In the world’s biggest wholesale electronics marketplace in the bustling Huaqiangbei district of the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen, memory is the

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Technicians in Shenzhen’s Huaqiangbei electronics market district have modified Apple’s iPhone Air to support a physical SIM card slot, according to videos

Technicians in Shenzhen’s Huaqiangbei electronics market district have modified Apple’s iPhone Air to support a physical SIM card slot, according to videos

Technicians in Shenzhen’s Huaqiangbei electronics market district have modified Apple’s iPhone Air to support a physical SIM card slot, according to videos

Pedestrians in the Huaqiangbei electronics market area in Shenzhen, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images China's economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in nearly three years in the fourth quarter as domestic demand softened, though full-year growth matched Beijing's target despite growing trade frictions with the U.S. and a prolonged real estate slump.

Pedestrians in the Huaqiangbei electronics market area in Shenzhen, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images China's economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in nearly three years in the fourth quarter as domestic demand softened, though full-year growth matched Beijing's target despite growing trade frictions with the U.S. and a prolonged real estate slump.

Scotty Allen of ‘Strange Parts’ fame decided to try if he could put together a working Apple Watch from the bits and pieces he found in Shenzhen’s famed electronics marketplaces, Huaqiangbei. His goal was to have everything up and running in one week, and to make matters even more difficult, he planned to build a completely new aluminum casing from scratch, which was a formidable endeavor to say the last.

Scotty Allen of ‘Strange Parts’ fame decided to try if he could put together a working Apple Watch from the bits and pieces he found in Shenzhen’s famed electronics marketplaces, Huaqiangbei. His goal was to have everything up and running in one week, and to make matters even more difficult, he planned to build a completely new aluminum casing from scratch, which was a formidable endeavor to say the last.

Si te gusta Apple tanto como a nosotros, seguro que alguna vez te has preguntado de dónde salen tantos iPhones reacondicionados que se venden por Internet. Pues bien, la respuesta tiene nombre y está en China: Huaqiangbei, un barrio de Shenzhen que es como la meca del hardware, el Silicon Valley del mercado gris y el paraíso de los manitas tecnológicos.