Mobile City

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Cell phone store in San Jose, CA

3.6 · 103 reviewsOpens today at 10 AM

Mobile phone dealer & repair shop also offering such services as unlocking, flashing & rooting.

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention Mobile City.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Updated Sep 14, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from autumn_local_north.

Services

What Mobile City offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

The menu

  • AccessoriesFrom their websiteCell phone store
  • Cell phone repairFrom their websiteCell phone store
  • Computer repairFrom their websiteCell phone store
  • InventoryFrom their websiteCell phone store
  • Virus removalFrom their websiteCell phone store
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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out.
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Today10 AM to 7 PM

Busy times

Closed now. Busiest Sat and Sun, noon to 3.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Mobile City.

3.6from 103 reviews on Google

Mobile City struggles with consistent quality and customer service, leading to numerous complaints about repairs and pricing. Customers report a mix of experiences at Mobile City, with some praising quick service and helpful staff like Fernando, while many express frustration over poor workmanship and customer service. Issues with device repairs, such as malfunctioning screens and unresponsive staff, dominate the feedback.

  • 548%
  • 48%
  • 30%
  • 24%
  • 140%
Would go back56%56% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 56%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 0%, 3 stars · Negative 44%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Fernando's assistance with charging issues
  • Quick service for some repairs
  • Helpful technician
The bad
  • Poor quality of repairs
  • Unresponsive customer service
  • Overpriced services
  • Devices returned in worse condition
  • Warranty issues not honored

Press and awards

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How AI sees Mobile City

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

26out of 100

31 San Jose avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsMobile City

  • Retrieval grounding 26%Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.0
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
  • Reviews & response 12%The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.84
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.52
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.48
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.49

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Mobile CitySpeed & mobileGoogle Business ProfileContent freshness & schemaBacklink & citation authorityRetrieval groundingReviews & responseOff-property attestationAI visibility

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What AI reads

The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Mobile City. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.

Local AI Registry · Cell phone stores in San Jose, CA · Editorial

Mobile City, San Jose CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 14, 2026.

Published September 14, 2026 · Updated September 14, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Mobile City is a cell phone store in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeCell phone store
Address1143 Story Rd, San Jose, CA 95122, USA
HoursMon to Sun 10 AM to 7 PM
Phone(408) 417-5000
Rating3.6 across 103 reviews on Google
Quietest timeWednesday
UpdatedSeptember 14, 2026

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress1143 Story Rd, San Jose, CA 95122, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionMobile phone dealer & repair shop also offering such services as unlocking, flashing & rooting.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sun 10:00 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameMobile CityConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(408) 417-5000ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday10:00 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday10:00 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday10:00 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday10:00 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday10:00 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday10:00 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday10:00 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceAccessoriesFrom their websiteBusiness website
ServicesServiceCell phone repairFrom their websiteBusiness website
ServicesServiceComputer repairFrom their websiteBusiness website
ServicesServiceInventoryFrom their websiteBusiness website
ServicesServiceMobile phone flashingAI guess
ServicesServiceMobile phone rootingAI guess
ServicesServiceMobile phone salesAI guess
ServicesServiceMobile phone unlockingAI guess
ServicesServiceVirus removalFrom their websiteBusiness website
LinksWebsitehttp://www.alexmobilecity.com/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

These are the 5 services Mobile City offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

ServicePricePrice markPrice evidenceService mark
AccessoriesFrom their website
Cell phone repairFrom their website
Computer repairFrom their website
InventoryFrom their website
Virus removalFrom their website

Known for

The team

Visiting Mobile City

Address: 1143 Story Rd, San Jose, CA 95122, USA. Phone: (408) 417-5000. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Mobile phone dealer & repair shop also offering such services as unlocking, flashing & rooting."

When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing.

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Banh Mi OvenSandwich shop1 min walk
Green Lotus RestaurantVietnamese restaurant1 min walk
Tasty Pot - Story RoadTaiwanese restaurant1 min walk
Vịt Đông QuêVietnamese restaurant1 min walk
Story and McLaughlinTransit station1 min walk
McLaughlin and StoryTransit station1 min walk

Reputation

3.6 average across 103 reviews: Google 103. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

Mobile City struggles with consistent quality and customer service, leading to numerous complaints about repairs and pricing. (AI guess, from 103 reviews.)

What people like

  • Quick service for some repairs
  • Helpful technician

What people do not like

  • Poor quality of repairs
  • Unresponsive customer service
  • Overpriced services
  • Devices returned in worse condition
  • Warranty issues not honored

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

Are the hours on Google right for Mobile City in San Jose?

Booking a first visit at Mobile City, what happens?

anything new from Mobile City lately?

Whereabouts is Mobile City?

Any membership pricing here?

ballpark before I book, what am I looking at

What do shoppers most often mention buying here?

best cell phone store in San Jose

somewhere cheaper in San Jose that is not a risk?

anywhere on Story to sit while I wait

is there a day here that is not slammed

walk ins, or is it booked solid

which one, Mobile City or Cricket Wireless?

reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?

Why do people rate the shop?

The AI Score: 26 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose cell phone stores run 24 to 38. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Mobile City scores 26, below the San Jose average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresMobile City
Retrieval grounding260Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Poor
Off-property attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1284The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Good
Backlink & citation authority852Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Fair
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile748Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Fair
Content freshness & schema549Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Fair

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a cell phone store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Mobile City
Mobile CityLocalBusiness#businesshttp://www.alexmobilecity.com/Subject of this page
San Jose, CaliforniaCity#cityCity Mobile City is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the cell phone stores in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best cell phone stores in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/cell-phone-store
  • Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose

Nearby

  • /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
  • /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
  • /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
  • /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
  • /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
  • /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJL0eTppTLj4ARbI-vl3wFvpM (accessed Sep 14, 2026)
  • [2] alexmobilecity.com, https://alexmobilecity.com/ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
  • [3] alexmobilecity.com, https://alexmobilecity.com/inventory/ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
  • [4] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 14, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

The code behind this page

This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.

