Question about M1 MacBook Air screen assembly and bezel

[steveyeahno]

Hi everyone,


I’m trying to understand a repair issue on an M1 Macbook Air.


After an initial screen repair, the seller/ repairer told me the repair, the display they installed was correct for a MacBook Air, but that the bezel had the wrong “MacBook Pro” label — they described it as "the wrong sticker."


I’m trying to figure out how plausible that is.


From what I understand, the M1 Air has a fully laminated display where the bezel, glass, and LCD are one bonded unit. Can the bezel actually be replaced or relabelled independently on these models?


Also, if a screen later develops an internal crack or distortion, could that come from assembly stress or poor fitting, rather than an external impact?


I’d appreciate any technical insights — just trying to understand what’s physically possible with these display assemblies.


Thanks in advance!

 

[RadishTM]

Bezel at the bottom of the display assembly is a piece of adhesive glass that can shatter if enough external pressure is applied. Though it can be removed using a heat gun/flat card. One can easily find 3rd-party replacements for these with pre-adhesive applied on the likes of AliExpress, eBay etc...

If a genuine, replacement display was installed with Apple's Repair Assistant software used after, it would be factory calibrated and have True Tone enabled in Display settings under System Preferences.