SK Networks Mintit "Check Used Phone Selling Value with Photos"

[Asia Economy Reporter Suyeon Woo] SK Networks' information and communication recycling brand Mintit provides a service that shows the resale value of mobile phones through images.

Mintit, which operates Korea's first AI-based unmanned used phone ATM, announced on the 18th that it has enhanced customer convenience by implementing a feature that provides mobile phone inspection results as images through the 'Mintit ATM Mini.'

Additionally, through deep learning-based upgrades, the accuracy of mobile phone condition assessments and processing speed have both been improved, allowing users to intuitively check the damaged areas and extent of damage on the used phone's exterior. The issue of misrecognition of foreign substances inside the Mintit ATM's shooting box, as well as dust and fingerprints on the phone, has also been resolved.

The functional upgrade of Mintit ATM was achieved through collaboration with Minds & Company, an AI specialist firm. The two companies have been working since last year to improve services in the field of AI visualization. A Mintit official stated, "While visualization AI is mainly used for quality control in manufacturing plants, it is meaningful that the consumer-oriented platform Mintit ATM has implemented visualization AI."

Jeon Sang-hyun, CEO of Minds & Company, said, "To train the used mobile phone damage detection model, we built a dataset comparable in size to that required for autonomous driving AI models and successfully upgraded it. Additionally, to increase customer acceptance of exterior assessments of used phones, we processed the judgment areas by model and developed a service that provides diagnostic results as photo images."

This upgrade was first applied to about 2,000 Mintit ATM Mini devices located in SK Telecom stores and is scheduled to be introduced to all Mintit ATMs by the end of the year.

SK Networks' information and communication recycling brand Mintit has implemented a feature that provides the resale value of mobile phones through photo images by upgrading its AI model. Actor Ahn Jae-hong, the Mintit ATM model, is using the mobile phone inspection result feature. Photo by SK Networks

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