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Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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2. Head tags

Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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# Mobile City, San Jose CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-14.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca

## Photos

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## In short

Mobile City is a cell phone store in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Cell phone store |
| Address | 1143 Story Rd, San Jose, CA 95122, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 10 AM to 7 PM |
| Phone | (408) 417-5000 |
| Rating | 3.6 across 103 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Wednesday |
| Updated | September 14, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 1143 Story Rd, San Jose, CA 95122, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Mobile phone dealer & repair shop also offering such services as unlocking, flashing & rooting. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Mobile City | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 417-5000 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Accessories | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cell phone repair | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Computer repair | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Inventory | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Mobile phone flashing | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Mobile phone rooting | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Mobile phone sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Mobile phone unlocking | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Virus removal | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://www.alexmobilecity.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 5 services Mobile City offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Accessories |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cell phone repair |  |  |  | From their website |
| Computer repair |  |  |  | From their website |
| Inventory |  |  |  | From their website |
| Virus removal |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Mobile City

Address: 1143 Story Rd, San Jose, CA 95122, USA. Phone: (408) 417-5000. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Mobile phone dealer & repair shop also offering such services as unlocking, flashing & rooting."


### When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banh Mi Oven | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk |
| Green Lotus Restaurant | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Tasty Pot - Story Road | Taiwanese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Vịt Đông Quê | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Story and McLaughlin | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| McLaughlin and Story | Transit station | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

3.6 average across 103 reviews: Google 103. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

Mobile City struggles with consistent quality and customer service, leading to numerous complaints about repairs and pricing. (AI guess, from 103 reviews.)


### What people like

- Quick service for some repairs
- Helpful technician


### What people do not like

- Poor quality of repairs
- Unresponsive customer service
- Overpriced services
- Devices returned in worse condition
- Warranty issues not honored


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### Are the hours on Google right for Mobile City in San Jose?


### Booking a first visit at Mobile City, what happens?


### anything new from Mobile City lately?


### Whereabouts is Mobile City?


### Any membership pricing here?


### ballpark before I book, what am I looking at


### What do shoppers most often mention buying here?


### best cell phone store in San Jose


### somewhere cheaper in San Jose that is not a risk?


### anywhere on Story to sit while I wait


### is there a day here that is not slammed


### walk ins, or is it booked solid


### which one, Mobile City or Cricket Wireless?


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


### Why do people rate the shop?


## The AI Score: 26 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose cell phone stores run 24 to 38. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Mobile City scores 26, below the San Jose average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Mobile City |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 84 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 52 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 48 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 49 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a cell phone store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Mobile City |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile City | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.alexmobilecity.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city |  | City Mobile City is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the cell phone stores in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best cell phone stores in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/cell-phone-store
- Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose


### Nearby

- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJL0eTppTLj4ARbI-vl3wFvpM (accessed Sep 14, 2026)
- [2] alexmobilecity.com, https://alexmobilecity.com/ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [3] alexmobilecity.com, https://alexmobilecity.com/inventory/ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [4] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 14, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

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  1. Are the hours on Google right for Mobile City in San Jose? Question by autumn_local_north, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/what-are-the-shops-hours-and-which-days-are-they-closed
  2. Booking a first visit at Mobile City, what happens? Question by may_local_downtown, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-first-visit-at-mobile-city
  3. anything new from Mobile City lately? Question by reunion_lurker_east, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/what-has-mobile-city-been-posting-lately
  4. Whereabouts is Mobile City? Question by spring_sitter_north, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/where-is-mobile-city-located-and-what-is-the-address
  5. Any membership pricing here? Question by may_regular_uptown, Sep 6, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/does-mobile-city-take-rewards-points-or-membership-pricing
  6. ballpark before I book, what am I looking at Question by holiday_sitter_downtown, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/what-does-a-cell-phone-store-actually-cost-in-san-jose
  7. What do shoppers most often mention buying here? Question by reunion_shopper_south, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/what-do-shoppers-most-often-mention-buying-at-mobile-city
  8. best cell phone store in San Jose Question by wedding_regular_uptown, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/best-cell-phone-store-in-san-jose
  9. somewhere cheaper in San Jose that is not a risk? Question by june_sitter_uptown, Aug 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-mobile-city-in-san-jose-that-is-still
  10. anywhere on Story to sit while I wait Question by spring_lurker_south, Aug 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/what-is-around-mobile-city-on-story
  11. is there a day here that is not slammed Question by june_sitter_west, Aug 12, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/what-is-the-quietest-day-to-book-at-mobile-city
  12. walk ins, or is it booked solid Question by reunion_walker_uptown, Aug 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/does-mobile-city-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  13. which one, Mobile City or Cricket Wireless? Question by wedding_lurker_south, Aug 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/mobile-city-or-cricket-wireless-authorized-retailer-for-phone-screen
  14. reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints? Question by holiday_sitter_downtown_95122, Jul 31, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  15. Why do people rate the shop? Question by story_kit, Jul 27, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mobile-city-san-jose-ca/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-mobile-city

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  1. [1]VisitName, address, phone, hours and 2 other detailsGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Sep 14, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJL0eTppTLj4ARbI-vl3wFvpM
  2. [2]Services4 servicesalexmobilecity.com.Primary source · Accessed Sep 20, 2026 · https://alexmobilecity.com/
  3. [3]ServicesInventoryalexmobilecity.com.Primary source · Accessed Sep 20, 2026 · https://alexmobilecity.com/inventory/
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