Cut Yourself a Piece of Apple Pie

Cut Yourself a Piece of Apple Pie

Here at eTech Parts, we can’t help but notice all the reports released detailing the growth of Apple’s market share in the US and around the world. Job security, ‘miright? We also can’t help but notice our customers’ growing concerns about Samsung’s rise in emerging markets and the increasing difficulty of repairing Apple devices. At eTech Parts we realize the repair business is stronger than ever and growing daily, so it’s easy for us to get excited about the future of repair. We oftentimes find ourselves wishing we had a way of relieving our customers’ worries without giving away too much sensitive information about our company. We hear the questions everyday: “Who’s gonna want to repair an iPhone 3G/3GS? They’re so old!” We sell each and every replacement screen we bring in, for both iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. Five years later and it’s still a very prevalent repair, we promise! “No one’s going to pay $200 for an iPhone 5 repair when Apple only charges $149!” Yes, they will, especially if there’s no Apple store in your area. If so, use it to your advantage; people are willing to pay for convenience. So we got to thinking and came to the conclusion…a pie chart.   These 10 parts make up 75% of the business we do here at eTech Parts, and it makes it easy for us to measure the ups and downs of repair trends. Our top selling parts right now are replacement screens for the iPhone 4S in black and white, with black replacement screens for the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4 CDMA trailing closely behind. This chart shows repair shop trends through purchasing and accurately depicts what repair shops are currently repairing the most.