The Repair Cost of Smartphones in India: A Reality Check!
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- There is a perception in India that spare parts of some smartphone brands come too costly while some are affordable, but what's the truth?
We decided to find the repair cost of the most popular phones in India, be it budget phones, midrangers, or flagships. We researched for the prices online, we called the service centers and in some cases, we even visited the service centers.
Chapters:
0:00 Disclaimer
0:04 The Perception of Smartphone Repair Costs!
0:44 Flagship Screen Cost
1:37 Flagship Back Glass Cost
2:17 High End Phones Screen Cost
2:34 High End Phones Back Glass Cost
2:47 Midrange Phones Screen Cost
3:04 Midrange Phones Back Glass Cost
3:14 Midrange Phones Motherboard Cost
3:39 Budget Phones Screen Cost
3:59 Budget Phones Motherboard Cost
4:24 4 Big Takeaways!
5:00 Conclusion!
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Good topic beebom ... Kafi time baad kuch different topic lekr aaye ho
I use redmi note 9 pro from last 19 months but still it is working fine without any fault. And I will buy my next phone by the end of this year in exchange offer during diwali sale.
I bought 4/128 variant at ₹10800 in Amazon diwali sale.
Samsung probably thinking of increasing the cost now😂
I bought a new Asus Max Pro m1 for Rs 7200/ through 10% bank discount.
And I was surprised to hear the display change total price of nearly Rs 5000/-
So I had the display glass change for Rs600/ through local shop.
My 14 month old S21 ultra display got dead...I thought it can be replaced under warranty ( I have brought extended Warranty) but Samsung rejected the to replace under warranty due to very minor scratches around the charging port which may have cause while inserting charger pin. Due this minor issue I had to get my display changed by paying Rs. 19000/-. So I feel warranty just for name sake.
In this crowdy tech community, you brought us a unique and much required content. Hats off to you!👏🏻👏🏻
Sanchit from tech bar did it way before 🙂
@@kanishkyadav7778 Yeah, I know. TechBar, Trakin Tech English and Beebom are my favourite.
That too from start of the channel ( from 2016 beebom gives us a quality content, true reviews and a different view for tech).....
Techbar did it first
@@kanishkyadav7778 yep
battery replacement cost should have been included as it is the most common part that needs replacement
Totally agree with you on this🤝
Right? It's really the most consumable thing in a phone
@@venukrithish007 not really. Most phones are replaced way before their battery capacity drops below usable levels.
@@AchiragChiragg a battery is consumable.
@@divyamthakur I know that a battery degrades with charge cycles but even with fast charging for 3 years the battery capacity of newer phones don't fall below 80%
Battery prices should have been also included in this video
i need removable battery. bring back those days
Bro removable battery was such a convenience but now I can't imagine carrying a giant 5000Mah spare loll
@@revensaj1712 Unless you don't mind carrying a phone which is around 1.5±0.25 cm thick. I wouldn't mind doing so actually.
@@xaviball2911 removable battery will require strong casing so it will reduce the battery capacity and the space required will increase. the battery that we get in nokia basic phone is 800mah, just imagine what will be its size if it was 4000 or 5000mah.
@@xaviball2911 removable batteries will either decrease the capacity (3000mah) or increase the weight
Screen costs are higher for other brands because unlike Samsung which manufactures its own screens, other brands purchase it from Samsung. Anway, kudos to samsung for having cheaper repair costs. The initial costs are high but repair costs are low. Most ridiculous was apple's back class. 40K for back glass ? Is this a fu..ing joke ? 40k to show off apple logo clearly ? With 40k you can get a flagship android 🤣🤣
Not just that, I think the reason other Androids are expensive is because Samsung uses simple, flat, pretty displays on something like the A73, while models like the Vivo X70 have curved glasses and what not
Its surprising to see Samsung has relatively cheap hardware costs despite having very good quality
Exactly. Samsung's screen are the best.
Samsung charges some extra bucks in the MRP but at least keeps the repair costs low
@@Chippin05 not always though, one of my acquaintance was quoted 9k for the screen replacement. Plus , have had many instances of recent samsung phones where motherboard was replaced
I hope so, cause they make the screens in house and sells to other brands.
But their phones are also some what more costly compared to other mid range phones with same specs
Rupesh this is a very useful information, many of us won't know this and most of us don't even check for service centres around our locality or city.... Thanks and Kudos 👍✌️
One factor most of us dont consider before buying a smartphone - repair costs & service centers. Hats off beebom 🔥🔥
Informative and much needed video. In recent times people are running behind specs and are not really considering after sales services. And we don't see any tech channel covering this. It's nice to see you cover this one......
Great content!! Hoping to see more such videos.
A much needed video. Thank you for increasing consumer awareness & starting a conversation on this topic.
