Why fake iPhone display assembly?
There are huge numbers of iPhone all over the world, original iPhone parts are expensive, people wants cost-effective solution for repairing their iPhone, that’s the potential market for the “fake iPhone parts” as well as iPhone display.
Why from China?
Most iPhone are made in China, China has the most mature iPhone industry chain, that’s it is easy to produce iPhone parts in very cheap cost. Actually it is correct, most iPhone parts are from China, you may also get all kinds of iPhone accessories from Chinese market, either the original or aftermarket iPhone display from third-party manufacturer or OEMs.
What is a third-party manufacturer iPhone display?
Literally, a third-party iPhone display is not from original manufacturer which produces iPhone. China has many factories who produces all kinds of mobile phone parts especially iPhone parts, although it is illegal, you can still find these things. Take fake iPhone display as an example, there are many types from different manufacturers, usually they named it by their factory name, they have a short name and actually you don’t know exactly where they are from. For example, GX, Ruiju, JK, MX, ZY, HY etc..
The advantage is that it is cost effective by comparing the original parts, the disadvantage is the performance is obviously lower than the original one, although some can reach similar performance, you should get an original screen if you mind product performance and quality.
What is flex cable replaced iPhone display?
Sometimes iPhone screen is blank display or the display is disordered due to the broken of the display flex cable. In this case, only the flex cable needs to be replaced only, and LCD/OLED, touch panel and top glass can still be maintained originally.
This way, the second-hand mobile phone recycler can restore an original iPhone display by only replacing the display cable. Since all components display assembly are remained originally except for the flex cable (usually supplier will use flex cable from 3rd-party manufacturer), they can sell seconds at best quality prices, profiteers even sell it as a full original parts for a higher profit.
The disadvantage of this sort of display assembly is that the replacement of the display flex cable requires high workmanship and repair devices. In addition, the new flex cable is usually from a third-party manufacturer, the replacement flex cable may be loose and cause display issues again.
What is polished iPhone display?
Some recycled second-hand iPhone display is still in good condition except some scratches on the surface of top glass. Use special polishing device to remove the scratches from the surface of the glass. This is a trick some profiteers mix the false with genuine.
The pros of this kind of display is that it is still an “original” parts, the cons is that the top glass gets thinner, it is easier to get damaged, and the Oleophobic Coating is removed after the glass is polished, that’s there will be a bad touch experience, and hard to apply a screen protector.
What is top glass replaced iPhone display?
Sometimes the damage to the iPhone display assembly is only the top glass, the LCD/OLEM which takes in charge of display is not damaged, in this case, the second-hand mobile phone recycler can restore the screen by only replacing the top glass.
The pros of top-glass replaced screen is that its display part (LCD or OLED) and components are still remained original taste except the glass. Therefore, this kind of screen feels the least different from the original iPhone screen, it is the most popular screen in the market.
The cons is that, due to the repair workmanship, separating the top glass from LCD/OLED display requires high skill, and improper operation may damage the LCD/OLED display. And the top glass will be usually from the third-party manufacturer which is definitely lower quality than original glass – the issues is that it will have lower quality oleophobic coating – the bad experience in touch feeling.
What is an OEM iPhone display?
OEM iPhone display is considered as iPhone display that is assembled (by third party) from original spare parts, so it has quality closer to the original parts, but price is still high.
