can apple fix a broken lcd screen made in china

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Having checked out your video, I personally will not use the aftermarket screen as a replacement for my X. It just doesn"t have what I expect for a $1000 USD phone. I recognize that $300 USD for a replacement is hefty but the aftermarket screen does not appear to have the quality that I would expect for my phone.

Since there are some differences in quality between the China-made iPhone screens and original iPhone screens, so you need to be careful when handling the new iPhone screen replacement, according to our test, the top corner of the screen is one of the key parts that should be gently treated. Don’t push these 2 corners with force when reassemble the phone.

After installing front camera and ear speaker, you’ll need to hold them with the metal bracket, there is another point you need to be carefully dealing with, please note that all the screws have unique positions, don’t mix them with wrong position, and what needs to be paid more attention to is the rightmost one with a red circle showed below, do not twist this screw too tight, or which can somehow cause the screen cracked after reassembling the screen.

After connecting the screen connectors, then you may need to test the screen functionality before totally installed. You’d better make the angle between the screen and body is less than 45 degree during the screen test. With screen test finished, then the last step, make sure the screen replacement is properly aligned with the housing edge.

While Apple generally says that iPhone service/repair may be limited to the country in which the phone was originally distributed, there shouldn"t be an issue with a universal replacement part like a screen assembly or a battery. That being said, the only replacement is with a complete screen assembly including the display, digitizer, and glass. Also - there may not be a guarantee of how long it might take depending on availability of technicians and especially if the replacement part needs to be ordered. That might be something worth considering if it might take longer than the time that your friend has in Singapore.

Use our “Get an Estimate” tool to review potential costs if you get service directly from Apple. The prices shown here are only for screen repair. If your iPhone needs other service, you’ll pay additional costs.

If you go to another service provider, they can set their own fees, so ask them for an estimate. For service covered by AppleCare+, your fee per incident will be the same regardless of which service provider you choose.

Your country or region offers AppleCare+ for this product. Screen repair (front) is eligible for coverage with a fee by using an incident of accidental damage from handling that comes with your AppleCare+ plan.

The Apple Limited Warranty covers your iPhone and the Apple-branded accessories that come in the box with your product against manufacturing issues for one year from the date you bought them. Apple-branded accessories purchased separately are covered by the Apple Limited Warranty for Accessories. This includes adapters, spare cables, wireless chargers, or cases.

Depending on the issue, you might also have coverage with AppleCare+. Terms and Conditions apply, including fees. Feature availability and options may vary by country or region.

We guarantee our service, including replacement parts, for 90 days or the remaining term of your Apple warranty or AppleCare plan, whichever is longer. This is in addition to your rights provided by consumer law.

Replacement equipment that Apple provides as part of the repair or replacement service may contain new or previously used genuine Apple parts that have been tested and pass Apple functional requirements.

For most customers, visiting a professional repair provider with certified technicians who use genuine Apple parts is the safest and most reliable way to get a repair. These providers include Apple and Apple Authorized Service Providers, and Independent Repair Providers, who have access to genuine Apple parts.* Repairs performed by untrained individuals using nongenuine parts might affect the safety of the device or functionality of the display. Apple displays are designed to fit precisely within the device. Additionally, repairs that don"t properly replace screws or cowlings might leave behind loose parts that could damage the battery, cause overheating, or result in injury.

Depending on your location, you can get your iPhone display replaced—in or out of warranty—by visiting an Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider, or by shipping your iPhone to an Apple Repair Center. Genuine Apple parts are also available for out-of-warranty repairs from Independent Repair Providers or through Self Service Repair.*

The iPhone display is engineered together with iOS software for optimal performance and quality. A nongenuine display might cause compatibility or performance issues. For example, an issue might arise after an iOS software update that contains display updates.

* Independent Repair Providers have access to genuine Apple parts, tools, training, service guides, diagnostics, and resources. Repairs by Independent Repair Providers are not covered by Apple"s warranty or AppleCare plans, but might be covered by the provider"s own repair warranty. Self Service Repair provides access to genuine Apple parts, tools, and repair manuals so that customers experienced with the complexities of repairing electronic devices can perform their own out-of-warranty repair. Self Service Repair is currently available in certain countries or regions for specific iPhone models introduced in 2021 or later. To view repair manuals and order parts for eligible models, go to the Self Service Repair page.