The video we didn't ask for, but would absolutely need it later 👏🏼🥳
Kudos to Beebom team for doing something different...
What a video guys 🤗 this is a quality content with highest production quality ✅ india ke bade bade tech youtubers to bs comedy kr rhe hai 😂
Very informative and helpful video, also shows how companies are compelling customers to not repair their devices in budget segment haha 😆 and buy a new device instead… insightful indeed
Good job Sinha Ji 😉
Different and interesting video. This is what we expect from beebom kudos to that.....
Better to protect in the first place by cases and protectors
Recently went to the OnePlus service center as my 9RT was having major problems. Person at the service center told me it was a motherboard issue and would cost 32k to repair. A 41k phone will cost me 32k to repair it. I calmly took back my device and switched back to my OnePlus 6. Needless to say, the service cost blew my mind.
Is it not under warranty ??
Simply u should have downgraded it's software
@@Mahendrareddy24 Unfortunately no, as I misplaced the bill while moving houses.
@@shaurya4812 That's an excuse from their side and every phone sends registration details when it was 1st turned on with a SIM. Nowadays every manufacturer knows when the device is purchased.
@@shaurya4812 Get some help from the dealer that you purchased.
Il it's a flagship and the warranty is your right
Was waiting for such kind of a video for many years ....if you had also included the battery prices as well it would have been the best
i dropped my mother's phone a few weeks ago and i thought i had to buy a new one but i was shocked when i visited samsung service center the screen only costed 4000rs.
side note: the screen stopped working after 2 days and it was replaced free of cost and works fine.
why free of cost have u taken any insurance
@@Nidhin2690 no they give a 3 month warranty on the replacement, it just stopped working i didn't break it again
This is what makes beebom special 🔥. Things that no one talks about
One of the informative videos regarding mobile repair costs. Useful when one has misconceptions regarding certain brands to be expensive or cheap but actually turn otherwise... Appreciated...👏👏👏
Amazing video! Classic Beebom
For some reason I feel that Samsung is making good phones these days...
And keeping the repair costs low with long updates puts them in a good spot.
I feel the same. And Happy to see them doing that. I also kinda wish sony to make a comeback in the market. They provided good build and clean ui.
Samsung makes all of these devices' Amoled screens lol. Thats why they cost low on their own phones.
these graphics needed one more table mentioning the "% of total cost". That would the comparison much better.
Great Video! Thank You for the much needed info people skip out on. Great Work Beebom!
Great video. Very helpful information here. Thank you!! Subscribed right away!!
Unique content from the underrated legends
I recently replaced screen of my Redmi Note 7S. The original display price was 4000 .But I decided to replace with a duplicate screen which was around 2000 after bargaining.From a local store
Very well done on the research on this topic! Quality of content is really going up and up
Much needed video 🙂😇. Thank you Beebom. Innovative and creative ❣️💯✅
This video literally changed my entire view on smartphones , hats off 👍
This is a necessary video, I'm not from India but this helps.
Most awaited one.....great! thanks for making this helpful video....👍👍👏👏👏
No other big tech channel is making this video. Fantastic Video. Loved it. It was really an eye opener.
I think in my life I have never visited service centre as I was changing my device too often i.e. within 2years and coming to the sad part of my life I have chosen the iPhone 12 now and praying to not visit any service centre in the near future, if that is the case I would resell and opt for a new one rather than repairing the existing one at high prices
same bro
just got iphone 13 for the reliability and software of apple phones! Hope this won't give me any issues for next couple of years.
OnePlus charges way high for replacement. For my OP 8 screen it was 14k
Much needed video !!! Thanks a Ton !
Thanks for this ! So informative !
Totally unique and informative video.
This might change buying preferences of a lot of people out there!!
Kudos Beebom Team for bringing such content!!
Choss my luvdos
My friend bought a new phone because the estimate cost for repairing his poco x3 was 12k, even the price listed for parts on poco site adds up to phones value.
Worst part is , now that they release phones every other month , they don't have parts in stock and chances of finding parts for repair after a year is close to nill. They just want people to buy new phone and soon india will become landfill for e waste.
Back when Xiaomi launched redmi 1s, i used that phone for 4 years, and it was easier to get replacement battery from store. they even kept the phone updated till miui9 from miui 5. Now they can't even give proper updates to premium phones.
@@gokuljosh1186 Could you tell me how much does it costs for Poco X3 screen. They told me that it costs 6800 for screen replacement. After watching this video, I feel somewhat sketchy, I feel they are charging more.
@@gokuljosh1186 tumhara dost ka chutiya kat gya, Uspe phone ho to bolo jaake cpu reball krva le 2k tk lgega permanent fix bhi ho jayega, Local market me sb krdete
@@MetaDude Mera v camera dead ho gya tha
After cpu reballing it's working fine(cost - ₹3k)
Xiaomi service centre walo ne motherboard k 10k maang liye
I waited for this video a long time bro!
