Broke my screen replacing the usb port on my Pixel 3a XL, no big deal right? 5 year old phone, very popular, lots of replacement parts!
It's 130 if I buy locally. I could upgrade to a pixel 4a XL for 160.
Even from Aliexpress it's 55! That's 1/3rd the value of the phone!
Why are there no after market parts? I don't need oled! I don't need HD! I'd take a 480 led screen if it was cheap
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Every phone maker uses a different panel mounted to a different housing with a different sheet of glass over the front so there are no economies of scale for spare parts in android land. That's my best guess anyway.
For iphones, where there otherwise would be economies of scale with the parts, Apple has armed guards at every point in their supply chain with instructions to kill anybody attempting to buy standalone parts before they make it into the final product. For more details see every Louis Rossman video ever.
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Apple also charges 25% of the value of your phone to protect it against a 0.01% probability occurrence.
Apple Care About Money.
!droiders
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I almost bought an archbtw phone, but it had too many reviews about missing or dropped calls
it's pretty much the closest thing to my dream phone that exists
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gets me every time
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Still weighs less than the average rdrama (tt)
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Yeah I think it's just an economies of scale thing.
OLEDs are also a cartel !neolibs
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A pretty cartel!
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Ya they got me by the balls. OLED moniotrs are just so much better. I got a cool pic on my mouse
demonstrating how individual pixels 
turn off for black, zoom in and stare 
into the abyss 
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So just scale up the total amount of replacement parts available. Unless you just don't feel like it.
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