Teenager builds smartphone from scratch


A 17-year-old have built a smartphone from scratch, after buying a new one proved too expensive.

Somali-born Canadian citizen, Mo Omer, who kept breaking his phone, built one after his mum couldn't afford buying him a new one.

After buying a new one proved too costly, the self-styled "tech nerd" built his own from scratch at a much cheaper cost.

In an interview with BBC Africa, Omer said he intends to sell the homemade smartphone for just $180 (Ksh18,000).

He said: "It's got everything you'd find in a normal phone; it just doesn't cost nearly as much."

He added that phones "are not very complicated devices" and that he has had interest from parts of Africa.

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