it's been almost three months since the
Moto 360 was announced at this year's
goggle IO event and we were beginning to
wonder if it would make its end of
summer release window well it just
barely made it we got our hands on the
Moto 360 to see what makes the Smart
Watch design so smart let's tear it down
hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and today
we're tearing down the brand new Moto
360 the Moto 360 is the latest entry
into the Android wear category and the
one we've been most excited to see since
its announcement a traditionally stylish
departure from the LG G watch and the
Samsung gear live square face the Moto
360 resembles a wristwatch with its
round face and leather band the watch
case has a 46 millimeter diameter and is
eleven point five millimeters high and
weighs in at 49 grams for the leather
band models the display is at 1.5 six
inch backlit LCD with a resolution of
320 by two 90 with a pixel density of
205 pixels per inch
getting into the previous entries of
Android wear started with the wrist band
and the 360 is no exception the wrist
band is held in place by a small rod
that Motorola says requires special
tools to remove but we had no trouble
getting our leather band off using our
tweezers now we are left with our large
watch face and we get to work on opening
it that means heat and lots of it this
seal is great for keeping out dust and
water but not so great for quick and
easy repairs even with the back cover
off we still don't have a clear view of
the inside so we keep digging with the
help of our Jimmy prime tool we're able
to separate the guts of the watch from
the LCD this bright green gasket you see
is what helps the Moto 360 achieve its
ip67 water-resistant status which means
it's protected against water immersion
for up to 30 minutes at a depth of one
meter with the flick of our spreader we
disconnect a couple of ribbon cables and
separate the LCD from the battery and
motherboards with the use of this handy
pull tab we take the battery off the
motherboard this is a three point eight
volt 300 milliamp hour battery this is
less than the LG G which had a 400
milliamp hour battery but it's the same
Samsung gear live which also had a 300
million power battery with the battery
off the motherboard we check out the
chips this motherboard is home to the 4
gigabytes NAND flash made by Toshiba and
hidden underneath this large micron IC
we find the Texas Instruments OMAP 3
processor next up we check out the cool
inductive charging coils under a backing
sticker the Moto 360 is the first
Android wear SmartWatch to ditch
physical charging ports in favor of
inductive charging lastly we try to get
our little round LCD free and to do that
we need more heat and more prying to
coax it from its cozy ring interestingly
the display is not a perfect 360 degrees
due to its ambient light sensor so shave
a few degrees off that 360 in exchange
for Auto adjusting brightness we've come
to the end of our teardown which means
it's time to talk repairability and
iFixit it's our mission to teach people
how to repair everything so we give
every gadget we tear down a repair
ability score between 1 and 10 10 being
the easiest to repair and 1 being the
most difficult the Moto 360 scored a 3
out of 10 and here's why on the upside
the watch band is easily replaceable
with small enough tweezers but on the
downside heat and careful prying is
required to remove the rear panel and
even more prying to pull out the inner
housing the battery is trapped deep
within the device within the inner
housing nearly complete disassembly is
required to replace it and finally the
display requires complete disassembly to
replace as it is removed from the back
of the main bezel for the complete
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