this guy made an iphone 6s right from scratch

When Scotty Allen decided he wanted an iPhone 6s, he didn’t want to pick one at the Apple store. Allen’s been living in Shenzhen, China, for over a year now; and while there’s an Apple store there, Allen wanted to explore the markets of Huaqiangbei, where cell-phone parts are sold the same way you might browse old records or Princess Diana commemorative plates at a flea market in the States.

The process was not easy. Even with the aid of a local, Freddy, Allen found himself trying and failing to teach himself to solder, in order to build a working logic board, as well as just explaining to bemused locals why he wanted to build a phone from scratch, when he could buy a perfectly good one a few stalls over.

We talked with a very tired Allen (there’s a 12-hour time difference between Shenzhen and New York) about why he wanted to build his own phone, and what he learned along the way.

Out of the entire process, constructing a logic board gave him the most trouble.

At first, Allen thought he’d be able to piece together his own logic board, but soon realized it would be too strenuous of a task.

After speaking with a professor at a phone-making school in China, he decided to buy a refurbished logic board at a market nearby. Unfortunately, he hit a bump in the road and the logic board didn’t work — but he returned it and was given a new one.

After months of hard work and dedication, Allen’s phone turned on and he was able to use it like a regular iPhone.

At the end of the video, he held his device for the camera like a proud father holds his son.

He did it. He built his own, fully-functioning iPhone. We’re proud of you, Scotty!

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