Our photos show a huge difference between the copy screen that had been fitted and a genuine Apple original:. They’d had their iPhone 6 screen replaced elsewhere, and they really weren’t happy with the quality. In some cases, they didn’t even know there was a difference in the first place- especially since it’s not in some shops’ interest to draw people’s attention to the issue! See the Difference for Yourself As such, we need to offer the cheaper copy screens to remain competitive and avoid losing these customers.

The only reason we don’t is that many people will shop around and choose purely on price. We recommend originals because they’re far higher quality and the price difference is fairly small. Some people think we make more money on them, but this isn’t the case. Our answer is simple- the original screen is the one we’d go for ourselves, every time. So-called “copy” screens are compatible replacements, but designed and manufactured entirely independently by third-party companies, typically in China. Originals are those screens containing LCDs that were manufactured for Apple. The most common response is “Is there a difference- and which one would you recommend?”

Copy screens generally break more easily and are less resilient to everyday use.Ĭustomers who bring their iPhones to us for a screen repair are offered two choices of replacement- an original or a “copy” screen.

Fingerprint reader– a part of the screen assembly- doesn’t always work correctly.

Certain badly-engineered screens could even damage the backlight circuitry. Changes in specification from original can result in battery and performance issues.Digitizer (touch) performance is often substandard and probably the largest source of issues with copy screens.looks “coarser”), worse brightness, contrast and vibrancy and reduced refresh rate amongst other problems.

LCD display panel can have poorer resolution (i.e.Copy screens are often lower quality in several ways:.Many other repair centres don’t offer the choice, but aren’t clear about the fact they’re using copy screens.The difference in price is generally small, but the quality is far better. We always advise our customers to go for the original screen.“Copy” screens are compatible replacements entirely designed and manufactured by third-party companies not associated with Apple. “Original” screens are those containing LCDs manufactured for Apple.

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