the iPhone 10 R is the new face in the
iPhone lineup and thanks to the aluminum
frame LCD and only one rear camera you
can get almost everything you love about
the iPhone for less people are calling
it the best value iPhone you can buy but
will it be the most repairable we're
tearing it down to find out - Penn loves
a little heat and a couple picks was all
we needed to open the 10r like a
backwards book first thing out is the
bracket protecting the battery connector
and then two more brackets hiding the
cables we need to disconnect to set the
display free this super-bright 6.1 inch
LCD liquid retina HD display is the
largest LCD on an iPhone yet it's got a
resolution of 1792 by 828 and a pixel
density of 326 pixels per inch the rear
facing camera is held in place by one
Phillips and a tiny stand off screw with
those out of the way we can lift the
bracket off and pop the camera out this
is the same 12 megapixel wide-angle
camera found in the iPhone 10s and 10's
max with an aperture of f11 8 and a 6
element lens we need to make a little
room to get the battery out so we turn
our attention to the bottom of the phone
where we find a bracket held in place by
a whopping seven screws once removed we
were able to free the taptic engine and
the speaker the single cell rectangular
battery is a bit of a throwback after
the L shaped batteries we just saw in
the tennis and the tennis max but
removal is pretty much the same as its
stuck on with the help of four adhesive
strips with a little alcohol and careful
pulling they release with little trouble
you can thumb through your feeds for a
whole 15 hours with this 3.79 bolt 11.1
six watt hour battery this capacity
falls right between the 10s is 10.13
watt hour battery and the tennis max is
12 point oh eight watt hour battery
turning our attention to the logic board
we spot something interesting a modular
SIM card reader then after removing a
few more standoffs screws and
disconnecting some cables we free the
logic board we've counted eight standoff
screws so far this phone is acting very
standoffish and I don't like it on the
board we spot the hexa core a12 bionics
system-on-chip
which Apple claims is 15% faster than
last year's a 11 found on the iPhone 10
there are only a few components left in
the rear case and the true depth camera
system is next to come out this camera
system features a familiar trio of an IR
camera a front-facing camera and a dot
projector which all work together to
bring your an emoji to life and unlock
your phone with face ID now we're left
with the barometric vent and the dock
connector in the case which leaves just
the stuck-on wireless charging coil with
all the parts laid out before us it's
time to talk repairability the iPhone 10
are scored a 6 out of 10 and here's why
access to the often repaired display and
battery remain a priority in the iPhones
design a broken display can be replaced
with minimal Hardware removal and with
little care you can preserve face ID
Apple again uses tiny uncommon pentalobe
and tripoint screws to stymie repair but
these fasteners are preferred over tough
glue waterproofing measures complicates
some repairs but make difficult water
damage repairs less likely but on the
downside glass on the front and back
doubles the crack ability and broken
glass requires an entire chassis
replacement so what do you think is the
iPhone 10 are the best value phone out
there tell me in the comments don't
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