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Since the iPhone 7/7 Plus has been released for quite a long time, finally the China made iPhone 7/7 Plus screen replacementscame out in the market. we’ve got some iPhone 7 series LCD screen replacements samples and done some tests on them, now let’s take a closer look at these new iPhone 7 series LCD screen replacements!(TianmaandLGsources for testing)

After installing all the sample screens to the iPhone 7/7 Plus rear housing assembly, we found that all the China made iPhone 7 series screen replacements are fitting well just like the original ones - the home button fits well, the screen assembly and the rear housing also fits well.

From the picture below, we can see that there is no difference between the China made iPhone 7 series display and the original ones, however, back to the rear side, we can easily figure out which one is which, cause the original one has Apple logo on it while the China made screen has none.

By comparing these two iPhone 7 screens, we can find that the screen flex cables are much different, there are extra IC on the China-Made iPhone 7 screen while the original one has none. And the original iPhone 7 series screen flex cable is integrated together while on the China-Made iPhone 7 series screen the touch function flex cable is soldered to the display and 3D touch flex cable.

Another difference between the original and China made iPhone 7 screen replacements is the exposed IC on the after-market iPhone screen, just like other China-Made iPhone 5 or 6 series screen replacement, which has more potential risk of electrostatic damage and more likely to get damaged and this problem needs to be improved.

During our test, we found that the display color between our after-market iPhone 7 screen and original screen seems a little different although they are not effecting the touch function. And to be honest, there may have some black dots on the screen because of impurities within the screen module when laminating the LCD and backlight together, without any doubt, this can be solved with technical improvement.

The screen touch sensitivity is another big concern for all of us, luckily, during our test, almost all home button and touch functionality on both iPhone 7 and 7 Plus works well, except one piece of iPhone 7, the 3D touch function is not acting so well on the central part of the screen.

The China-Made iPhone 7 series LCD screen assembly replacement still remains to be improved in quality and performance compared to the original ones, the exposed IC, heavier screen flex cable ribbon, and the screen color difference, the touch function stability, although the price is attractive. However, the China made iPhone 7 series screen replacement is under the improvement, and sooner or later their quality and performance can be quite close to original ones and acceptable, if you"re going to stock up some non-original iPhone 7 series LCD screen replacement, pay more attention and we’ll keep you updated with further information about after-market iPhone 7 series screen replacement!

“Original” screens are those containing LCDs manufactured for Apple. “Copy” screens are compatible replacements entirely designed and manufactured by third-party companies not associated with Apple.

LCD display panel can have poorer resolution (i.e. looks “coarser”), worse brightness, contrast and vibrancy and reduced refresh rate amongst other problems.

Changes in specification from original can result in battery and performance issues. Certain badly-engineered screens could even damage the backlight circuitry.

Customers who bring their iPhones to us for a screen repair are offered two choices of replacement- an original or a “copy” screen. The most common response is “Is there a difference- and which one would you recommend?”

Originals are those screens containing LCDs that were manufactured for Apple. So-called “copy” screens are compatible replacements, but designed and manufactured entirely independently by third-party companies, typically in China.

Our answer is simple- the original screen is the one we’d go for ourselves, every time. Some people think we make more money on them, but this isn’t the case. We recommend originals because they’re far higher quality and the price difference is fairly small.

We’d rather only fit original screens. The only reason we don’t is that many people will shop around and choose purely on price. As such, we need to offer the cheaper copy screens to remain competitive and avoid losing these customers. 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!

This may well be the worst copy screen we’ve ever come across. As a result, the unfortunate customer has ended up paying twice to have their screen replaced- we’re sure that had they been properly informed, they would have chosen an original in the first place.

While the difference in price between copies and originals can vary across devices, it’s generally around £10 – £14 extra to have an original screen fitted. This really isn’t a lot considering the improved quality and reliability.

We compare our prices to our competitors- and we know that we come out of it favourably. While we have to offer copy screens to remain competitive, we always advise customers to go for the original.

When you’ve spent- directly or indirectly- several hundred pounds for an iPhone with a Retina display, it doesn’t make sense to replace it with a lower-quality screen that can make a £400 phone look like a £40 one! Not only that, but you’re likely to have fewer issues, and a longer-lasting screen.

There’s nothing stopping any random person without training or experience opening up a smartphone repair shop. As a result, the industry is full of companies with little skill or experience who are only interested in getting hold of your money and installing the cheapest parts they can find.

Many- if not most- don’t even acknowledge the existence of copy screens, let alone explain the difference to the customer. Hardly in their interest to do so if they only fit cheap, low-quality copies. Some of them can hardly be blamed- they know so little, they’re not even clear on the differences between OEM, non-OEM and copy displays themselves! Others can be more deliberately misleading… and some outright lie.

