we ended last week with a live tear down
of the iPhone 11 Pro and we're starting
this week back at the teardown table for
iPhone 11 the iPhone 11 has a ton of
upgrades but not enough for it to be
called a pro iPhone what changes await
us inside let's tear it down and find
out according to Apple the iPhone 11 has
a slight increase in water resistance it
can now survive a maximum depth of 2
meters for up to 30 minutes up from 1
meter on the 10r
but the opening procedure doesn't seem
to be any different or more difficult
opening the iPhone 11 up reveals a
device resembling a 10 are more than an
11 pro the battery is rectangular and
only has one connector but like its pro
siblings the xi cables are aligned on
one side this year and it's got a fancy
new double decker logic board the iPhone
Elevens display is a 6.1 inch liquid
Retina display with a resolution of 1792
by 828 and a pixel density of 326 PPI
one of the most compelling upgrades the
iPhone 11 received is its dual camera
system not only does the 11 have an
upgraded 12 megapixel wide-angle camera
it also has an additional 12 megapixel
ultra-wide camera the upgrades to the
camera sensors mean faster shutter
speeds a wider ISO range and night mode
capability to reveal the chips on the
logic board you have to desolder the
stacked boards once they're apart you
can get a look at the a13 Bionic chip
layered over what we're pretty sure is 4
gigabytes of SK Hynix made Ram
we still need to remove the speaker and
taptic engine to comfortably get access
to the battery removal strips but let's
be happy we have battery removal strips
at all these are 6 strips securing the
battery to the rear case all with
cutouts to avoid covering the wireless
charging coils underneath this battery
is slightly smaller than the one we
found on the iPhone 10 R but it has 7
percent more capacity it's rated at
eleven point nine one watt hours three
point eight three volts and unlike the
battery we found on the 11pro it has
only one connector if the second
connector we found in the 11pro was in
fact related to bilateral wireless
charging it seems like the iPhone 11 was
never meant to have that feature with
our iPhone 11 fully disassembled it's
time to talk their pair bility the
iPhone 11 scored a 6 out of 10 and
here's why on the upside the prioritize
display makes replacement of this
critical component easier than another
devices display swaps don't require too
much hardware swapping to maintain face
ID
we prefer screws and non-adhesive
fasteners / glue but tiny proprietary
screws are still hostile to repair the
hi IP rating means your phone is better
protected but these measures also
complicate repair and on the downside
front and back blast doubles the chance
of breakage and the rear glass can only
be replaced with a full case swap