Digital Life Electronic

Good, friendly, fast and reliable service!
Fixed my phone screen by the next day! Good as new :)

This place is the prototypical «hole-​in-​the-​wall» full of hidden secrets; if you find the password, you will enter a tiny jam-​packed closet, crammed with product. A young lady handles customers and Billy does repairs behind a screen. Prices are jaw-​dropping for work, unlocking, and accessories. Cash only. As there is only one repair person, be prepared to wait or leave your phone. Quality of repair is excellent.
I discovered this gem when my phone stopped working after I changed the SIM card. The dealer staff advised me that it was trashed, kaput. I kept thinking that the SIM contacts were damaged, so read the Unilocal reviews, and picked this place. Turns out I was right about the damaged contacts, and repair bill was much less than a new phone.
This place was hard to find, as the map at front of plaza is turned backwards. It is easiest to find the food court on 2^nd floor, then look for this shop close by. Parking lot is free.

If cellphone repair had a Wizard of Oz, this would be the one and the only Legend. Note that there are at least three cell phone repair shops in this complex. There’s the clean, cool looking one (JP Cellphone), a competent looking one, and then the hidden lair of the Master himself nestled on the second floor next to a ginseng shop and a rather sparse looking food court. If Kung Fu Hustle ever had a sequel where the inhabitants are shopowners in a mall, this would probably fit the bill.
Replaced my iPhone battery in half an hour for $ 40. Best deal ever. It took me two months to try to get the same kind of service from my mobile provider but they still failed.
Watch out for the lineups. There seems to be a constant stream of people coming in to fix stuff or put on screen protectors.

Awesome… I live in the USA. I have an S6 Edge. Only had in 6 weeks and dropped and broke screen. Really upsetting. Thought about not fixing it. I had seen worse cracks for sure. But still 700.00+ investment. I travel a lot and starting calling around the USA for a replacement. Basically about 300.00 (US dollars). And no one had in stock, all had to order. I called these guys and was told it was in stock and could be done in 3 hours. So I decided to try. There was a bit of a language barrier for me and another customer was in the store hoped a bit. Asked him if he used this shop before, he said many times and they were great he said. Well I dropped my phone off and they called me in 2 hours. And the best part, about 180.00 (US dollars). A full 100 cheaper than anywhere else. And the phone looks great!
Good job, thank you!

I got my new nexus 5 smashed when it fell face flat on a concrete pavement. My close friend dropped hers in a puddle, and her mobile gave up on her too.
Then started our search for mobile repair places, starting from a Unilocal-​search to asking around friends for recommendations. My academic supervisor Y told me about this place, describing it as «kind of a legend in Richmond for cell phone repair». Given Y’s advice has generally worked out fine for me, I took him up on his advice and rang up these guys.
I had already called up a few places around Vancouver to get price quotes for the screen repair. Digital Life Electronic demanded a price almost 20% below all of those price quotes!
So, my friend went up to Richmond, and handed over both the phones to them. We called them back a day later to hear that the screen repair was done, but nothing could be done for my friend’s water damaged phone.
They did a prompt and good job on my phone, and also provided me with a free screen cover! We took a second opinion on my friend’s mobile, and it coincided with what Digital Life Electronic had opined.
Overall, I was pretty happy with their service, and the superb price at which they offered it.
Last, but not least, they also sell unlocked cell phones at competitive prices. These are prices you would be paying at Fido or Rogers to buy factory locked phones. ;)