Different Screens & Different Qualities

For some types of phones, in particular the iPhone range there are a number of different types as a replacement. The iPhone 7 for example had about 7 different variations ranging significantly in price and quality with the best replacement screen costing as much as 10 times as the cheapest. This becomes even more complicated when iPhone begun using organic light-emitting diode or OLED screens as opposed to Light-emitting diode or LED screens.

Some repair companies offer just one type for a particular model and may not make it clear which type that is. We try to offer the customer as much choice as possible with a range of screen types but without sacrificing quality or potentially putting the device at risk of a poor quality screen causing damage.

Below we outline what a typical range of screens are for an iPhone 7 or 8.

The cheapest copy

£7-£14
Possible one of the most common screens found in kiosk repair shops and market places such as ebay. They lack a camera mount, have a dark display with a significant yellow tinge and have a digitizer stuck to the LCD which reduces the performance of the touch.

TIANMA Type

£12-£17
Slightly better than the cheapest copy the Tianma type has somewhat better screen brightness and the yellow tinge is less prominant but also has a fixed on digitizer which will cause poor touch responce.

ESR & InCell Screens

£16-£22
With a brighter screen and an InCell digitizer this screen is in our opinion the minimum acceptable quality screen. There is no yellow tinge, the screen is bright with cooler colours and having the digitizer built within the LCD the touch performance is much better than cheaper screen types.

GMO Type Screens

£22-£30
The GMO type has everyything the ESR InCell type has but slightly warmer colours which have more depth.

FOG Type Screens

£30-£45
A brand new assembly that tries to replicate the quality of an original iPhone screen. The screen has good colour depth and brightness. It is generally only possible to see if a screen is FOG when compared sided by side with an original screen. Then there is a noticible difference but its not very significant.

Refurbished Original Screens

£45-£65
An original Apple iPhone LCD that has had its frame and glass replaced. The look and feel is obviously as an original and is the best quality screen for a replacment.

A typical online market place screen type compared to an ESR type screen

A typical GMO screen type compared to an ESR type screen with warmer colour