hi everyone Kelsey here with the I fix a
monthly rundown remember when we said
September was going to be a busy month
well
we didn't lie we had not one but three
Apple tear downs this month starting
with the iPhone 7 plus with a brand new
home button two rear cameras a missing
headphone jack and claims of water
resistance we were eager to see inside
the iPhone 7 plus much to our surprise
this iteration of the iPhone opens from
the side inside we find evidence of
waterproofing with lots of sealing
gaskets and sticky adhesives securing
the rest of the phone in place are
plenty of try point screws so in
addition to the pentalobe you'll also
need the hard to find try point driver
to free internal components the seven
pluses battery is a slight upgrade over
the ten point four five watt hour
battery in the 6s plus and is rated at
2900 milliamp hours for a total of
eleven point one watt hours apple claims
that this boost of the battery should
give the seven plus one hour of battery
life more than the 6s plus we finish
this teardown by giving the iPhone 7
plus a seven out of 10 on our
repairability scale next to open up with
the Apple watch series 2 while this
watch looks almost exactly the same on
the outside is the original Apple watch
once opened we were pleased to find a
redesigned cable layout making it a bit
easier to work through don't be afraid
to take your series to first whim
this watch is equipped with sealing
gasket sand water blocking adhesives to
prevent water and dust from entering the
battery was also amped up with a rating
of three point seven seven volts and 273
milliamp hours to yield one point zero
three watt hours of power in the end the
Apple watch series too scored a six out
of ten on our ability scale and lastly
the iPhone 7 which looks close to a
scaled-down version of the seven plus
inside we find the same water and dust
resistance measures taken including
rubber gaskets around every opening
including the SIM slot we also find a
bigger battery this 1960 milliamp hour
battery is rated for a capacity of seven
point four five watt hours just like the
seven plus the iPhone 7 scored a seven
out of 10 on our apero bility scale due
our new Apple tear downs leave you
wishing you can see the insides of your
iPhone 7 all the time well now you can
head on over to our blog to get your
official iFixit teardown wallpapers for
your brand new iPhone 7
or seven plus our friend and repair
addict Jamie lives in a remote community
on the south eastern shore of Hudson Bay
in Canada his town doesn't have an apple
store with geniuses to depend on so
Jamie stepped up became the town's
repair guy and fixed 60 devices in just
nine days we'd like to send a special
thanks to Jamie for doing his part to
help people fix their broken stuff and
keep electronics out of landfills keep
up the good fixing the Swedish
government is considering legislation
that would reduce the consumption tax on
the repair of shoes clothes and bikes
the government is also considering a
measure that would partially defray the
cost of repairing appliances like
refrigerators and washing machines
according to the United Nations the
world produced an estimated 40 1.8
million metric tons of e-waste of 2012
and most of that weight is from plug in
appliances repairing those products
keeps them in use and out of landfills
not to mention higher repair rates which
stimulate job growth in the repair
sector so the proposal is potentially a
win-win for the government and the
economy want to see our Apple tear downs
in motion check out the iPhone 7 plus
full disassembly video and then watch
when with our in-house Apple watch
expert Alex dissect the new Apple watch
Series 2 we're starting to see more
phone manufacturers focus on making
their devices water and dustproof but it
hasn't always been that way many of us
have lost their phones to toilets spoke
liquids or even fish tanks but have you
ever saved your device from a watery
death tell us on Twitter about a time
where you rescued your phone or any
other device from a perilous water death
in 140 characters or less using the
hashtag h2o fix we'll pick one winner to
receive a very special care package or
might fix it and we'll announce the
winner on next month's rundown
we've got spooktacular tear downs
planned for october so if you want to
see the guts of our next teardown victim
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