Re:Securing a travel iPhone
by post_break on Friday July 08, 2016 @05:25PM
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Perfect for parts. New screens aren't cheap. Battery, camera modules, etc.
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Yeah, you could part the whole thing out, but there's so little demand for used parts currently that it's tough to make a business case for it.
New screens are pretty cheap these days; under $40 for a new iPhone 6 screen wholesale currently. Used batteries are worth nothing since new batteries are so cheap (a new 6 battery is less than $10 -- why would you want a used one?) Camera, home button, charge port, prox sensor...even if you put all those together you'd barely have $100 worth of parts, and that's talking about new part prices (wholesale).
New screens are a lot cheaper than $200, which appears to be the price of iCloud locked phone.