Is it possible to build a new iPhone from scratch? It might seem a daunting task, however, if you’re based in the ecosystem of Huaqiangbei electronic market, it’s a completely different story. Assembling iPhones in China is much easier than it sounds.
Assembling iPhones in China from scratch has been a prevalent practice in Huaqiangbei for years with its much lucrative profits than selling original ones. Reselling brand new authentic iPhones the profit is as low as $15 per piece while it can reach almost tenth or twenty times more by simply assembling iPhones from scratch with spare parts available in Shenzhen refurbished phone market.
In this post, we’ll unveil easy ways to source all spare parts in Huaqiangbei and assemble from scratch.
What spare parts do you need to assemble an iPhone?
1. Mother board
2. Case
3. Display
4. Battery
5. Kit of small spare parts
6. Kit of tools
Mother board
Also known as logic board usually paired with touch id, it’s the core piece of the phone that consists of RAM, CPU, sensors and circuitry. It’s the most expensive spare part, you can easily find it in abundance in Huaqiangbei, stacking up in tiny stands. The prices differ upon quality, in general there’re 3 kind of motherboards available in the iPhone components market.
* Original good conditioned mother board.
* Mother board with minor defects that have been previously repaired.
* Mother board with ID touch that has been replaced before.
The quality grade of mother board places a decisive role in the cost, that’s why for the same model sometimes there might be a big difference in price as to wholesale refurbished iPhones from China.
Case
The metal shell featuring big Apple logo where the phone is housed. The case usually comes with a series of small fittings, including sim card trey, button covers, rear camera lens cover, flash cover, two vents at the bottom of the phone, etc. In huaqiangbei, copied cases in Apple’s default colors or even custom made ones in other colors are available in plenty.
Display
The main display assembly includes LCD, backlight, touch sensor and extra added parts like screen protective metal shield, front camera cable, and touch id button. There’re also different grades of LCD available in Huaqiangbei refurbished phone market.
* Original good conditioned LCD.
* Refurbished LCD.
* Copy LCD.
Battery
It’s pretty hard to tell the quality of battery without charging. In addition to the refurbished ones from Apple that are rare to find, most batteries available are counterfeiting ones.
Kit of small spare parts
It’s mind blowing to think that you have to run around here and there to buy other small spare parts like earpiece speaker, main speaker, front camera, rear camera, top flex cable assembly, bottom flex cable assembly…etc. The best part about buying small iPhone components in Huaqiangbei is quite trouble-saving, all you have to tell the seller dedicated to small spare parts is to get you a kit of spare parts apart from mother board, display and battery, within few minutes the kit with spare parts and screws needed would be ready in front of you.
Kit of tools
Thinking about assembling the iphone on your own? Don’t forget to get the tools kit easily available in many stalls. Or if you prefer an expert to carry out the work for you without any mistake or hassles, it’s just a breeze as there’re lots of counters dedicated to assemble or repair iPhones.
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