Generally, these shops are looking for the cheapest price on replacement screens.. When offered a copy at a half or a third of a price of the original, they’re going to go for that. That might be fine if they offered the customer a cheaper price- what we disagree with is selling “supermarket beans” (i.e. the copy screens) at “Heinz beans” prices!

Heading towards the “blatantly fraudulent”, we’re aware of companies that shamelessly fit copy screens while claiming them to be original. Worse, they’ll take your broken original screen and sell that to a recycler for more than they paid for your copy!

Obtained or manufactured “off the clock” via the same production line that produced them for Apple- in some cases, from the stockpile of parts that didn’t meet Apple’s standards, or

Apple tightened up their supply chain around 2015, which reduced the number of screens available for repairs and increased their price dramatically. A lot of companies went bankrupt, and Chinese manufacturers responded by making their own “copy” screens from scratch. At first, these weren’t much cheaper than the Apple ones, but the price soon fell.

We should be clear that- despite the name- “copy” screens aren’t direct copies of the Apple originals. Rather, they’re compatible replacements that have been designed from scratch and- as a result- vary in some respects that have an effect on usability and quality.

One of the most important differences between an original and a “copy” screen is how the digitizer (touch sensor) is designed. Apple has it manufactured as part of the LCD itself, whereas the copies have it on the glass.

Although there are only a small number of manufacturers of the bare LCDs themselves, these are then bought by countless other companies who add the remaining components needed to turn these into a complete working screen. As a result, you could easily end up with an LCD from the best “copy” manufacturer, but the digitizer/touch (as part of the separately-manufactured glass) from the worst.

There are countless digitizers out there, and you can only take the supplier’s word that the quality is good. Many ship good ones at first, then switch to cheaper parts to make more profit. This is particularly bad with the iPhone 6S and 6S+, since Apple moved the chips responsible for touch processing onto the LCD itself. As a result, you’re not just getting a copy screen- you’re getting copy chips too.

The performance specification (power drain, etc.) of most copy screens isn’t identical to the originals. As a result, they can drain the battery more quickly and mislead the operating system which was optimised for the original screen design.

It’s even possible that this mismatch could damage your backlight. We do a lot of subcontracted repairs for less-experienced shops, and get backlight repairs in almost every day. We’ve had cases where we fixed the circuit, fitted the new copy screen to test it, and had it break the circuit again!

Copy screens can disrupt the touch ID fingerprint reader. With the 6S, 6S+, 7 and 7+, the home button- part of the 3D touch- is part of the screen assembly. Frequently the home button flexes on aftermarket designs don’t work properly and stop the touch ID working- annoying if you use it to unlock the phone or log in to your bank.

We’ve seen many lift away from the frame that holds them in place. This usually results in the flex cable getting torn, and the screen needing replacing. You don’t even need to have dropped the phone- this often happens through general everyday wear and tear.

That brings us to another major issue with the copies. When you drop an Apple original, the glass often breaks, but if the LCD itself is intact, you can continue to use it until it’s fixed. With the copies, the touch/digitizer is on the glass and stops working when that’s broken. Even worse, the LCD itself is more likely to break due to the thinner and more fragile glass.

We’re not convinced this will happen, since Apple recently changed their repair policy to accept iPhones with third-party screens. However, it is possible that copy screens could be stopped from working via an iOS update, since those make a number of security checks.

A question we often get asked is “Do you accept copy screens?” Put simply, we don’t- we only accept OEM and Non-OEM screens. However, people still send us copy screens for recycling and refurbishing, possibly because the difference isn’t as clear as it might be.

This didn’t stop wholesalers in China referring to iPhone screens as “original”, “high copy” or “copy”. However, this didn’t refer to the screen per se. This actually meant the quality of the glass, frame and small parts on the screen rather than the LCD itself.

If you bought “original” quality then you would have been sent a screen that came from one of the factories making screens for Apple, which was refurbished with as close to original parts as possible or was pulled from a new phone. “Copy” and “high copy” screens still used an original LCD but were refurbished with lower quality parts– exactly there the “copy” came into play.

In 2015 there was a major shortage of iPhone screens and this drove the price to more than three or four times the regular selling price. This forced the factories in China to develop their own screen so the shortage didn’t affect them. These screens are made in a completely different way to the original Apple screens, and the quality varies depending on the factory making the LCD and the factory assembling it.

Apart from the difference in quality, an OEM screen (i.e. an original Apple one), has the touch on the LCD. During refurbishment the glass is removed and the touch stays with the LCD. This is the same with non-OEM screens as these use the original Apple LCD.

