Watch: This man shows how to build an iPhone 6s from scratch

This man built an iPhone 6s from scratch. He sourced components from China, which wasn't overall an easy task.   

Scotty sources the parts from - no brownie points for guessing - China. Shenzhen, to be precise. Now, if you've visited the electronics market in Shenzhen, then it seems quite believable with malls of electronics, leaving you with a good scope of sourcing components. But, who've visited also know the importance of knowing the local language, and negotiating with sellers using a calculator.

Scotty says he is a programmer but didn’t dabble much with phones. However, he adds anyone watching the video with lots of patience will be able to build as it's no rocket science. He bought a board with the Touch sensor, and also managed to buy a screen and battery. Building a phone requires a screen, shell, battery, and logic board. It had parts that cost roughly $300 which is approx. ₹19000. A brand new Apple iPhone 6s sells at ₹30000. 

And, overall, it was a task that required a lot of effort. Take a look at the video below:

In his blogpost, Scotty also writes that the reason to build an iPhone 6s and not the iPhone 7 was he already owned an iPhone 6s and thought he might need a phone identical to what he was trying to build and compare against. However, he added, there was never the need to open the iPhone 6s.

“iPhone 7 parts are pretty hard to come by in the markets. It’s not totally clear why this is, but I have some ideas. A lot of the parts come from recycled/broken phones, and so it would make sense that there just isn’t that much supply yet. I also think there’s probably really high demand for iPhone 7 parts, so what parts are available may get traded before they make it out into display cases,” he added.