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"That's not an interesting story."
Thankfully for Apple fans, Allen continues to use the iPhone to tell the story of a complex ecosystem of parts suppliers and repair shops and the hard working, self made people of Shenzhen's electronics district. It is as much a story about the drive and hustle of self made vendors as it is Allen's search for logic boards, CPUs and back plates.
iPhone hacks: Headphone jacks and wireless charging
Scotty Allen drilled a headphone jack into an iPhone 7, but cautions against trying this at home.
Photo: Scotty Allen
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At dinner one night, a friend wondered aloud if she could build an iPhone from parts being sold by smartphone vendors. About a year passed and Allen, already posting his travel adventures on YouTube, decided to see if he could build an iPhone.
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"The (electronics) market is a complex ecosystem," he said. "It's mixed with broken phones, tiny parts in bins, people trying to pioneer new techniques in building logic boards. It's mind blowing."
The vendors' warmth and willingness to help surprised him.
"Everybody is an entrepreneur here," Allen said. "A lot of people I interact with do not come from money. coque iphone These cellphone repair brothers, both have junior high school educations and went from waiting tables to owning a booth in the market. They have a staff and it is supporting multiple families. This all happened in the course of six coque iphone 5c mme raleuse years. coque huawei There was a level of hustle, the money saved from waiting tables, they work 12 hour days, seven days a week. coque iphone What they've done is really humbling."
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iPhone hacker's learning process
When he set out, Allen had never looked inside an iPhone and could "count on one hand" the number of circuit boards he had designed.
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Allen's videos are edited down from hours of footage. He is careful not to remove scenes that show his frustration, stumbles and outright failures.
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