The used-phone economy has a trust problem: nobody agrees on what a device is worth, where it has been or whether the repair worked. Apkudo’s answer is equal parts software ledger, diagnostic lab and robot line - with a decade-long carrier case study showing why the plumbing matters.
A San Francisco hardware company bet that people would rather turn a screw than buy a new machine. Five years, a 16-inch gaming laptop and a desktop later, the bet is still paying out.