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Hello everyone :). I dropped my iPhone 3GS and smashed the screen. The LCD is fine so I decided to buy a touch screen + digitizer and try to repair it myself. I’ve had a look around eBay, and a few other websites including this one. My question is, since I don’t live in USA, postage is quite expensive for me, so I was wondering if there was a way to know if the parts I’m buying over here in Spain are authentic? I don’t want to repair my iPhone with a bad quality screen and end up with problems in the future. Thanks a ton :)

Craft, I think just like anything else that you purchase, it is very hard to determine if it is an OEM part. I have seen Apple parts that were a total fraud but had all the original markings and stamps on it. So it is difficult to say for sure what part you get. As a general guideline, I purchase OEM parts from reputable dealers and know where to purchase inexpensive copies when it does not matter to much if it is original or not. Usually if a deal is to good to be true, it usually is :) So I do not expect to purchase good quality items for cheap. I hope this makes sense and provides a little bit of guidance.

OEM parts are not as good as Original ones visuablely, Good supplier would tell you which is original which is not. Best Regards Joyce

Buy from provenances and OEM,i would help you.

I live in Spain and buy my parts from www.iPhonehuis.nl the shipping costs are 3-5 euro at most and delivery is in 3 business days.

Hola! Te recomiendo nosolochips.es que esta en el metro Quintana. (La tienda física). A mi me arreglaron la LCD del iPod Touch y no he tenido ningún problema. La tienda física está en madrid pero también lo puedes hacer a través de internet :) Saludos!!

When I installed my cheap digitizer I didn’t even notice a difference in the touch screen. The only difference for me is that the glass isn’t gorilla so it isn’t anywhere near as strong

In brick and mortar shops, it easy to identify if the apple replacement parts are original. But when you’re online, make sure to only buy on authorized re-sellers by reading some reviews first before purchasing.

As usual, genuine apple iPhone repair parts are used, not brand new. Because it was from used machine. There are some genuine parts are brand new, but it is little quantity.