When a valuable mobile device like a smartphone or an iPad is damaged, it can be very annoying for the owner of that particular device. Because they may stuck in between day-to-day tasks without the most effective tool that helped to manage the daily activities and now they have to spend time, effort and money on fixing the damaged mobile device. Although some damages do not require much time or money to fix and can be fixed by self specially if the device owner is a tech savvy who have good working knowledge and experience in fixing electronics. But most types of damages cannot be fixed by such techies himself/herself even. So in those cases it is recommended to visit a cell phone repair shop rather than experimenting the repairs with an expensive electronic device.
If warranty period of the device is still valid, then it can ease off lot of the worries. But if it already has been experienced or cannot be used in the situation (water damage, any damage due to a drop, thunder or over load of the electricity etc), some money and time would be required to get the fixes for the damaged device. In that case, it is still better to choose the best cost effective, time saving option among available which many consider as getting the damaged device fixed by a reputed cell phone repair company. Can those companies repair any damage? No, you may not be able to find a repairing company that have the ability to fix a mobile device that is broken into several pieces or became a melted gob due to a thunder or high over load power (high voltage of electricity, fire). But those companies may able to fix all the other damages caused by liquid, drops and also the software problems. Therefore by having service from a cell phone repairing company is worth as it can save lots of money compared to buying a brand new device.
Even though there are many cell phone repair shops that can be seen often, number of reputed shops seem to be low. So, do not take the damaged device to a cell phone repair company that is the nearest to home/office or just come across on the way. Ask from friends for a professional cell phone repair company and in the mean time try searching internet which is the easiest way to find reputed cell phone repair companies.