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The Ultimate DIY Challenge: Building an iPhone 12 Mini from AliExpress Parts
In an era where the cost of new smartphones often eclipses the budgets of many consumers, a new trend has surfaced: DIY assembly of smartphones using parts sourced from online marketplaces. One individual's daring experiment involved building the cheapest iPhone possible—specifically, an iPhone 12 Mini—by purchasing each necessary component through AliExpress. This undertaking would determine whether creating such a device from scratch would be cheaper than purchasing a used model on the market.