1. The original replacement screen

The main sources for original LCD screen replacements are spare inventories from original manufacturers or defective parts from original assembly lines.

2. Refurbished LCD replacement screen

The majority of damaged screens are glass-only broken screens, while the LCD display and digitizer still work. To refurbish these screens with brand new glass
replacements can make them back to life and market again.

3. Flex-assembled LCD replacement screen

Apart from the original LCD assembly replacements, some original spare or defective LCD displays are seeping into the market. And some small third-party manufacturers will purchase and turn them into final replacements by assembling with new glass lens, adhesives, digitizer frames, backlight films, LCD ICs etc.

4.OEM-Compliant LCD replacement screen

The OEM-complaint replacements showed up because of the imbalance between huge demands for replacements and few original stock in availability. Comparing with the original screens, OEM-complaint ones work but still need to be improved regarding the display effect and working stability.


Judge from the market demand, the original, refurbished and flex-assembled LCD screen, which uses the original LCD, are the most needed replacement in the market. However, since last June, the original LCDs are more and more difficult to be obtained due to the strong control of original factories for the spare inventories and defective LCDs, which makes the original LCD price rises drastically and leads the repair shops and screen replacement suppliers into a dilemma. In order to meet the demands of these repair shops, the parts suppliers customized and ordered the LCDs from the Chinese factories, and assembled these China made LCD screens by third party manufacturers. Subject to cost competition, the repair shops have no choice but to purchase the China made LCD screen replacements instead.


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