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We can’t believe we are already 1/4 through the year! We’ve been wanting to write this post since the end of 2016 however it’s been a busy period for us and the post had to wait. 2016 was a really tough year for us, as it was for most South Africans. […]
First published: 2 Jan 2015 Last updated: 23 March 2017 We’ve got you covered. It’s a well-known fact that Platinum Repairs offers the best quality replacement Apple iPhone and iPad parts available in South Africa. To prove that we stand by the quality of our parts, as of the 2nd […]
Do you have old used or broken devices lying around, or do you have an upgrade coming up? We find most of our clients leave their devices lying in a drawer somewhere once they are done using them. They could sell them on Gumtree/OLX/Junkmail, etc. but don’t have the time […]
How much would you be willing to pay for an Apple Smart watch? Would you pay R10 750 or R13 000? That is exactly what a South African paid for an aluminium and stainless steel piece respectively recently. Offered on bidorbuy.co.za with a price tag of R9 000 and R11 000, the proud South […]
We are looking for at least three technicians and a sales assistant to join our team: 1. An accomplished technician based in Johannesburg, with extensive Apple repair experience. A driver’s license and car will be needed. 2. An accomplished technician based in Pretoria, with extensive Apple repair experience. A driver’s […]
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Some people might say there is something wrong with us, but we are serious Apple fans and have been checking the net every single day to see if a date has been announced for the launch of the iPhone 6 in South Africa. To date, no official date has been […]
@platinumrepairs Thanks 4 awesome & speedy service this afternoon-the drink on the house while I waited was #exceptional #CustomerService — Talitha Muller (@TalithaMuller01) October 6, 2014
How much would you pay to buy an iPhone 6 prototype that no one outside of Apple is supposed to have? Check out this live auction, with verified eBay users bidding over R1 million for a pre-production phone! This phone is running a full developer version of iOS – it […]
Thankfully the “Bendgate” saga has settled down now and people have realised the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus is not easily bent during the course of real life use. For a while the internet was filled with people accusing Apple of not testing their products properly before sending them to […]
With the release of the iPhone 6 it was anticipated that Apple would also launch the new iPad Air. This was mentioned in passing but considering the new iPad announcements and Apple tradition, a new report states that revision to both iPad models will be unveiled on October the 21st. […]
iOS 8 arrived with many significant new features. One of the most exciting new features is that it allows you to use third party keyboards. Android users have enjoyed this functionality for a long time already but finally iPhone and iPad users can enjoy these keyboards as well. Below are […]
Codenamed Cortana (after the artificial intelligence system in Halo), Microsoft announced the launch of their digital personal assistant. From the details released, it seems to be very similar to the likes of Apple’s Siri and Android’s Google Now assistant. Cortana even makes jokes in a similar way to Siri. The […]
We can’t believe someone would waste so much money by destroying an iPhone 5S however you know what they say about more money than brains…
This is certainly not something you want to see appearing on your iPhone display: [NAND]_FindFlashMediaAndKeepout:601 physical nand block offset 1 [NAND] start:356 this 0x90d30400 PROVIDER=090d19f00 flashmedia=0x90d19f00 [NAND] WMR_Start: 149 Apple PPN NAND Driver, Read/Write [NAND] WMR_Start:174 FTL_Init [OK] [NAND] WMR_Open:371 VFL_Open [OK] [NAND] s_cxt_boot:88 sftl: error, unclean shutdown; adopted 7900 […]
We are running a special to celebrate the opening of our new store in Rivonia, Johannesburg. The store is still under construction but the workshop is already up and running. We will have an official launch party once the store is completed in the next few weeks. Screen replacements can […]
2013 was an exciting year for us and we thought it would good to have a look at the highs and lows of the year. Staff in 2013: We ended 2012 with 4 staff members. We are ending 2013 with 9. With the planned growth, we expect our staff count […]
We have been “unofficially” repairing Samsung products for the past few months and are now ready to publicly launch the service. Here are the details: Samsung Galaxy Screen Repairs Platinum Repairs started off as a niche “Apple only” repair company. We believe that if you do something, you should do […]
While many consumers are eagerly anticipating the much-publicised launch of the iPhone 5S later this year, there have been rumours circulating for some time that Apple is slated to release a budget version of their smash smartphone hit. While many of these musings were unsubstantiated until recently, we have seen […]