Best Phone Repair Shops in Wellington

We assessed 34 phone repair shops in Wellington and ranked the top 5 on public rating quality, review volume and how recent the reviews are. The businesses listed below hold 2,838 Google reviews between them. No business can pay for a place in these rankings. Last updated 30 October 2026. How we rank

Top 5 Phone Repair Shops in Wellington

The top 5 phone repair shops in Wellington are #1 Phone Fixer, #2 Raj's Phone Repair, #3 Village Tech Solutions, #4 Technofix, and #5 Hutt Computers, ranked by Top5 score. Scroll for our take on each, plus what to ask before you book.

  • 1

    Phone Fixer/Tech Fixer -Phone repair, iPad/Tablets,Laptop/Macbook Repair and Gaming Console

    ★ 4.9 462 reviews Top5 Score 178
    5★ 451 4★ 2 2★ 1 1★ 8

    Phone Fixer turns around screen replacements, back glass repairs, and charging port fixes on iPhones, Samsung phones, and tablets, often within 20 minutes. Vjay is known for trying the cheaper fix first and deducting that cost if a pricier solution ends up being needed, which takes the risk out of the diagnosis.

    241 Jackson Street, Petone, Lower Hutt

    028 431 2800 Map Is this your business?
  • 2

    Raj’s Phone repair

    ★ 4.9 364 reviews Top5 Score 174
    5★ 355 4★ 3 1★ 6

    At Raj's Phone Repair, a habit of diagnosing before replacing means customers regularly leave without paying for parts they didn't actually need, covering battery swaps, screen replacements, charging faults, and speaker issues across iPhone, Samsung, and Oppo devices. Raj walks customers through each step as the work happens, and has sourced parts for uncommon models when standard stock wouldn't cover the job.

    3 Britannia Street, Petone, Lower Hutt

    021 024 39285 Map Is this your business?
  • 3

    Village Tech Solutions Ltd - Mobile phone and laptop repair shop

    ★ 5.0 257 reviews Top5 Score 172
    5★ 254 4★ 2 1★ 1

    Village Tech Solutions fixes laptop screens, water-damaged devices, battery swells, corrupted hard drives, and phone charging faults, often within hours of drop-off. Patrick will open on weekends for urgent jobs, prepare insurance damage reports on request, and waive the fee entirely when a repair turns out to be unnecessary.

    10/148 Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington

    027 299 1649 Map Is this your business?
  • 4

    Technofix Wellington

    ★ 4.8 358 reviews Top5 Score 170
    5★ 328 4★ 9 3★ 2 2★ 1 1★ 18

    Technofix gets iPhone and Samsung screen replacements, back glass repairs, battery swaps, and charging port work done fast, with multiple reviewers noting turnarounds of under three hours. Staff like Nina take time to explain the repair and what caused the damage, and regulars have been rewarded with discounts and the occasional freebie.

    185 Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington

    021 086 12997 Map Is this your business?
  • 5

    Hutt Computers |Lower Hutt's most trusted repair store since 2015 | iPhone, MacBook, Laptop, Desktop, PlayStation

    ★ 4.8 257 reviews Top5 Score 168
    5★ 237 4★ 10 3★ 3 2★ 3 1★ 4

    Hutt Computers covers phone repairs, laptop and MacBook fixes, tablet charging ports, PS5 HDMI ports, and data recovery from failed hard drives, all out of their Moera shop. Pricing consistently comes in well below what larger retailers quote, and Rohit has been known to sort a secondary device at no extra charge while the main job is in.

    107 Randwick Road, Moera, Lower Hutt

    04 650 2255 Map Is this your business?

Before you hire

Most phone repair shops fix iPhones and Samsungs while you wait, and the price depends mostly on the part. Ask whether the quote is for a genuine screen or a compatible one, and whether the phone keeps its water resistance afterwards. Back up the phone first, ask the shop what to switch off before you hand it over, and ask what warranty the repair carries. A repair is covered by the Consumer Guarantees Act, which requires it to be done with reasonable care and skill.

Before you book a phone repair shop in Wellington

Drawn from 557 customer reviews collected for this page.

