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Samsung Electronics America and Batteries Plus are amplifying their partnership to provide more accessible in-warranty walk-in service for Galaxy smartphone repairs.
Mark Williams, VP of customer care at Samsung Electronics America, said Galaxy smartphones play an important role in people's lives, and it can be inconvenient to part.
The big benefit for Galaxy device owners is potentially having access to faster service when something breaks, including same-day repairs in many cases.
Now Samsung has another list of outlets among the 2,000 authorized service centers for its slabs and multiple foldables, with the announcement today that this fall, 35 Batteries Plus stores will have the Samsung Authorized Service Center tag, similar to its arrangements with uBreakiFix and Best Buy. Galaxy owners can schedule repair appointments through either BatteriesPlus.com or the service locator on Samsung.com, and the company says these locations were selected to cover areas where there aren’t already Samsung services centers.