last year Apple embrace the bigger is
better phone movement with the release
of their six plus this year the s-series
got an upgraded processor and motion
coprocessor as well as an improved touch
ID sensor and the addition of 3d touch
among other things of course we had to
get our hands on one as soon as possible
so we sent a crew to Australia to be the
first to get the phone without further
ado let's tear this sucker down
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hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and today
we're tearing down the brand new iPhone
6s plus while the new 6s plus may look
the same it's not can you spot the
difference I'll help you out
looks like the plus grew in the last
year by 0.1 millimeters in height and
width making it 158 point two
millimeters long and seventy seven point
nine millimeters wide it's now 7.3
millimeters deep which is up point two
millimeters from last year's model and
weighs a cool 30 grams heavier in at 192
grams the 5.5 inch LED backlit
widescreen display has the same
resolution at 1920 by 1080 and a pixel
density of 401 pixels per inch of course
we had to mention the addition of a new
color you can now choose from the
original silver space grey and gold as
well as the new rose gold since we just
opened the pluses little-brother the 6s
we knew we would encounter adhesive from
the get-go we came prepared with our ice
Glock and made quick work of opening the
phone then of course we disconnected the
battery before moving on with the help
of our trusty spudger we disconnected
the three display assembly cables
attaching the display to the logic board
once we got the display disconnected we
tossed it on a scale and this thing is
heavy
80 grams an astonishing 33 percent gain
and weight next to come out was the
taptic engine and it's different than
the one we saw in the 6s the taptic
engine in the 6s plus measures 8
millimeters by 15 millimeters compared
to the 6 millimeter by 35 millimeter one
we found in the 6s hooray for pull tabs
it's time to get the battery out of
there this is a three point eight bolt
ten point four five watt hour 2,750
milliamp hour battery a strict 165
milliamp hour downgrade compared to
last year's six plus despite the
downgrade Apple claims the battery life
will be comparable to the six plus for
the second time today we pluck a 12
megapixel iSight camera from a cavity
for a closer look
stacked beside the camera from the 6s
this one has a little more heft due to
the optical image stabilization Hardware
this camera has an F 2.2 apertures that
is capable of 4k video recording at 30
frames per second
getting the logic board out was a little
trickier than we expected there was a
cable attached to the underside of the
board once we lifted it up and we're
able to disconnect it we got a good look
at all the goodies on the logic board
first up we see Apple's a nine
system-on-a-chip complete with its
presumed to be two gigabytes sk hynix
lpddr4 ramp on the other side you'll
find the SK Hynix 16 gigabytes NAND
flash if you want to see our complete
list of chips make sure you head on over
to fix it comm we've come to the end of
our teardown which means it's time to
talk repairability
and I fix it 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 iPhone 6s plus scored
a 7 out of 10 and here's why on the
upside the display assembly continues to
be the first component out simplifying
screen repairs and the battery is
straightforward to access removing it
requires a proprietary pentalobe
screwdriver and knowledge of the
adhesive removal technique but it's not
difficult on the downside the touch ID
cable is still tucked out of the way but
is paired to the logic board
complicating repairs and finally the
iPhone 6s plus still uses proprietary
pentalobe screws on the exterior
requiring a specialty screwdriver to
remove and that's our teardown to check
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