Great content hats off beeboom
My One Plus 7T screen broke on January 2022. It was costing 12.5K from original service centre including taxes and service charge.
I decided to wait for a few months hoping price might come down and to my surprise the price surged by 50% and the same display in June cost 18.5 after taxes and service charges.
Anyway I decided to get it fixed since there isn't any phone in this price range that can give me even 70% of this phone performance.
It's fair to say that I have a very good idea of how big a hole repairs can burn into your pocket so tip to the guy's here.
Get a quality tempered glass and back cover for your device especially if it's a flagship.
😬
Exactly
Exactly the dame story and the same phone. But mine took 15k+. It was like buying a new phone.. but i didnt wanna move to cheapskate repair shops
Dude Imagine getting a screen price of 10,850 for Oneplus Nord
Tempered glass doesn't really protect your phone, it's hard and doesn't absorb any cracks. It only transfers the force to your phone's screen. Tempered glass is several times weaker than gorilla glass, a blow which won't harm your screen can shatter tempered glass. That's why people think that the tempered glass protects their screen because it breaks easily. The only use is to prevent fingerprints and scratches to the actual display. Better to get a case with a tall lip that ensures your phone screen isn't touching the ground when face down. Nothing you can do if your phone falls on uneven surface though.
OnePlus 7T is still one of the best in this segment. Been 3 ears and it's still strong and thankfully without colorOS updates🤪
My RN10 PRO's motherboard also got f'd up . I went to service center and they told me they have to replace motherboard and it will cost 10k. I went to the local phone repair shop and got the phone fixed at just 1700 INR.
Damn! Those xiaomi service centers scamming us big time man. People should stop buying these shitty Chinese phones.
Authorized service centres never do any soldering reballing processor...they just replace the damaged part to new part...but local repair shops will do anything
Same happened with me.
Samsung center asked 16k for mother board,
my local guy did it for 500rs.
Then for dinner i had chapati with moong dal and chilli chicken asside dish.
Next day i had Idli Vada with sambar
its not only in the case of smartphones. let it be for tv, washing machine or anything if you visit the authorised service centre they will replace the entire defective board. thats their business model.
Thank you this was informative!
Well done buddy. That was insightful 👍
Much required dark truth exposed!!
Thanks Beebom
I have been using Asus Zenfone max pro M1 for 4 years, yesterday my phone fell from pocket and screen damaged from edge, Original screen costs 5400 so fixed it locally for 1k and planning to get moto g52
need some info..
firstly, did that local shop repaired in 1K with original glass?
secondly, is the repair ok and not facing any difficulty?
Answer please, i too need to replace my samsung glass
@@rishavgoenka8925 my display underneath is fine but the glass attached to it broke so they seperated broken glass and display using heat, during this process a black dot appeared on bottom of the display so it will damage in few months, if we need to change the entire display it would be 2500(duplicate).
@@aravindbolla2854 So what should i do, even my display is fine just the gorilla glass got broken? Samsung original costs 4K but local shop will fix in 1K. Is it reliable or i would have to fix again after few months
@@rishavgoenka8925first ask them if they can replace the top glass, if you want to use it for more than year then replace the entire touch by 2500, if they can seperate glass and touch without any issue then go for it for 1k
Fantastic content!!
Very unique content! Good going!
This one's a rairty in today's world. Thanks @Beebom for revealing all these. This often is brushed aside while purchasing new phones and will obviously come in handy while making decisions. Phones like the S20 FE must exist in India, the plastic back, flagship performance, flagship camera, the SD Card slot and the beautiful screen makes sense. Plus the cost of the screen replacement is even better than the budget phones portrayed here. It's just 3.5k rupees from the Samsung service centre and this will always keep my nerves chilled and will not break my bank. I was lucky to side with it. I am surprised how pricey the things are like even the parts of a budget phones. They are simply not worth it. I'll stick to this as long as it can. I can simply be chilled and just reel the value out of this device.
When I went to replace crack screen for s20 FE service center guy told me 8.2k, can you please tell me where and how you are getting it replaced for just 3.5k ?
@@pratyushpranjal9752 I got it repaired in Chennai from Samsung store itself and the guys over there knows me so they gave me a discount.
When you need a display replacement, companies don’t replace “only” the display. They have pre-assembled parts like an entire phone frame with the display which they replace.
The front glass and display assembly of my OnePlus 7T separated from the phone. No cracks, just the display separated from the phone where the glue gave way and the ribbon connector shredded.
I went to a OnePlus service center aware that a display replacement would cost 12k. I wanted to check if they can salvage the existing display by just replacing the ribbon connector and gluing it back to the phone since it wasn’t broken but of coarse they don’t do that clearly for monetary gains. Long story short, they told me that the display comes along with the entire metal frame of my phone which is why it costs 12k because I’m paying for more parts than what I need.
