iPhone screen buyback grading guide

Broken iPhone screen grading doesn’t need to be magic. Our grading standard incorporates all current grading and is quickly being adopted by the industry as the universal standard.

iPhone 15 series

Grade A

TFT (LCD) / OLED:
Fully functional OEM screen.

White

A White 1

Grey

A Grey

Black

A Black

Grade B

TFT (LCD) :
Fully Functional OEM screen with small dead pixels, backlight, yellow screen.

OLED :
Fully functional with light screen burns or has severe damage to front glass/ cracking on four corners.

White

2a

Grey

2b

Black

2c

Grade C

TFT (LCD) :
Fully Functional OEM screen with big dead pixel, stars, slight color marks.

OLED :
Fully Functional OEM screen with middle screen burns.

White

3a

Grey

3b

Black

3c

Grade D

TFT (LCD) :
Fully functional OEM screen with 3D issues middle color marks in white background or big color marks.

OLED :
Fully Functional OEM screen with heavy shadow.

White

4a

Grey

4b

Black

4c

Grade G (No touch)

TFT (LCD) :
No touch or Flex cable issue.

OLED :
No touch or Flex cable issue. Flex cable issue means the screen will flash when you shake the flex cable gently. Mixed issues are graded as Fully Broken.

Digitizer fail (No touch)

5a

3D sensor fail

5b

Fully broken

TFT (LCD) /OLED:
Physically broken LCDs /OLEDs with good flex cable and IC. If flex cable or IC is broken, screen will be considered fully broken with no value.

Lines

6a

Flex cable torn

6b

No image

6c

iPhone Original vs. Replacement

Original vs. Replacement

A: Black sticker

B: Apple logo

C: Lens diffuser

D: Supplier stamp

Original

7a

Replacement

7b

iPhone Original, new vs. Refurbished

Original vs Refurbished

A: QR code

B: Apple logo

C: Original structure/ backlight IC

Original

8a

Original, refurbished

8b

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