The reality of the Bucharest market
Backroom "everything" shop
"We fix it all, cheap and fast"
- 🔨"15 years of experience" — Google listing opened 6 months ago
- 📦Improvised workshop. If you're lucky, it isn't also the bedroom
- 🔩AliExpress parts — lowest bidder wins
- 🤷No real warranty. "If it breaks again, bring it back"
- 🔌Fixes iPhone, MacBook, washing machines and — why not — induction hobs
- 💸Low quote when you drop it off. Surprise at pickup.
Radical Service
Specialists. Apple only. Since 2014.
- 📅Over 12 years repairing Apple products exclusively — verifiable
- 📍Fixed address, real office: Strada Aristotel Pappia 40, Sector 1
- 🔧Premium parts with traceability — we know where they come from
- 📄Written warranty on every repair, no exceptions
- 🍎Apple only. iPhone, MacBook, iPad, iMac. Nothing else.
- 💰Price communicated before the repair — not after
Not the cheapest. Not the most expensive. The most honest.
The Apple repair market in Romania has two extremes that serve nobody well. At one end, the authorised Apple service — where you wait 2–4 weeks, pay import-level prices and get the standard answer: "the whole thing needs replacing." At the other end, the jungle: enthusiasts with YouTube Premium and a screwdriver kit from a local electronics chain.
We sit in the middle — and that's not an excuse, it's a real value proposition. Fast like an independent, serious like an authorised centre. With a price difference vs. authorised that can reach 50–70%, and a quality difference vs. "the guy in the apartment" that doesn't show up on the receipt but shows up in three months.
Where we sit against your alternatives
Backroom shop — Cheap. High risk.
Low price → cheap part → the MacBook comes back in 2 months with the same problem. Or a new one.
Radical Service — Fair price. Real quality.
Fair price for premium parts and specialist labour. Real warranty. Solved once, solved properly.
Apple authorised service — Expensive. Slow. Safe.
The most expensive. The slowest. Often recommends full replacement where we fix the component.
Why we can't be "the cheapest"
The gear we work with costs as much as a small apartment
While a backroom shop works with tweezers and a 30-RON screwdriver, we work with professional equipment that alone is worth tens of thousands of euros. That's not flexing — that's the reason we repair correctly. You can't do micro-soldering on a 2mm chip without a professional BGA rework station. You can't diagnose a MacBook logic board without dedicated test equipment.
BGA rework station
Reballing and chip-level repairs — impossible to do correctly without professional gear
~€8,000–15,000
Programmable power supply
Precise current consumption diagnostics — we find the short without frying the board
~€2,000–4,000
Trinocular microscope
Work on 0.3mm components — there is no other way to do precision micro-soldering
~€1,500–3,000
Ultrasonic cleaner
Logic-board cleaning after liquid damage — the only way to properly recover water-damaged Macs
~€800–2,000
Apple diagnostic software
Full firmware-level diagnosis — we see what Apple sees at internal component level
Professional licences
Dedicated logic-board tester
We verify every circuit before and after repair — we don't send your Mac home "hoping"
~€3,000–6,000
Why this matters for you: A shop without this equipment can handle simple repairs — screen, battery, charging port. But a defective logic board, a memory chip, a power issue? Without the right tools, they guess. And guessing on a €2,000 MacBook gets expensive. We don't guess. We diagnose. And if we can't fix it, we tell you honestly before you make any decision.
Our entire existence is dedicated to one ecosystem.
We don't fix Dell laptops. We don't unlock Samsung phones. We don't install Windows. We don't "also take a look at" TVs. Every hour spent in our service is spent on an Apple product — and that shows up in how deeply we understand these devices.
A shop that fixes "everything" fixes nothing perfectly. We fix Apple perfectly.
We're honest when we're not the right choice
If you have an iPhone 7 with a cracked screen and you want the lowest possible price — there are cheaper places than us. You can find them easily. Some even do decent work on simple repairs.
But if you have a MacBook Pro M3 with a logic-board issue, an iPhone 16 Pro with a faulty camera or an iMac that won't turn on — that's a different game. That's €3,000–7,000 equipment, premium parts with warranty and a technician who has seen this exact problem 50 times. Not someone who watched the YouTube tutorial last night.
We're not for everyone. We're for people who know that a Mac is not a €200 toy — it's a work tool, a personal investment, something that deserves to be treated as such.
Professional diagnostic — before any decision
Bring in your Mac or iPhone. We diagnose it completely. We tell you exactly what's wrong, what the repair costs and whether it's worth fixing vs. buying new. The diagnostic costs 180 RON (VAT included) and is only charged if you don't continue the repair with us — if you repair with us, it's included, effectively free. If you're not sure we're the right choice for you — this is your chance to verify. Our technicians speak English; no translation guesswork.
