A cracked lid, dark patches creeping in from the bottom edge, or the flaking anti-reflective coating owners call staingate all end the same way. The panel has to come out. The MacBook Pro A1398 covers every 15-inch Retina model built between Mid 2012 and Mid 2015, machines still doing daily work for Nairobi architects, video editors, university lecturers, and accountants who bought them second-hand and see no reason to spend upwards of KSh 250,000 on a new laptop. A screen swap at KSh 39,000 keeps a working machine earning.

Unlike other electronics retailers in Kenya who sell a panel sight-unseen and leave fitting to a backstreet technician, Mascom International matches the MacBook Pro A1398 screen replacement to your exact EMC number, fits it in-house, and tests picture, camera and Wi-Fi in front of you. Users consistently report that a mismatched production year is the most common cause of a failed swap, since a Late 2013 assembly will not run on a Mid 2015 board. Our team reads the serial first. Walk in Monday to Saturday, 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, or send photos on WhatsApp for a same-day quote.

Three different assemblies carry the A1398 label, so the production year decides everything. Part 661-6529 fits Mid 2012 and Early 2013 units (EMC 2512). Part 661-8310 fits Late 2013 and Mid 2014 units (EMC 2674, 2876, 2881). Part 661-02532 fits Mid 2015 units (EMC 2909, 2910). Open the Apple menu, choose About This Mac, and read the model year, or find the EMC number etched on the underside. Mascom International checks your serial free of charge before ordering anything.

It is the complete clamshell. Apple bonds the Retina panel directly to the aluminium lid, and separating the two risks tearing the antenna traces, the camera flex, and the display cable. A bare-panel repair on the A1398 is delicate work with a high failure rate, which is why both Apple and independent workshops replace the whole top lid. You receive the panel, bezel, back cover, camera, antennas, hinges and clutch cover as one sealed unit ready to bolt on.

Bench time runs 30 to 60 minutes once the correct part is in hand. The technician disconnects the battery from the logic board, removes the bottom case with a P5 pentalobe driver, releases three cable connectors, then unbolts six hinge screws and lifts the old lid away. Walk-in repairs at Kimathi Street are usually finished the same day when the part is in stock. 

Yes. The replacement runs the same 2880x1800 native resolution at roughly 220 pixels per inch, on an IPS panel with LED backlighting and the glossy factory finish. Brightness sits near 300 nits, colour holds at wide viewing angles, and macOS scales to its default 1440x900 workspace with no blur. Panels are graded to ISO 13406-2 Class 1, so between one and five isolated dead pixels are not counted as a fault by any manufacturer.

Both live inside the lid, so both are replaced along with it. The 720p FaceTime HD camera module and its flex cable arrive pre-fitted, and the AirPort Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antenna cables are already routed through the hinge channel. Your technician simply reconnects them to the board. Nothing is transferred across from the old lid, which removes the step where most attempted repairs go wrong and leaves signal strength unchanged.

Not always, and that is worth checking first. Plug the laptop into an external monitor. If the second display is clean, the fault sits in the panel or the display cable and a replacement fixes it. If the external monitor shows the same lines, the discrete graphics chip on the logic board is the likely cause, and a new lid will not help. Bring the machine to Kimathi Street and we test both paths before quoting.

For most owners, yes. A clean used 15-inch A1398 typically trades between KSh 55,000 and KSh 85,000 in Nairobi, and a current Apple laptop starts well above KSh 250,000. Spending KSh 39,000 on a machine that is otherwise sound, with a working battery and healthy SSD, returns two or three more years of Final Cut, AutoCAD, Xcode and Adobe work. If the battery is swollen or the board is failing, we will tell you plainly.

Yes. Many customers in Kisumu, Eldoret, Nakuru and Mombasa order the part and use a trusted local workshop. Send us your serial number on WhatsApp, we confirm the matching part number, then ship it with pay-on-arrival delivery countrywide. The assembly travels in protective packaging with the connectors taped down. Fitting instructions cover the drivers needed, the battery disconnect step, and the hinge bolt sequence, and our team stays reachable during the repair.

The MacBook Pro A1398 screen replacement carries a 6-month Mascom International warranty on manufacturing defects, covering backlight failure, dead pixel clusters and cable faults under normal use. Accidental damage, liquid contact and cracks from a later drop sit outside cover. Our Nairobi CBD service desk handles claims directly, issuing a tested unit once the fault is confirmed on our bench.

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Every assembly comes with the 6-month Mascom warranty stated above.

Buyers across Kenya rely on Mascom International for accurate part matching, honest repair advice, current market pricing, and bench work handled openly at our Nairobi CBD counter.