This is why most repairs are expensive and wasteful in my opinion because in my case after the repair which I needed only for my front display, ended with me having a brand new phone externally except for the back glass.
Phone companies should stop combining the display (or other parts) with other components of the phone because it makes the end consumer pay more for what he/she needs and causes more wastage because we’re discarding some parts that actual work fine.
Great video very valuable information👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks a lot for bringing this video apart from the run of the mill videos. Kudos to everyone associated in bring this video and yes it was an eye opener video!
Also Feeling better to see samsung at top. Love to Samsung...
Great Devices
Great Software
Great Services
❤
But Samsung phones come with bunch of problems when you buy them, especially phones between (7k to 20k). Device becomes incredibly slow , network issues, Signal issues etc.
Currently iPhone 13 is priced around 70k and as said in the video screen + back glass replacement 27000+32000 = 59k. I think Iphone can reduce the cost of iPhone by using moderate glass black and samsung screens🤣🤣🤣just kidding obviously it won't do that. But I'm thankful that I bought s21fe recently
Out of all other channels n videos.. this one, i would say was quite unique and much useful.. great brother.. thanks❤
Great stuff man..
Apple replaces the entire back housing + everything inside if you break the glass back, so that's why
Exactly. They're removing everything except screen hence the inflated price
mooh environment mooh no charge to save environment
Such a lame design to loot money !
Carbon neutral my ass
Moto’s screen is expensive because moto uses the p-OLED glass of its flagship phone razr which costs more than 1 lakh
P oled is just lg's oled name, like samsungs amoled. Nothing special about it. Razr is 1 lakh cus its a fkin foldable.
@@bulletpunch9317 you can fold moto's pOLED phone, the phone will break but the screen will still work, if you think I'm lying then you can just go and search g52 bend test
@@FanboyMoto some phones are like that, see in jerryrigs video even some lcd phones bend a little and no problems on display. Look at how much ipad mini display bent.
Can you tell me about moto service in india
@@shauryasharma6483 no idea bro, i have never went to moto service center
Thank you beebom for such a unique video. I think people should think about the repair costs as well while buying a new phone. Not just the hardware and software.
Great work!!!
samsung be like "our displays are cheaper,except when we sells it for apple😂
I'm just gonna say it before watching the vid. Samsung is the most expensive in Android
You are in for a surprise. 😂
same, i just can't believe the prices here, a friend of mine once went to get his S7 screen repaired and they asked 22k for it. It was a few years back but if it is actually cheaper now than kudos to samsung
Much Appreciated .. Unique video 😍
Really Appreciate the video , Much required.
Clear and crisp explanation ☺️
Loved the video very informative and loved the black background also 😍
Great video... A member touched topic...
I am waiting for this kind of information from long time
Very useful video, thanks.
Good Content...Really liked...and congrats for the effort👍
Thank you! This video has changed my mind.
Great video man
Thanks for covering this topic beebom
This video gives a crystal clear idea about some most important questions such as "after sales service cost". Truly a big step to give us such as informative video. This type of videos are underrated & no one talks about these.
Note: Just for information (don't take it wrongly); within this video, most of the time the heading "OFFICIAL PRICE" are shown as "OFFCIAL PRICE". Just an editorial error I think but it's catches my eyes so I think that I can mention this.
Again thanks for this type of video. We expect more in the future.
Totally amazing tech video
Great 👍👍👍
very important video, kudos for at least making it , this is something very important that in today's use and throw world no one pays attention to. thanks for sharing this video, good luck for the next one.
The video is so precise and on point, I didn’t even know when it started and ended. It was so engaging. #kudos
very Good & Practical Video. More eye opener & practical videos in smartphone/gadgets sector is needed.
Great Content guys. Keep it up .
A Really unique video which can only be seen in some UA-cam channels only. You guys are one of them. Great Video as always. But you should have also included battery prices. Cuz most people replace batteries also.
Kudos for the content! 🙌✌️
Damn good!!!!!
The best tech content.
Very informative video...keep up guys 🌞
Amazing work guys
Great different video concept
Informative 💕
Such a great informative video 😃
Man this is a unique n very helpful content
Good effort team.. Thanks for info
This was the video we all needed to watch. Great job!
Very informative video.. thanks
Unique content!!👏👏
Much needed video ❤️👍
This idea is amazing!!
Good to make this video
Well done beebom!!
👌👌👌👌 well done beebom
Really Good info👍🏻
That's the level of content I expect only from Beebom! Good job and hats off for the idea of the video and collecting all the information from the market! ❤️
Great video guys
Great Content Beebom team. Thanks for covering this important topic. Just one suggestion, please include battery replacement costs also. I think they are a major area when we think about repairs.
Keep up the good work more videos like this will help a lot of people.