However, copy screens are entirely different as most of those have the touch on the glass. Once the broken glass is removed the touch is lost. While copy screens can be refurbished they take more work than an original screen and have next to no value especially as the cost of copy screens is dropping all the time.

There are a number of identifying marks you can use to determine if the screen is OEM, non-OEM or a copy. This varies from model to model and the lists given below are not exhaustive. These are simply the things we use to determine which type of screen it is.

Copy screens are entirely new screens designed and manufactured by independent third parties without the involvement or endorsement of Apple. To spot a copy screen:-

When you’ve been checking screens for as long as we have it becomes second nature to determine the type of screen it is in seconds. When we’re testing a batch of screens that comes in, any copy screens are filtered out without checking if they work because we don’t recycle or refurbish these. The original screens are then processed to be tested and dealt with under the service you’ve requested.

Apple’s iPhone X is notoriously hard to repair. Its screen and back are made of glass, and dropping the $1,000 iPhone will often break an unprotected device. Users who want to repair a cracked screen with Apple will have to pay upwards of $279 for the service.Users who want to go another way and pay a third party repair store for a replacement have thus far been out of luck—aftermarket parts for the new wave of Apple devices simply didn’t exist. Worse, iOS software updates can cause problems with phones repaired with aftermarket parts.AdvertisementBut there’s a new wave of replacement screens coming out of China that promise to make repairing the iPhone X a little cheaper and easier if they can work out their own unique kinks. The first is a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, first spotted by Mobile Defenders.

The existence of aftermarket LCD iPhone X displays is surprising, because the iPhone X ships with an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen. That means third-party screen manufacturers have found a way to make an entirely different technology (which is used in other versions of the iPhone) work with the iPhone X.Mobile Defenders tested out the screens and found a couple of quirks. They have a red shift when viewed from an angle, are thicker than the OEM OLED screen, and run hotter than an original iPhone X screen. Repair experts who have tested the screens say that it uses the iPhone X’s battery faster than expected.“This is not a proper solution, and is almost guaranteed to be blocked by Apple in the near future,” Kev Notton—founder of San Diego-based RepairMapr, a diagnosis tool repair shops can use to annotate repairs—told me on Facebook. “We wanted to warn anyone that may purchase them off eBay/Amazon thinking that they"re the real thing.”There are listings for the screens on eBay, though a lot of repair professionals are getting them direct from suppliers in China. Confusingly, many of the listings refer to the screens as both LCD and OLED. They also tend to cost more than the $279 Apple charges for replacing the screen. “The term LCD is so loosely interchanged with "display" these days, kinda like Kleenex to tissues, so I can certainly see average consumers being confused by it,” Notton said.For Notton, even if a person who gets an LCD to replace their OLED is informed, the next person who uses the phone might not be. “Most of these devices have 3 or more owners in their lifetime,” he said. “Even if a single customer wants a cheaper repair, the next owner of that device won"t know they"re receiving a device with a lower quality technology inside.”Aftermarket OLED screens have hit the market too. A video uploaded by REWA Technology—a Hong Kong based wholesaler—showed off the differences between the OEM screen, the LCDs, and the new OLED.

The aftermarket OLED screens had normal touch functionality and ran a little thinner than the OEM screens, but the sample REWA used in its video had a glitch that caused bright pink lines to run across the whole screen. Despite that, REWA and other third-party repair stores are hopeful that the new batch of screens from China will soon be provide customers a cheap and easy alternative to Apple’s official repair process. “It’s a start,” Michael Oberdick, founder of the Ohio-area repair store iOutlet, told me over Facebook. “I obviously wouldn’t put on a customer’s phone yet but I’m sure there is cases out there that the consumer is informed by a repair shop about the difference and possible issues and will put it on their device as it may be their only / quickest option.”

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Two new Chinese LCD screens in Beijing’s imposing Great Hall of the People will replace screens made by a Japanese competitor, in a sign of resolve to supply the world with Chinese brands and not just Made in China products.Delegates arrive for the National People"s Congress (NPC), China"s annual parliament, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 9, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray

The screens are made by Chinese electronics giant TCL. At 110 inches, they are the world’s largest high-definition 3-D LCD screens, just a touch wider than the 108-inch Panasonic models they will replace.

“We have broken through the Japanese and South Korean monopoly of big flat-screen TVs!” TCL chairman Li Dongsheng boasted at a launch ceremony on Friday. Officials from the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and the government of Shenzhen, TCL’s hometown, clapped and nodded.

The government is encouraging its companies to move up the value chain and develop margin-producing brands, partly as a matter of national pride but also to shift the world’s second-biggest economy away from gritty, low-profit manufacturing.

