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Robotics, Continuous Processing & Photometrics Bring More Profit for Smartphone Resellers
May 03, 2021
A series from our whitepaper, ‘The Secondary Smartphone Market REVolution’
Accurate testing also helps vendors to know which products are suitable for ‘grade skipping.’ Resellers can boost their profits considerably when they move a device up a grade by repairing faults or fixing cosmetic flaws. To do this, they need to be sure they choose the right handsets to improve.
With REV, Ingram Micro has found a way to automate the cosmetic grading and diagnostic testing of smartphones.
Two key innovations make this possible:
1. REV brings the phone to the testing
In previous attempts at automated device testing, the phone was moved around. Human operators would take a device from one machine to another to perform different assessments. REV reverses this process. Phones are placed on pallets that move around a continuous circuit. Robotic arms perform different tests. The device stays within the circuit and the processing is brought to the phone.
2. Photometric analyzers do the cosmetic grading
Cosmetic grading has proven to be the biggest hurdle for machine testing. With REV, Ingram Micro solves this problem by adapting photometric techniques in order to identify and grade blemishes on the screen or casing.
REV is Ingram Micro’s response to this surging market. Human operators can use one REV machine to test and grade up to 480 devices per hour, improving the industry average by 10x.
If you are working in the secondary handset or mobile diagnostics, we’d love to hear from you! To find out more about REV, please visit www.ingrammicroservices.com/REV
Fast and Accurate Testing = More Profit for Resellers
The secondary smartphone market relies on a speedy turnaround of its inventory. Age matters. Every week of delay knocks some resale value from a used device. Of course, this adds to the pressure to make tests fast.Accurate testing also helps vendors to know which products are suitable for ‘grade skipping.’ Resellers can boost their profits considerably when they move a device up a grade by repairing faults or fixing cosmetic flaws. To do this, they need to be sure they choose the right handsets to improve.
REV’s New Approach
With REV, Ingram Micro has found a way to automate the cosmetic grading and diagnostic testing of smartphones.
Two key innovations make this possible:
1. REV brings the phone to the testing
In previous attempts at automated device testing, the phone was moved around. Human operators would take a device from one machine to another to perform different assessments. REV reverses this process. Phones are placed on pallets that move around a continuous circuit. Robotic arms perform different tests. The device stays within the circuit and the processing is brought to the phone.
2. Photometric analyzers do the cosmetic grading
Cosmetic grading has proven to be the biggest hurdle for machine testing. With REV, Ingram Micro solves this problem by adapting photometric techniques in order to identify and grade blemishes on the screen or casing.
Want more REV?
REV is Ingram Micro’s response to this surging market. Human operators can use one REV machine to test and grade up to 480 devices per hour, improving the industry average by 10x.
If you are working in the secondary handset or mobile diagnostics, we’d love to hear from you! To find out more about REV, please visit www.ingrammicroservices.com/REV
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