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He said on reddit he spent about $1000 all up including the tools required.



Yeah but as I said a lot of those tools were for populating a bare logic board though that he didn't end up doing because a repair shop told him he could expect to waste 4+ boards before making on that worked so I don't really think that's part of the cost of the phone since they weren't used in the final product or making it.


then it's more expensive than buying a new one.




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