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Re:How I Made My Own iPhone in China [video] by chipset on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:01PM (#14101705)
If you read his blog post he mentions that the logic board is recycled and he thinks that alot of iphone 6 parts come from recycled/broken phones.

quote from the blog about the logic board: "The one I bought is refurbished/repaired, almost undoubtedly from a real, legitimately purchased phone made by Apple that was recycled at some point."

Re:How I Made My Own iPhone in China [video] by robjan on Thursday April 13, 2017 @03:32AM (#14104896)
A lot of phones stolen in the west are laundered just south of the border here in Hong Kong.