Phone Screens

Buying replacement screens in bulk (iPhone 11 to iPhone 12)

In this category the grade is the product — it sets the price, the warranty risk and the repeat business. Incell LCD integrates touch into the display layer and is the budget route for older devices — it works, but brightness and battery draw are the trade-offs. Every iPhone 11 panel is graded before it is boxed, and the listing names the grade so there is no guessing at the bench. The iPhone 11 range spans the grade ladder, so a premium repair and a volume job can both be filled.

Colour accuracy differs noticeably between incell and OLED panels, so a repair shop that promises a like-new screen should be stocking soft OLED.

Specs and checks that matter

• Substrate check: Flex carries a factory code (JK, GX, ZY, DL, YH) — it identifies the actual production line
• Common misdiagnosis: Roughly one in three "screen faults" traced to a bench actually turns out to be the flex or a software state
• OLED types: Soft OLED is flexible and absorbs drops; hard OLED is rigid glass and more brittle at the corners
• Bench test: Touch, display, ghost-touch and true-tone are checked before an order is packed
• Grade scale: Original New, Original Pull, OEM Refurb, OEM Grade, Soft OLED, Hard OLED, FHD Incell, HD Incell/TFT

Buyer questions

Soft OLED or hard OLED?

Soft OLED is flexible and survives drops better; hard OLED is rigid and cheaper but more fragile at the corners.

Soft OLED vs hard OLED — what is the real difference?

Soft OLED uses a flexible substrate and survives drops; hard OLED uses rigid glass, is cheaper, and cracks more easily at the corners.

Should I fit an LCD into an OLED phone?

Only as an openly labelled budget option: you lose true blacks and brightness, and the phone draws more power on a full backlight.

What do the screen grades actually mean?

From top to bottom: original new, original pull, refurbished original with new glass, premium aftermarket OLED, soft OLED, hard OLED, FHD incell LCD and budget incell or TFT.

Related in this range

• Phone batteries
• Phone Cases
• Motorola screens
• All phone repair parts & batteries