With the possible exception of computer-maker Lenovo and appliance maker Haier, China has few brands that foreign shoppers would recognise. Even at home, producers often find themselves supplanted by high-end foreign brands.

“That is a big hurdle, especially in autos. (The domestic brands) are almost non-existent in large cities like Shanghai or Beijing because no one wants to be seen going lower than a Japanese or a Korean brand,” said James Roy, a senior analyst with China Market Research Group, a Shanghai-based consultancy.

Other efforts, including government support for domestic companies engaged in “indigenous innovation”, have led to allegations that China is unfairly trying to tilt the playing field towards its own industry by guaranteeing government purchases and by setting standards that favour Chinese companies over established industry leaders.

“If Chinese companies want to go global, they can’t just compete in a protected domestic market,” said Zhao Yuhai, high- and new-technology development and commercialisation director general at the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Companies aspiring for international status should aim to earn one-fifth of their revenues and one-third of their profits from sales abroad, Yang Mianmian, the president of the world’s largest appliance maker Haier, told the National People’s Congress, or parliament, a few years ago.

Haier sells compact appliances like washing machines and mini-fridges under its own name in the United States, but still sells in Europe under European brand names. Few other companies have reached even that level.

“Of course, there are different kinds of markets, high-end and low-end, and I think brands like TCL are still at the mid-to-low-end stage. But they’ll move up.”

“To fully sell under our own name isn’t a question of technology but of marketing. Because if we promote a new brand, our own brand, it would take time,” TCL’s Li told Reuters.

“If there is already a local established partner, using their brand is quicker. For our company, the most important is bigger sales turning into greater revenue.”

For many companies those big sales come at home. Unlike South Korea or Taiwan, China’s domestic market is big enough that many producers do not yet need to focus on developing international brands, said Roy of China Market Research Group.

“That there aren’t many Chinese brands that are globally known shouldn’t necessarily suggest that Chinese companies don’t know how to brand,” he said. “The main opportunity for brands has been the domestic market.”

The auto industry is still a major front in the brand wars. The government hinted to foreign automakers last year that applications to expand joint venture production were unlikely to be approved unless they worked with their Chinese partners to develop Chinese-branded cars.

The policy helps correct what planners now see as a mistake -- although China is the world’s largest vehicle market, it lacks the defining national auto brand enjoyed by such smaller markets as Korea, Malaysia, the Czech Republic, even Poland.

When China married foreign automakers to its largest state-owned firms, the unexpected consequence was that the joint ventures saw rocketing output, but left the state-owned firms with zero incentive to develop by themselves.

Apple has revealed it will show an "Important Display Message" on iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max devices if the phone detects that the screen is a non-genuine replacement.

The company alerted iPhone 11 owners to the message in a new support note that explains how a non-genuine display can impact certain functions and why it"s taking an approach that doesn"t stop owners from using the device but could affect future servicing.

After that the message will remain in the About page within Settings. The message states that Apple was "unable to verify this iPhone has a genuine Apple display" with a link to learn more.

These notifications don"t affect the owner"s ability to use their display, unlike the "error 53" issue of 2016 that bricked iPhones with Touch ID after non-genuine screen replacement.

However, Apple says owners might see a further notification stating that "Apple has updated the device information for this iPhone". This means, "Apple has updated the device information maintained for your iPhone for service needs, safety analysis, and to improve future products."

Additionally, it warns that a non-genuine display can cause problems with multi-touch and cause brightness and color issues, as well as unintentional battery drain.

So if the battery dies early on an iPhone 11 with a non-genuine screen, Apple might not take responsibility for it. And the warning makes it easy for Apple and certified technicians to know whether the screen is genuine.

The company recently rolled out similar notifications for non-genuine battery replacements for the iPhone. Apple explained it was to protect customers from "damaged, poor quality, or used batteries that can lead to safety or performance issues." These notifications also don"t stop users from using the phone, but again can affect future servicing.

Apple also offers a safety justification for using genuine parts that are installed by Apple, authorized service providers or certified technicians. Anyone else "might not follow proper safety and repair procedures and could result in improper function or issues with display quality or safety".

"Apple displays are designed to fit precisely within the device. Additionally, repairs that don"t properly replace screws or cowlings might leave behind loose parts that could damage the battery, cause overheating, or result in injury," Apple says.

It"s not clear why the message only appears for the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max. However, Apple could implement it in future for older models.

It"s understandable why iPhone owners with a cracked screen could be tempted to get a replacement from somewhere else than Apple. Screen repairs for newer models range between $199 to $329 in the US and are more expensive in the UK, but a replacement only costs $29 with AppleCare+ coverage.

