «Replica«. White loaders that seem from Apple, for prices similar to those of the company, but that are worth 3 euros in Aliexpress, Compatible covers That they have nothing to do with those of the brand, and a lot of more things. It is true that this is legal, because they are not Apple, nor are they called like that, but when you go to an official SAT, you expect something “Chinese”, since what we can find in K-Tuin, for example, is the same as we would see in an Apple Store, and do not try to sell replicas of doubtful quality.
Similarly, repairs, despite using original components (we expect), are much less professional, and although this depends on the person who attends you, my experience is that the same care is not taken, nor do they have the same tools, which they use in other places.
In summary, although there will be stores even with better support and close attention than Apple, avoiding them if we do not know them can be a good idea, especially if we are going to spend a lot of money on them, being better to do it online, or look very well on what we acquire.
And you, have you had a problem with an Apple SAT? If so, leave us a comment with your experience so that other users can take it into account when going to these places, which, sometimes, are the only available option we have.
