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Wanted: Technician to join the Platinum Repairs Team

Our team is expanding again – we are currently looking for a new technician to join our ranks. The position is for a mobile repair technician that will operate around Johannesburg and Pretoria, repairing iPhones, iPads and Samsung Galaxy phones. Requirements: 1. Extensive Apple or Samsung repair experience 2. Good […]

August 10, 2013 News

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Leaked: The Rumoured Budget iPhone

For many months there have been rumours flying around about a “budget” iPhone that Apple would use to break into large yet relatively low income markets, such as those in China. The budget version would bring an affordable iPhone within reach of consumers that previously could only afford basic cellphones. It […]

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Pay For Your Repairs Using Your Credit or Debit Card

We are always looking for ways to streamline our business – by refining our processes to achieve increased internal efficiency, while looking for ways to serve our clients better. One of the difficulties with our model of on-site iPhone and iPad repairs is in the collection of payments. We have had many […]

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Our fleet is growing: Two New Hyundai i10’s Have Arrived

Two weeks ago we took delivery of two brand new Hyundai i10’s! You might remember that our Chevy Spark was in an accident – one of the i10’s is to replace the Spark and the other one is for our new technician, Phillip. Our Spark was a write-off and thanks […]

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Want to work for the coolest company in SA?

If our compliments on HelloPeter.com are anything to go by, we are shaking up the industry and impressing everyone we come in contact with. Platinum Repairs has been growing from strength to strength and it’s time again to expand our team. We are looking for an admin assistant that will be based […]

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Steve Jobs Rejected Shaquille O'Neal's Request To Get The iPhone First

Last week we stumbled across an interesting interview with Shaq. He says he literally begged Steve Jobs to give him one of the first iPhones before they were first launched. Steve flat out refused. Head over to Redmondpie.com for more details and the video interview. Shaq is still heavily into […]

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Check out our mobile site

We’ve been working really hard behind the scenes to get our mobile site ready for action. We’ve created it so that using our website is as easy as possible on a mobile device. We’ve used big buttons, simple forms and clear explanations. Google have teamed up with DudaMobile (dudamobile.com) to […]

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iOS 6 has just been released!

A few minutes ago, Apple publicly released iOS 6, so you can now go ahead and update. This update can be done over the air (via wifi) or by plugging your iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch 4th Gen into iTunes. You need 2.5Gb free on your iPhone in order […]

September 19, 2012 News

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iPhone 5 Launch: Everything you need to know

In case you missed it, here’s everything you need to know about the iPhone 5 launch: Full Keynote talk from the launch yesterday: http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2012/ Apple’s official iPhone 5 introduction video: http://www.apple.com/iphone/#videoDifferences between the iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5: http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/iphone-5-whats-changed/ iOS6 should be released all compatible iDevices on 19th Sept. So, less than […]

September 13, 2012 News

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