When repair shops talk about OLED iPhones as if they're all broadly similar, I understand why - from the outside, an iPhone 12 and an iPhone 14 both have flat OLED screens that look excellent. But from a supply and repair standpoint, these are meaningfully different display assemblies, and the differences matter in ways that a lot of technicians do… Read More

Every week I talk to buyers who are comparing quotes from three or four Chinese suppliers and trying to work out which one is actually cheaper. The unit price on the quote sheet is almost never the number that matters. What matters is the landed cost per screen at your door - and that number has a lot of components that most suppliers either don't … Read More

Most suppliers will tell you their screens are "100% tested." What that phrase actually covers varies enormously from one factory to the next. I've visited enough production lines in this industry - and handled enough warranty disputes - to know that "tested" can mean anything from a two-second visual check under a fluorescent light to a seven-stag… Read More

Touch drift after an iPhone 11 screen replacement is one of the most common - and most argued-about - complaints in the repair industry. The repair shop blames the screen supplier. The screen supplier says it was a workma… Read More