Mobile repair and product firm ArmaFone opened its first TechPOD in July outside a Sainsbury’s store, in a new supermarket strategy that it hopes will bear fruit alongside other initiatives like its tech academy

The TechPod is easily deployed and will be a stand-alone unit next to the main store, with ArmaFone’s team of trained technicians and customer service staff

With estimates that the level of e-waste outweighed the Great Wall of China in 2021 alone, the growing refurbished sector is pushing to increase awareness among users of the need for behavioural change

The repair retailer is aiming to inspire apprentices to get into the mobile repair and tech sector

Mobile repairer has relocated from St. Matthew Street in Ipswich