{"id":338226,"date":"2017-04-13T06:01:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T22:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/12\/iphone-6s-made-from-spare-parts\/"},"modified":"2017-04-13T06:01:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T22:01:11","slug":"this-functional-iphone-6s-was-built-entirely-from-spare-parts-bought-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/this-functional-iphone-6s-was-built-entirely-from-spare-parts-bought-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"This Functional iPhone 6s Was Built Entirely From Spare Parts Bought in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body\" readability=\"63.476124567474\">Former software engineer Scotty Allen wanted to find out if it was possible to build an iPhone <a href=\"https:\/\/strangeparts.com\/how-i-made-my-own-iphone-in-china\/\">entirely from spare parts<\/a>, so he decided to visit Shenzhen, China to see if he could collect all the requisite pieces.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, it is indeed possible to build an iPhone from scratch using a hodgepodge of parts, as Allen demonstrates in the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/leFuF-zoVzA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He built a like-new 16GB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-6s\/\">iPhone 6s<\/a> using components that were purchased in the cell phone parts markets of Huaqiangbei, China. The finished iPhone 6s is fully functional and comes complete with a working <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/touch-id\/\">Touch ID<\/a> Home button because the logic board and the Home button were purchased together.<\/p>\n<p>Allen didn&#8217;t save any money building an iPhone from the ground up &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/iphone\/comments\/64yesp\/i_made_my_own_iphone_in_china_this_is_a_video_of\/\">on reddit<\/a>, he says he spent &#8220;well over $1,000,&#8221; but that ended up including extra parts, components that broke, or tools that were unnecessary. He thinks approximately $300 worth of parts actually went into the iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>Because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-7\/\">iPhone 7<\/a> parts were still difficult to find when he embarked on the project, Allen chose to build a previous-generation iPhone 6s. While most of the parts weren&#8217;t too difficult to obtain, he says it was hard to get his hands on a logic board. He also had help from many of the vendors who sold the parts during the assembly process.<\/p>\n<p>Allen outlines his experience building the iPhone in the video above, but additional details on sourcing the components and the assembly process can be <a href=\"https:\/\/strangeparts.com\/how-i-made-my-own-iphone-in-china\/\">found on his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former software engineer Scotty Allen wanted to find out if it was possible to build an iPhone <a href=\"https:\/\/strangeparts.com\/how-i-made-my-own-iphone-in-china\/\">entirely from spare parts<\/a>, so he decided to visit Shenzhen, China to see if he could collect all the requisite pieces.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, it is indeed possible to build an iPhone from scratch using a hodgepodge of parts, as Allen demonstrates in the video below.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/leFuF-zoVzA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHe built a like-new 16GB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-6s\/\">iPhone 6s<\/a> using components that were purchased in the cell phone parts markets of Huaqiangbei, China. The finished iPhone 6s is fully functional and comes complete with a working <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/touch-id\/\">Touch ID<\/a> Home button because the logic board and the Home button were purchased together.<\/p>\n<p>Allen didn&#8217;t save any money building an iPhone from the ground up &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/iphone\/comments\/64yesp\/i_made_my_own_iphone_in_china_this_is_a_video_of\/\">on reddit<\/a>, he says he spent &#8220;well over &#36;1,000,&#8221; but that ended up including extra parts, components that broke, or tools that were unnecessary. He thinks approximately &#36;300 worth of parts actually went into the iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>Because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-7\/\">iPhone 7<\/a> parts were still difficult to find when he embarked on the project, Allen chose to build a previous-generation iPhone 6s. While most of the parts weren&#8217;t too difficult to obtain, he says it was hard to get his hands on a logic board. He also had help from many of the vendors who sold the parts during the assembly process.<\/p>\n<p>Allen outlines his experience building the iPhone in the video above, but additional details on sourcing the components and the assembly process can be <a href=\"https:\/\/strangeparts.com\/how-i-made-my-own-iphone-in-china\/\">found on his blog<\/a>.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/iphone-6s-made-from-spare-parts.2041556\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=RhEEUHCCMYg:nyh0FGuQpOU:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=RhEEUHCCMYg:nyh0FGuQpOU:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/RhEEUHCCMYg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-338226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}