Now the AppleCare+ option could be more tempting since AppleCare+ is now available for a monthly fee that can continue so long as it has parts available. Previously AppleCare+ required upfront payment and was limited to two years.

A few months ago, the U.S. House of Representatives launched an antitrust investigation against the four major technology giants (Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon). The research of Apple involved hot issues such as product repairs and software store “Apple tax.”

In its response, Apple said it had not made a profit on the repair business each year since 2009 when the cost of the repair outweighed the value of the recovery. Apple has pointed out that its repair procedures are so stringent that even third-party licensees need adequate training to qualify for Apple’s spare parts and additional repair services outside the Apple Store. Tens of thousands of apple’s authorized repair technicians work at apple stores and third-party retailers.

Apple has also defended its refusal to repair devices in some cases, including devices where the original components (such as the main logic board and housing) have been replaced with non-original components. That’s because to replace those parts, and the device must be removed to the point where it requires apple’s specialized tools and processes to reassemble the device.

Using non-Apple-specific tools for reassembly will cause problems with the device. In addition, when the equipment submitted for repair has been disassembled to the extent that it requires special tools and processes to reassemble; when counterfeit components have replaced Apple genuine components, and the fake parts look like Apple authentic components, but they are not Any functioning component (for example, a fake speaker or a fake camera module); when the equipment is beyond the economic repair scope, that is, repairing the faulty equipment will bring greater costs to the customer than replacing the equipment; there is equipment with missing components and being intentionally Tampered devices … these are all designed to trick Apple.

Apple’s official after-sales repairs are costly. As can be seen from Apple’s official website, regarding the most easily damaged screens, back covers and batteries, the average OLED screen repair price given by Apple is 300 USD, the average LCD screen repair price is about 165 USD, and the average cost of glass rear cover repairs is as high Above 300usd, the battery repair price is about 60usd.

However, Apple’s claimed tens of thousands of Apple-authorized repair technicians do not include the aftermarket of the open market. According to the information we have learned from the industry, the annual maintenance rate of Apple mobile phones is generally around 7% to 9%. Based on the market holdings of about 1.5 billion units, more than 100 million Apple mobile phones need maintenance every year.

The repair products accepted by Apple or its three-party authorized repairers are less than 2%, and the other 5% ~ 7% of the damaged Apple phones are mainly repaired by the open market.

If calculated, according to Apple’s official maintenance costs, the maintenance cost of an Apple phone is around $ 150 (a careful consideration). In the open market, the repair price is generally only about half of Apple or Apple-authorized repairers, which is about 75 dollars each.

It also means that even base the maintenance price of the open market, the size of Apple’s after-sales maintenance market has reached $ 7.5 billion per year. After considering the official after-sales and other factors, the actual market size is more than 10 billion US dollars a year.

Before the advent of the iPhone 4, Apple ’s mobile phones had a small market share and low shipments, and there was not much interest in Apple ’s mobile phones in the open market. However, after the iPhone 4 as Apple’s first best-selling mobile phone appeared on the market, not only the sales volume increased sharply, but its double-sided glass design also almost doubled the iPhone 4 after-sales repair rate.

Based on this huge market demand, many manufacturers serving China’s Huaqiang North have found business opportunities. They began to produce iPhone 4 screens, covers, batteries, and other accessories in cooperation with the open market. At the same time, these manufacturers also began to use these accessories to assemble fake iPhone 4 phones.

In the beginning, Apple also actively contacted Chinese domestic law enforcement agencies to crack down the Apple aftermarket maintenance industry chain in the Huaqiangbei market. However, after a period of implementation, Apple suddenly found that compared to the sales of genuine mobile phones due to the appearance of these assembly machines, the decline in sales due to inconvenient maintenance caused Apple to lose more… Therefore, Apple decisively gave up the blow to the open market, and canceled the original design of adding its logo on the front cover, and reused the simple design to facilitate the open market to serve its products.

The change in Apple’s strategy has enabled Huaqiangbei’s Apple after-sales maintenance industry chain to grow and serve the global market through online transactions rapidly. Apple’s iPhone 4S phones have also achieved great success in markets outside the United States. The latest data shows that iPhone sales worldwide generated more than 142.38 billion U.S. dollars in revenues in 2019.

And because Apple’s after-sales repair policy is more perfect than other brands, it’s starting to lead to another phenomenon: some people use open-market spare parts to assemble them into mobile phones, and then go to Apple’s official after-sales replacement of new machines for profit. This is also the aforementioned deliberate tampering of the device, designed to deceive Apple.

