OEM Cellphone Accessories Those who are new to online ecommerce or even if they are familiar with it may not know about the term OEM. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer product and they are becoming popular since online shopping is getting popular day by day. This article will provide you some detail about what OEM products are, what are the differences between retail products and OEM and many more. What is OEM product? In simple definition OEM products are those products that are sold without retail packaging to retailers. Sometimes in a large box lots of products are kept and is sold to the retailers. This is done to reduce the packaging and delivery cost, and also transportation becomes easier. The OEM product being sold will vary depending on the type of products.
In what way the product varies? Well, the product which is purchased as OEM from the wholesaler will lack some components like cables, software CD which are usually included in retail products. Also, there may be no manual included in the OEM product. An example will help you understand the differences. A good example is an OEM hard drive and a retail hard drive. The retail hard drive product is often know as kit because in includes thing like installation manual, cables, software CD, warranty card etc. Whereas in OEM hard drive you will not find such thing. The OEM hard drive will come naked with no other thing wrapped in antistatic bag. Sometimes OEM hard drive is called as “bare drive” Retail versus OEM Price can play a big role in consumer’s purchasing decision. OEM products offers big advantage when compared to retail product. The reduced components as well as reduced packaging materials in OEM products decreases the cost by many times unlike in retail products. The biggest difference between a retail and OEM product is how warranties are handled. Most retail products come with very well defined terms for service and support in case the product has any problems. OEM products on the other hand will generally have shorter warranties and limited support. Beside price, the biggest difference exist between OEM product and the retail product is the warranty. Majority of the retail products will come with warranty and customer support so that if the product has any fault then they ask for a new one or demand for help from the company’s support team. OEM products may have warranty and support but will be limited. As a user who is building a computer system or upgrading a computer system, the retail version may also be important. If you are unfamiliar with what is required to install the component into the computer system, the manufacturer instructions can be very useful as are any cables that you may not have. If anyone wants to build a computer system the for him/her retail product will be important because the manual, manufacturer instructions and other thing like cable which are included in the retail product will help them to install the component into the computer system without any hassle.
OEM Cell phone accessories In case of cell phone accessories, it is better to buy OEM products. For example there’s a lot of difference between OEM cell phone batteries and Non-OEM batteries. OEM batteries are made by the same manufactures who made the same phone. For example, the OEM battery for you Nokia phone is made by Nokia. The Non-OEM batteries for a particular phone are not by the same manufacturer but by some third-party manufacturer who made that particular phone. The OEM batteries might be expensive but it will last longer than the cheap Non-OEM batteries.