Ran Wentao runs a clothing business in Beijing, and the mobile phone he usually uses is Apple iPhone 4. Once the screen of this mobile phone was broken, and the repair center said that replacing a screen would cost 500 to 600 yuan. Ran Wentao searched the Internet and found that it only costs 100 yuan to buy an iPhone 4 screen. "Repairing a mobile phone is simply too expensive." While he was sighing, he suddenly had an idea: Why don't I buy spare parts and repair it myself? ?
On Taobao, he found many stores selling iPhone accessories. He simply bought a complete set of iPhone 4 accessories and "DIY" a brand new iPhone 4. "A complete set of iPhone 4 spare parts costs 1,800 yuan, of which the most expensive motherboard costs 1,400 yuan. It took me about 4 days from ordering online for spare parts to finally saving up for a new mobile phone. The meaning of saving a mobile phone It’s not that I have an extra spare mobile phone, but I can save my own mobile phone, which is very different from buying a mobile phone.”
A friend wants to save an iPhone 5
Ran Wentao was originally in the clothing business and did not know much about mobile phone repair, but the iPhone he saved did not malfunction after being used for several days, and the mobile phone system can be upgraded.
The story of Ran Wentao’s self-collection of Apple iPhones spread among his circle of friends, and friends kept coming over to see the phones he had saved. Some friends are very fond of Ran Wentao and hope that he can help save a new iPhone 5 mobile phone. Ran Wentao told reporters: "Buying a set of iPhone 5 mobile phone accessories costs 2,700 yuan, and saving for a new iPhone 5 should not be difficult."
In the Zhongguancun electronics store, reporters found that a brand new genuine iPhone 5 mobile phone costs 4,000 yuan. Since you can save a mobile phone by yourself, can you save a mobile phone and sell it online? Ran Wentao said that the profit is not big, "There are cheap parallel-imported mobile phones sold online, and an iPhone 5 is only more than 3,000 yuan, and buying it yourself There is not much difference between accessories and mobile phones. I bought all genuine accessories for my mobile phone, but the price is definitely not high."
Self-built machines are not cheap
The reporter found that many online stores on Taobao are engaged in the business of Apple accessories, and some claim to be full sets of original disassembled parts. Is it worth following the practice of buying a complete set of Apple iPhone accessories online and buying a new mobile phone by yourself? How is the quality of this kind of self-built mobile phone? Luo Hao, who has been repairing Apple mobile phones for many years at Zhongguancun E World, said that since Technically speaking, it is feasible to buy a complete set of accessories to build a mobile phone yourself, but online accessories are basically not original, and the quality of the ones you save is unstable.
Luo Hao told reporters that the mobile phone accessories Ran Wentao bought were not original, because an original iPhone motherboard would not be less than 1,000 yuan, and the original touch screen was also 1,000 yuan, which together exceeded the total price of the iPhone 4 accessories he purchased. . What he saved was actually a high imitation iPhone. "Most of the Apple mobile phone motherboards on the Internet are made in China, and the spare parts on the motherboard are also welded on the mobile phone motherboard by some small workshops. They are not technically qualified. A set of truly brand-new original iPhone 5 spare parts sells for close to 4,000 yuan. The current price of a brand new iPhone 5 in Zhongguancun is about 4,200 yuan."
