Dish today launched a new service called Smart Phone Repair that involves technicians making house calls.
Smart Phone Repair is available to Dish and non-Dish consumers. Dish charges a $35 travel fee to send a tech, who can replace broken screens or dead batteries for the Apple iPhone 5, 5c, 5s, 6 and 6 Plus. Dish says techs can fix one or many phones once on site, and pricing for the repairs will be the same nationwide.
Dish plans to expand the service to other handsets over time. Dish mentioned that it uses “respected third-party replacement parts,” which means it does not use genuine Apple screens or batteries.
Dish offers next-day appointments, available seven days a week, in all 50 states. The company is pitching the service as a more convenient way to deal with phone repairs. Pricing varies by model.
