at first glance the iPhone 8 is
strikingly similar to the iPhone 7 but
with a shiny new glass back wireless
charging and a souped up a 11 Bionic
processor this might prove to be a
little bit more than a spec bump 7 but
we all know that the best upgrades are
on the inside of the phone so I'm gonna
grab my pro tech open it up and find out
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so it's possible that the new glass
design would have changed the opening
procedure for the iPhone 8 but I've
already taken out the pen elopes and
applied some heat and it looks like I
should only need the ice like to get
inside and I'm in but before I can
completely detach the display I need to
free the cable bracket that's guarding
the battery connector and there's no tri
points we're used to seeing tri points
in the iPhone 7 and now we're met with
just Philips triple zero screws which is
great for a pair ability because it's
one less required driver
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so the eights got a 4.7 inch retina HD
display with a resolution of 1334 by 750
and a pixel density of 326 pixels per
inch it's also got true tone technology
now which uses ambient light sensors to
sense the light in your environment and
then it changes the white point and
brightness accordingly so it's easier
for you to see what's on your screen the
iPhone 8's battery now comes with four
smaller adhesive pull strips instead of
two full length ones which should be
more helpful to get the battery out in
theory but if you're like me and you
break them in the process you might have
to resort to prying the battery out
yourself for a new generation of iPhone
you see if they would have considered
longer battery life the iPhone AIDS
powerhouse will deliver up to six point
nine six watt hours of energy which is
similar to the iPhone 7 but a whole
forty percent less impressive than the
eleven point five five watt hour battery
in the Galaxy S eight and as we pluck
out the cameras we're hit with a little
more iPhone 7 deja vu the iPhone eight
has the same F 1.86 Element lens that we
saw in the iPhone 7 but everything else
about the camera is new and improved the
eight sensor is bigger than the sevens
but its specs the same 12 megapixel
resolution this means the individual
pixels are larger letting in more light
improving colors and decreasing noise
after snatching out the taptic engine we
had to pull out way too many screws and
tiny brackets before being able to freed
the logic board thanks to our friends at
tech insights we've got the full chip ID
waiting for you over on the teardown so
we took out the speaker and the
Lightning connector next which showed
the same signs of waterproofing that we
saw in the iPhone 7 which left us with
the big black sticker the Qi wireless
charging coil uses an oscillating
magnetic field to generate an
alternating current the alternating
current is then converted to direct
current which is the
juice that fuels the battery the magic
cheek oil is stuck to a reinforcement
panel that's thoroughly glued to the
back glass we don't know what Apple
means by durable glass but if yours gets
cracked you're in for a complete
disassembly in order to replace it with
our tour of the iPhone 8 coming to an
end it's time to face the music the
iPhone 8 scored a 6 out of 10 on our
repairability scale and here's why what
we liked were the two most commonly
replaced components display and battery
remains straightforward to access with
the proper knowledge and tools the
addition of wireless charging means less
strain on your Lightning port which is a
common point of failure water and dust
seals complicate repair but make the
need for difficult liquid damage repairs
less likely the battery connector once
again sports common Phillips Jas
fasteners but you'll still need up to
four different driver types for many
repairs and what we didn't like the
durability of the glass back remains to
be seen but replacements are likely to
be very difficult
and finally the iPhones lower components
once readily removed now lie trapped
under fussy combinations of brackets and
delicately folded flex cables that's all
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