Recommendations for identifying fake or original iPhone LCD screen

  There are many ways to tell fake iPhone LCD screens from original OEM without having to put each one under a microscope or taking up too much of your time.  Many identification methods are outdated and the factories that manufacture the fake iPhone LCDs are always coming up with new methods to mask known visual inspection methods. You can identify fake iPhone screens easily with a few simple techniques that will cover 98% of product, no matter how much a supplier tries to replicate the real thing.

  1. Resolution Quality

Cell phone LCD screen resolutions are being manufactured with higher resolutions in a rapid way. Cutting corners on resolution quality is the number one way for factories to reduce costs. Being that most new models have retina or HD quality DPI, you should be able to easily identify a fake iPhone screen from the original. Make sure you have a known, real, original LCD to compare with and download a high resolution photo for testing comparison.

2. Flex Cable Markings

  The second most common way to identify a fake iPhone LCD is through markings on the digitizer and LCD flex cables. The main one I look at is just the digitizer flex because it wouldn’t make sense for anyone to manufacture a fake LCD with an original digitizer. That would be like putting V8 engine in a VW Beetle. Additionally, Apple does work with customs officials in various countries to size fake poor quality refurbish screens. It’s a way that custom agents can spot fake iPhone parts without Apple having to provide a field manual that’s difficult to enforce.

3. LCD Flex Cable IC Chip

  There is a chip on the LCD flex cable that regulates power and display information from the main board to the LCD itself. You’ll know you have a fake iPhone LCD (or at best poor quality refurbished original) if the upside-down triangle is missing from the IC chip. One would think the copy factories would enjoy reducing their cost by removing a chunk of raw material on this cover, but they don’t. I would assume it’s more costly to cut out the triangle design on the cover than to save the material cost.

Not so many fake iPhone LCD screens are on the market these days. There are so many broken LCD screens being reclaimed that it costs less to refurbish a used cracked iPhone screen than it does to manufacture a new fake iPhone screen. No matter what the LCD model, the trends to spot fake iPhone parts tends to stay the same. LCD screens are becoming larger and smarter, and it shows in the more expensive parts costs for models such as the iPhone 5s, Note II, etc. Neglecting to keep your suppliers product in check is a recipe for being taken advantage of and wasting money. By knowing how to spot fake parts, it will ensure you’re staying competitive in the cell phone repair business.

Now, if you are going to buy the cheapest LCD from your supplier and asked “Are these new?” you will mostly likely be answered with a “yes”. The LCD must be new but be sure that it was a fake LCD made only to shave off the cost and you should be ready to compromise with possibly DPI and resolution or color brightness or quality of workmanship. Also there are instances where the LCD may be original but the flex cables may be produced from a secondary below standard factory. In such cases it is rather impossible though for a non-technical person to spot the difference yet if one holds an original assembly of Apple LCD along with a fake one it may be quite possible to differentiate the two.

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