Nowadays, phones are being updated all the time. Some phones are cheaper than others and sometimes the parts, like internal LCDs are more expensive than a cheaper end phone is to buy.
As there are so many phones coming out all the time, the LCD range that is stocked needs to cover the majority of these models. An ever increasing selection of mobile phone LCD screens are now available to the public.
Often, people will ask why one would want to change the broken LCD screen and not just buy a new phone? Well, firstly, the LCD price represents the price of the phone it is for.
An example being, If a phone cost £50 new, an LCD for that phone would be available for around £15 whereas a £100 phones LCD screen would more likely cost about £35. So it is always going to be a cheaper option to replace the LCD than the phone. Nowadays, some phones cost up to £500 when purchased sim free. The LCDs again, reflect this and can cost up to £180 or more. So, you may think that for the price of a new LCD, you can get a new phone for, right? Right, but it would not be the same phone as it costs £500 to replace that model. People would rather spend x amount on repairing the current phone they have than spending the money on a new phone instead as the phone would be inferior to the broken phone. › Continue reading…