When a shop quotes you $60 for a screen replacement and another quotes $189, they are not selling you the same repair. The part inside is different — and six months later, you will feel the difference every time you use your phone.

The three tiers of parts

The market has roughly three grades. Genuine or OEM-spec parts are built to the original manufacturer’s specifications — same panel suppliers, same tolerances. High-quality aftermarket parts copy the design with cheaper components. And then there is the bargain tier, where corners are cut on everything from glass hardness to the touch controller.

What you actually notice

A bargain screen shows itself fast: brightness that cannot fight sunlight, colors shifted toward blue, a millisecond of touch lag you feel when typing, and True Tone or auto-brightness that never works again. Bargain batteries are worse — inflated capacity claims, rapid health decay, and in the worst cases swelling that pushes the screen off the frame.

The hidden costs of cheap

The real math includes failures. A $60 screen with a 15% failure rate and no warranty is not cheaper than a $189 OEM-spec screen with a 1-year warranty — it is a lottery ticket. We see the losers every week: phones re-repaired two or three times, each visit paying again for the same job.

How we source

Every part that goes into an Teltaks repair is OEM-spec or genuine, from suppliers we audit quarterly. Each display is power-tested before it is stocked, each battery is cycle-checked, and anything that fails our incoming inspection goes back — about 4% of shipments do. That is why we can put a full year of warranty on every repair while discount shops offer 30 days or nothing.

Ask any shop two questions before you hand over your phone: what grade of part are you fitting, and how long is the warranty? The answers — or the hesitation — will tell you everything.