17-Year-Old Chinese High School Student Builds a Foldable Smartphone at Home Using Recycled Parts—and It Actually Works

A 17-year-old student from China made his own smartphone during the holidays. And not just any old phone, but a foldable model. He used old parts from other phones to make it, and the rest of the components were printed on a 3D printer. The resulting phone

17-Year-Old Chinese High School Student Builds a Foldable Smartphone at Home Using Recycled Parts—and It Actually Works

While tech giants pour billions into developing the next breakthrough device, a 17-year-old student in China has quietly engineered a foldable smartphone from scratch—using a 3D printer, spare parts, and a strong dose of resourcefulness. A Smartphone Built in a High Schooler’s Room Lan Bowen, a first-year student at Yiling High School in Yichang, Hubei Province, undertook what would be a remarkable DIY project for any engineer, let alone a teena…