What is Difference between Mobile Phone Repair & Mobile Screen Repair?

Is there a difference between mobile phone repair and mobile screen repair? If you refer to your cellphone as a mobile or mobile phone than there is only a small difference. This is how many people in the world refer to their device as the mobile phone preceded the cellphone, by name only.  But, in the USA the term mobile phone repair or mobile screen repair has a different meaning.  In the US, the term mobile means the repair service meets the customer at a designated spot.  The term cell, cellphone, or just phone have become the most popular ways most Americans refer to their devices.

What did happened in Fixit Phone Repair about Mobile Phone Repair

Recently we had a customer call and ask if we did mobile screen repair.  We told him that we can pick up the device bring back to store for repair.  The customer was so confused about what we said. He told us that he could bring the device to us he just wanted to know if we did screen repairs.  Of course we are in cellphone repair business since 2012 and fix most device. After explained what mobile screen repair means to us in the industry it turns out the customer was from England.  He told us the term mobile means phone or cellphone in the UK.  It makes sense once you understand that different cultures use different ways and means to express certain ideas and terms.

The idea of meeting a customer someplace to do a repair in the US is often expressed as mobile phone repair or mobile screen repair. The difference between these two phrases can also mean the difference between fixing just the screen as compared to fixing any issue with the phone.  Completing a mobile phone repair requires the technician to have an inventory of all the different parts to all the different models.  Most services that travel only do mobile screen repair, it’s by far the most common repair and the parts are manageable.