it's the most powerful iPhone 5s we've
ever seen
just kidding it's the brand-new iPhone
se we got it and we're tearing it down
hi I'm going to LA with iFixit and if
you've ever taken apart an iPhone 5s the
process of getting into the SE is going
to look very similar to you remove
screws ice click open and disconnect the
touch ID cable as we're tearing down the
SE in one room we're also testing to see
what 5s parts are compatible with the SE
in another and it turns out the 5s
display is plug and play in the SE
fitment connectors and functionality are
the same it fires right up this means
replacement parts and guides are already
available with the display off we set to
work on getting the battery out this
battery has a slightly larger capacity
than the one found in the 5s coming in
at six point two one watt hours and 1624
milliamp hours 5s owners shouldn't get
excited about the possibility of super
charging their older phones though since
it turns out the SES battery has a
different style connector the SE got a
bump in resolution to 12 megapixels but
the pixel pitch has gotten slightly
smaller measuring in at 1.2 to
micrometers down from 1.5 micrometers
found in the 5s the SC's camera specs
are the same as the iPhone 6s but alas
they are not interchangeable outcomes
the vibrator speaker SIM card and tray
all of which are interchangeable with
those from the 5s with those out of the
way we were able to spot some foamy
silicone seal surrounding some but not
all of the logic board connectors the
front camera volume controls and rear
camera connectors all got the fancy
waterproof treatment while the LCD
digitizer battery and lightning
connector cables all seemingly go
without the S II got a considerable
upgrade and processing power compared to
the 5s it sports the Apple a9
system-on-chip with 2 gigabytes of sk
hynix lpddr4 ram 16 gigabytes of toshiba
made man flash in the same NXP NFC
controller and charging IC seen in the
iPhone 6s and 6s plus we've come to the
end of our teardown and now it's time to
turn our thoughts towards repairability
how did the iphone SE score it got a 6
out of 10 and here's why
on the upside the display assembly is
the first
opponent out of the phone simplifying
screen replacements and the battery is
fairly easy to access even though it's
not technically user replaceable but on
the downside the touch ID cable could be
easily ripped out of its socket if the
user is not careful when opening the
phone the iPhone se still uses pentalobe
screws on the exterior making it
difficult to open and that's our
teardown for the complete teardown
including tons of beautiful high quality
images and some awesome x-rays from
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