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Guy builds his own iPhone from parts in China
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:37 am
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:37 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leFuF-zoVzA
I know people buy and repair broken phones all the time, but thought it was a pretty cool video. I'm always amazed at how advanced they are in regards to technology there and how different it is then here in the US. Would be awesome to see farmer's type markets like they have, but for technology.
Easy to see how they counterfeit so much stuff there too.
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I built a like-new(but really refurbished) iPhone 6S 16GB entirely from parts I bought in the public cell phone parts markets in Huaqiangbei. And it works!
I've been fascinated by the cell phone parts markets in Shenzhen, China for a while. I'd walked through them a bunch of times, but I still didn't understand basic things, like how they were organized or who was buying all these parts and what they were doing with them.
So when someone mentioned they wondered if you could build a working smartphone from parts in the markets, I jumped at the chance to really dive in and understand how everything works. Well, I sat on it for nine months, and then I dove in.
I know people buy and repair broken phones all the time, but thought it was a pretty cool video. I'm always amazed at how advanced they are in regards to technology there and how different it is then here in the US. Would be awesome to see farmer's type markets like they have, but for technology.
Easy to see how they counterfeit so much stuff there too.
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Posted on 4/13/17 at 7:34 am to Signal Soldier
did i miss it or did he not bother to say how much it cost?
Posted on 4/13/17 at 7:42 am to Signal Soldier
That market seems like a nightmare. What did that cost him to build the phone?
Posted on 4/13/17 at 7:47 am to bbap
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did i miss it or did he not bother to say how much it cost?
I'd love to know that as well.
I'd be like a kid in a candy shop with that much access to markets like that.
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Would be awesome to see farmer's type markets like they have, but for technology.
It's crazy how much more capitalistic they are than us in some aspects.
This post was edited on 4/13/17 at 7:49 am
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:09 am to fatboydave
quote:$300
What did that cost him to build the phone?
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:16 am to PhifeDogg
with or without the plane tickets 
seems like he said he flew back & forth from China 2 or 3x over a couple of months during the project.
in any case, that's one of the coolest things i've ever seen.
seems like he said he flew back & forth from China 2 or 3x over a couple of months during the project.
in any case, that's one of the coolest things i've ever seen.
Posted on 4/14/17 at 8:15 am to Signal Soldier
The flight to a China would be expensive for sure.
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