So in order to protect itself, apple began to extend the chargers’ coding technology to other major components in subsequent models: if they are not genuine apple components, they will lose after-sales support when connected to the apple motherboard, and the use of some functions will be restricted. For example, if the display screen does not match the code, the point-to-point display function can not be achieved; If the battery is not on the code, quick charging or power management functions can not be used.

However, because the iPhone can be easily and quickly repaired on the open market, consumers ’worries are much relieved, so Apple’s mobile phone sales have grown tremendously.

For example, from the end of 2014 to 2015, due to the popularity of Samsung mobile phones and Xiaomi’s Redmi mobile phones in the market, the open after-sales maintenance market has also begun to produce accessories with these models, which has also seen an after-sales maintenance market similar to Apple’s mobile phones.

At that time, Samsung and Xiaomi also learned from Apple’s old methods, hired a large number of detectives in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and organized huge “anti-counterfeit teams” to report on the open market manufacturers involved in their brands. Because Samsung and Xiaomi’s components carry LOGOs, open market accessory sellers are easily caught by law enforcement agencies.

To avoid being cleared by law enforcement, manufacturers on the open market also quickly averted Xiaomi and Samsung’s mobile phone accessories. Samsung and Xiaomi seem to have won the war on counterfeiting but lost the market.

And it was also the time when Samsung ’s mobile phone changed the display from LCD to OLED, and the OLED display screen was not available on the open market, so the personnel engaged in Samsung repairs quickly moved to repair Apple phones. Xiaomi is even worse. At that time, there were no offline maintenance points. After the open market was destroyed, the after-sales maintenance experience of Xiaomi mobile phone users was inferior. And the after-sales repair rate of about 15% for Android phones makes consumers’ experience worse.

Samsung and Xiaomi have started to decline in mobile phone sales since 2015. Compared with other factors of the two brands, at least half of the elements are inconvenient to repair when the phone is broken.

Although these brands themselves will not acknowledge the existence of these factors when Xiaomi found out the reason, the first thing was to remove the LOGO on the front panel. The anti-counterfeiting department no longer targeted the accessory manufacturers on the open market, only the entire phone manufacturers for counterfeiting. Therefore, Xiaomi’s mobile phone sales have rebounded since 2017.

Inspired and benefited by the incident, it is the BBK group (OPPO & VIVO), which is extremely sensitive to the market. OPPO & VIVO has built a sizeable offline system. In addition to its excellent market sales, its more convenient after-sales maintenance service than the open market is the biggest motivation to attract consumers without worrying.

Therefore, we can see that after 2015, the sales of OPPO & VIVO have soared. The same situation also appears on Huawei phones that replicate the BBK offline channels. After 2017, offline sales of Huawei and Honor phones skyrocketed.

Only Samsung, which still insists on anti-counterfeiting offline, has begun to encounter situations where the main components are not produced by third parties. At the same time, after the sharp decline in after-sales maintenance experience, it also encountered price wars and political factors, so it quickly fell back in the Chinese mainland market.

Apple’s decline in sales outside the United States in the past two years has similar reasons. The first is the reason for the limited function of the uncoded components. The after-sales service experience of Apple mobile phones in the open market is not good. In markets outside the United States, the lack of Apple outlets and the policy of unconditionally replacing new machines have begun to affect Apple sales.

Besides, the conversion of Apple to an OLED display and the increase in functional integration with the back cover glass also makes it challenging to produce the same accessories on the open market, so support for Apple mobile phones in the open market has also rapidly weakened.

Huaqiangbei’s public aftermarket maintenance market has shrunk in the past two years, far less than the hustle and bustle of three years ago. As Huawei has recently begun to crack the public maintenance market like Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi, Huaqiangbei’s public aftermarket maintenance market is even less attractive.

With the upgrade of mobile phone component technology, the increase in processing difficulty, and the decline in market convenience, coupled with the change in after-sales maintenance policies of various brands, in addition to incorporating brands in the open after-sales maintenance market like the BBK series, they will continue to increase sales. In addition to leading, other mobile phone brands will eventually pay for their after-sales maintenance losses in a large market environment where mobile phone innovation is weak.

It"s no secret that Apple iPhones are made in China.  This fact is written on the packaging, or directly on smartphones.  However, in the territory of China, only the individual parts are assembled into the final equipment.  It is much more interesting to watch where the iPhone camera, battery or processor is made.

