iPhone 4 vs iPhone 4S

iPhone 4 vs iPhone 4S screen

In this post we will try and identify the differences between an iPhone 4 screen vs an iPhone 4S screen. We will be comparing the iPhone 4 AT&T (GSM) screen, the iPhone 4 Verizon (CDMA) screen, and the iPhone 4S screen.

Is the iPhone 4 vs iPhone 4S screen the same?

Well almost. We took a side by side photo of all the screens and here is what we found out.

iPhone 4 vs iPhone 4S: What’s the same?

  • the LCD and Digitizer connectors are exactly the same.
  • the LCD and Digitizer are all glued together and cannot be separated.
  • the front camera hole is in the same spot.
  • the proximity sensor hole is in the same spot.
  • the ear speaker hole is in the same spot

iPhone 4 vs iPhone 4S: What’s different?

  • the mounting brackets

iPhone 4 vs iPhone 4s screen mounting brackets

The mounting brackets are the only difference between the 3 versions compared here.

There are a total of 10 mounting brackets on each version of the iPhone 4 vs iPhone 4S.

At the corners:

  • On the iPhone 4S screen the corner mounting brackets match the iPhone 4 Verizon (CDMA) phone.
  • On the iPhone 4 AT&T (GSM) screen the corner mounting brackets at the bottom match the iPhone 4S but the top brackets do not match.

At the sides:

  • Volume Button Side
    • On the iPhone 4S screen the side mounting brackets match the iPhone 4 Verizon (CDMA) phone.
    • On the iPhone 4 AT&T (GSM) screen the side mounting brackets at the top and bottom match the iPhone 4S but the middle does not match.
  • Opposite the Volume Button Side
    • On the iPhone 4S screen the top and bottom side mounting bracket matche the iPhone 4 Verizon (CDMA) phone.
    • On the iPhone 4S screen the middle side mount bracket matches the iPhone 4 AT&T (GSM) phone.
    • On the iPhone 4 Verizon (CDMA) screen the middle side mount does not match either of the other two.
    • On the iPhone 4 AT&T (GSM) screen the top and bottom side mounts do not match either of the other two

And there you have it the iPhone 4 vs iPhone 4S screen differences.

 

1 Response » to “iPhone 4 vs iPhone 4S: Difference between screens”

  1. freeman.c says:

    thanks for your blog, this article is very usefull for me. but i want to ask more about the lcd driver: is the lcd assembly interchangable for iphone4 and 4s in the aspect of driver, regardless of the mounting brackets differences ? Thanks:)

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