India, Oct. 29 -- Renewed smartphones offer channel partners an opportunity beyond selling new devices. But building this market requires more than repairing used phones. It needs consistent quality, customer trust, financing and a distribution ecosystem that makes renewed devices easier to buy and sell.

Yug Bhatia, Founder & CEO, ControlZ, believes the answer lies in treating renewal as a manufacturing process and giving every participant in the value chain a reason to participate.

"We treat renewal as manufacturing, not repair," Bhatia says.

ControlZ's Renew Hub uses a conveyorised production line, with specialised stations for robotic testing, AI-vision inspection and X-ray checks. The company also renews original components, includ...