Our phone-buying team works from a counter inside Cash Generator on Church Street — every device is graded face-to-face, with the offer broken down before you decide.
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Walk-ins welcome six days a week — payment is sorted on the day, in cash or by bank transfer once you accept the price.
Inside Our St Helens Store
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Phone Buying Counter
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The different levels of screen damage
Not all cracked screens are equal. A hairline crack on the glass with the OLED working perfectly is a very different conversation to a screen with black blotches, green lines or no touch response.
- Glass-only cracks with full touch and image
- Cracks with localised dead spots or touch issues
- OLED bleeding — black, green or pink patches
- Vertical or horizontal lines on the display
- Completely black or unresponsive panel
- Cracks that have damaged Face ID dot projector
Why the OLED matters more than the glass
On modern iPhones the glass and the OLED are bonded together, so a screen replacement always replaces both. What we're really pricing is the rest of the phone — the battery, cameras, frame, board and Face ID.
If Face ID has been damaged in the same impact that broke the screen, the offer drops further because Face ID is paired to the original sensors and can't be fully restored with a screen swap alone.
Is it still worth selling?
For modern iPhones (12 and newer), almost always yes — the parts value alone makes them worth bringing in. For older devices the gap between repair cost and resale value can mean the offer is small. We're happy to look either way.