Namely, if you start researching where spare parts and components for iPhone devices are made, you will find that they areoften produced by competitors. For example, Samsung.  Parts for Apple smartphones come from various countries around the world and their development is in charge of well-known companies. Which specifically?  We will tell you this in the following lines:

For many users, an amazing camera is a significant factor in which they prefer the iPhone over competing smartphones. Apple relies on several camera suppliers, but the largest is the Japanese company Sony. It makes rear cameras. The American company OmniVisiontakes care of the delivery of FaceTime cameras to Apple smartphones.  Older iPhone models can still be equipped with cameras from the manufacturer Qualcomm.

The display is one of the most frequently ordered Apple spare parts. iPhone smartphone screens are characterized by their fantastic graphics and color. They are manufactured by several companies, the largest of which is the South Korean company LG.Some displays are supplied by Sharp.

The touch screen driver, manufactured by Broadcom for Apple, is also worth noting with the iPhone LCD.  Last but not least, the surface of any iPhone screen must not lack durable Gorilla Glass.  This is supplied by the American company Corning.

You might not expect it, but it really is.  The Korean manufacturer Samsung has been supplying batteries for iPhones for more than 10 years. The paradox is that he is considered to be Apple"s biggest competitor.

Like cameras, processors are one of Apple"s largest smartphone domains.  Thanks to their excellent performance parameters,the devices can operate extremely smoothly in all circumstances.  And who is the supplier of these exceptional chips?  The answer may surprise you again.  There are two manufacturers, one of which is Samsung again.  The second is the Taiwanese company TSMC.

Fortunately, if you"re looking for replacement parts for Apple smartphones, you don"t have to order them directly from individual manufacturers.  You will find them all in our wide offer!

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Vivo... moreMidrange to flagship phones use samsung displays. Specifically E4 and E5. Budget and some midrange phones might use other manufacturer"s displays

Anonymous, 25 Feb 2023don"t last? compared to cheap oled from Scamsung its better use huaxing tcl or tianma i s... moreblah blah blah. No one wants chinese dictator crap. China was winning the world manufacturing game then it"s government became so repulsive that no one wanted to be involved with it. I wouldn"t believe you on chinese "quality" either.

Anonymous, 24 Feb 2023I agree for the issue, but oled don"t particularly easier to break. In fact, samsung"... moreIt is not breaking as in physically. It is giving white screen or green lines or purple lines etc. Google iphone 13 pro max white screen.

blue, 24 Feb 2023They have to be cheap since they don"t last at all.don"t last? compared to cheap oled from Scamsung its better use huaxing tcl or tianma i see aloot phone with those display didn"t have green tint

Hemedans, 24 Feb 2023The one Apple Using is "Mini led" not "Micro LED", Micro led is upcoming t... moreSony has sold micro Led way before samsung. You can use panels to form 16K wall.

Anonymous, 24 Feb 2023I never bought a phone with OLEDIf never bought how to complain about issues? No any issues on my A52. Just use low brightness and don"t drop your phone.

blue, 24 Feb 2023Make everything on their own and still be the best. But why should they bother when there are ... moreBest? About time you stop smoking that bong.

Aierlan, 24 Feb 2023Yeah, you"re right. Especially this year there are more and more switching to Huaxing Opt... moreThey have to be cheap since they don"t last at all.

Olympus Oms, 24 Feb 2023What would Apple do without the companies they constantly sue.Make everything on their own and still be the best. But why should they bother when there are many to produce hardware for them?

also microleds since they smaller and bright ... moreThe one Apple Using is "Mini led" not "Micro LED", Micro led is upcoming tech and Superior to Current Oled, only few Samsung TV have Macro led and they are so Expensive they start around 80,000 usd.

Anonymous, 24 Feb 2023I don’t want OLED, it‘s more prone to have issues, it is more expensive and more fragileI agree for the issue, but oled don"t particularly easier to break. In fact, samsung"s sAmoled and LG"s p-oled made by flexible material which won"t break easily. Yes, even more durable than still IPS panel. A friend of mine have an oled device with broken screen, the oled panel still working till date, nevertheless.

Rodolf, 24 Feb 2023Exactly! I can"t wait to see this piece of tech thrown and forgotten after microLED start... more Microled is inferior to OLED apple knows this.

Anonymous, 24 Feb 2023I don’t want OLED, it‘s more prone to have issues, it is more expensive and more fragileExactly! I can"t wait to see this piece of tech thrown and forgotten after microLED starts spreading.

microLED IS the upcoming (true) innovation. It"ll for the first time in displays history combine BOTH reliability AND image quality. Not like the case now which is LCD reliability vs OLED quality.

Vivo... moreYeah, you"re right. Especially this year ther