it's finally here the iPhone everybody
really cares about the iPhone 10 this is
the first major redesigned to the iPhone
since the iPhone 6 and with over a
thousand dollar price tag there better
be some cool tech inside for us to look
into which is why we're gonna tear it
down
check out these panel up so those are
some long screws ever wonder how repair
shops open your iPhone meet the adhesive
press this press heats devices evenly to
a specific temperature that won't damage
the display but will soften the adhesive
it also uses pressure and heat to give a
just like new seal quickly when
resealing devices but of course you can
always just use your eye opener to do
the same job if you're doing it yourself
even though it lacks a home button the
iPhone X opens pretty much the same as
the iPhone 8 just need a little heat to
soften the adhesive and a nice clack to
separate and cut away the remaining
adhesive not only has the iPhone X been
completely redesigned on the outside
check out the new interior the logic
board is way smaller the battery is a
completely different shape and it now
just has one big bracket covering the
display connectors it does still have
those annoying try point screws
Apple has neatly arranged all the
connectors in a row like a highway of
board connectors it's incredibly elegant
and very space efficient the degree of
consolidation for functionality here is
unprecedented the Apple watch is the
only other device that we've seen that's
come this close
all this miniaturization was necessary
to free up volume for a larger battery
with a display separated were
interestingly left with the front-facing
camera still attached to the board side
of the phone previously the front-facing
camera was integrated into the display
assembly
the display is a 5.8 inch all screen o
LED display Apple calls it super retina
HD 24 36 by 1125 resolution at 458 PPI
there's a beefy bracket and some foam
adhesive holding the rear cameras in
place these cameras must really need to
stay put to work their magic and
features like portrait mode these are -
12 megapixel cameras one wide-angle and
one telephoto and they both Rock optical
image stabilization next out is the tiny
logic board this board is incredibly
space efficient with a footprint of
about 70 percent of the one in the
iPhone A+
how did Apple put even more tech into
that tiny of a board by folding it in
half of course the two halves are
soldered together so we got some help
from her
set circuit wise and they're super legit
hot air rework station to separate the
layers the iPhone X logic board is the
first double layer board we've seen in
an iPhone since the very first one on
the boards you can see the 64-bit AAA 11
bionics system on chip and on the
outside of the logic board sandwich you
can see the 64 gigabytes of size Shiba
made flash memory for the first time an
iPhone design history Apple packed in a
two cell battery that has four adhesive
pull tabs but the pull tabs are adhered
to the sides of the cells rather than
folded over the top making the procedure
to remove them a little trickier than
usual this is a three point eight one
volt
ten point three five watt hour battery
that Apple says will last two hours
longer than the iPhone sevens the sensor
housing comes out next which is home to
the true depth camera system which
contains a flood illuminator an IR dot
projector an infrared camera and a seven
megapixel front-facing camera if you
want to learn more about face ID check
out our recent video where we explain
how all of those components work
together we're left with just a few more
parts in this phone the speaker taptic
engine and lightning connector all come
out leaving us with the qi wireless
charging coil with our phone completely
disassembled it's time to talk
repairability the iPhone 10 scored a 6
out of 10 and here's why on the upside
display and battery repairs remain a
priority in the iPhones design a crack
display can be replaced without removing
biometric face ID Hardware liberal use
of screws is preferable to glue but
you'll have to bring your apple specific
drivers pentalobe and try point in
addition to a standard Phillips
waterproofing measures complicate some
repairs but make difficult water damage
repairs and less likely but on the
downside fussy cables tight underlaid
components together into complex
assemblies and glass on the front and
back doubles the likelihood of drop
damage and if the back glass breaks
you'll be removing every component and
replacing the entire chassis that's all
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