What decides the price of a phone repair?

The model and age of your phone matter most: a screen for a two-year-old mid-range Android costs far less than the same repair on a current flagship. The part being replaced also shifts the price significantly, with screens costing more than batteries, and back glass or charging ports sitting somewhere between the two.

On phones with OLED screens, the display itself is more expensive than an older LCD panel, so the repair bill reflects that. Apple and Samsung each publish out-of-warranty repair estimates on their New Zealand support pages, which give you a useful benchmark before you walk into any shop.

Genuine or compatible parts, and what protects you if a repair goes wrong?

A genuine part comes from the original manufacturer, while a compatible part is made by a third party and may differ in colour accuracy, brightness, or longevity. On iPhones running iOS 15.2 or later, you can check Settings, General, About, Parts and Service History, where a replaced part shows as Genuine or Unknown, and an Unknown label can reduce trade-in value.

Apple and Samsung each authorise specific repairers to use genuine parts, but an independent shop without that status is not automatically worse, and for phones no longer under manufacturer warranty an independent repairer is often the practical choice. The Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 requires any repair supplied to a consumer to be carried out with reasonable care and skill, and any part supplied to be of acceptable quality, so a written workmanship warranty from the shop adds a practical layer on top of those statutory rights.

Will my phone stay waterproof and my data safe after a repair?

Opening a phone to replace a screen or battery can reduce its water resistance, and no independent repairer can guarantee the original rating is fully restored, so ask plainly whether the seal is replaced and what resistance, if any, remains after the job. Back up your phone before handing it over, and ask the shop which settings to change: on older iPhone software Apple asks for Find My to be turned off, while iOS 27 introduces a Ready for Repair setting instead, and Samsung asks you to enable maintenance mode, which limits access to your personal data during the repair. Ask who physically handles the device and whether the shop needs your passcode, because a battery or screen swap does not require it, and handing over full access to your phone carries real privacy risk.

What are the warning signs of a phone repair shop you should not use?
  • –A quote that rises once the phone is already open and disassembled, giving you little choice but to pay.
  • –A screen sold without any clear statement of whether it is genuine or compatible, particularly when it arrives noticeably darker or harder to read in sunlight.
  • –Touch sensitivity problems, colour shifts, or Face ID failure immediately after a screen replacement, suggesting a lower-grade part or poor fitment.
  • –No written warranty offered for either the part or the labour, leaving you with no documented basis for a comeback.
  • –The phone held for several days after a same-day turnaround was promised, combined with poor communication when you follow up.
  • –Staff who dismiss a complaint, become condescending when challenged, or take payment for a repair and then show no willingness to stand behind the result.
What should you ask before booking a phone repair?
  • –Is the price quoted the full price, including the cost of the part, or could it change once the phone is opened?
  • –Is the replacement part genuine manufacturer stock or a compatible third-party part, and how will that affect your phone's performance or trade-in value?
  • –How long will the repair take, and is that a firm commitment or an estimate that depends on parts availability?
  • –What warranty covers the part and the workmanship, and is it provided in writing?
  • –Will the repair affect water resistance, and if the seal is replaced, will the shop confirm the resistance rating in writing?
  • –Do you need the passcode, and if so, who handles the device and how is that access managed during the repair?

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About this ranking

What the 10 phone repair shops listed above hold, at the 30 October 2026 check.

462
reviews held by the #1 ranked business
257
reviews held by the #5 ranked business
4.6
lowest rating among the 10 listed
3.0%
of their 2,838 reviews are one-star
How are the top phone repair shops in Wellington chosen?

We build this page from Google Maps results for phone repair shops in Wellington. Each one is scored on its public rating and review record, using the same published method on every page. Businesses outside the area, or whose reviews describe a different line of work, are left out. Every category and city is rechecked on a rolling cycle, about every two to three months. See how we rank for how rankings are made and who is left out. On specialist pages like this one, a business's reviews count in proportion to how many of them are about phone repair shops, so a business mostly reviewed for other work cannot win on review volume alone. See the words we look for.

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