Any hint of tolerance on nano sim thickness? This would be useful for those of us who need to sand down a micro sim due to carriers not proving nano sims.
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First iPhone 5 Teardown Surfaces Ahead of Official Launch
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Repair will be easier than iPhone 4 & 4S
As a full-time repair tech I've done hundreds of iPhone repairs. The iPhone 4 & 4S are the hardest to repair because you open the phone from the back and then take out almost every single part in order to replace the glass. The iPhone 5 opens from the front which means that a screen replacement will be incredibly simple when compared to the iPhone 4 or 4S. The screen repair process looks very similar to the iPhone 3GS repair.
On a side note: The internals are NOT actually switched around in this revision. The reason why it looks different is because you are looking at the internals from the top of the phone instead of the bottom like it is on the 4 & 4S.
As a full-time repair tech I've done hundreds of iPhone repairs. The iPhone 4 & 4S are the hardest to repair because you open the phone from the back and then take out almost every single part in order to replace the glass. The iPhone 5 opens from the front which means that a screen replacement will be incredibly simple when compared to the iPhone 4 or 4S. The screen repair process looks very similar to the iPhone 3GS repair.
On a side note: The internals are NOT actually switched around in this revision. The reason why it looks different is because you are looking at the internals from the top of the phone instead of the bottom like it is on the 4 & 4S.
It's first, that first picture showing all the components inside the casing has just the display off. Look at the orientation of the headphone port.
A lot of people here seem to enjoy these dissections. Not that they're meaningful to Joe Consumer, but a lot of things here in the MacRumors forum are irrelevant to the majority of people who buy and use Apple products.
They do generate pageviews and that's all MacRumors cares about: worshipping at the altar of the Almighty Pageview.
Its not the first!! we have been seeing these for weeks.... just in peices
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wow? its now unibody design....its the ONLY way.
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wow, if im looking at this correctly the LCD is the first thing to come off as opposed to the iPhone 4 where you had to work from the back first. Looks like replacing a cracked screen will be a lot easier. Thank you Apple
wow? its now unibody design....its the ONLY way.
Just to clarify....Is this one 18% thinner and 20% lighter?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRkX07FgIV8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRkX07FgIV8
it feels like we've seen all these parts before.....
I like how up until debut it was parts being put together, now, it's being taken apart
I like how up until debut it was parts being put together, now, it's being taken apart
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Yes, that was poorly worded. It's because you go in through front rather than the back that things are a bit different. The battery and logic board are in the same positions as on the 4S, but the battery is flipped over as far as the usual text is concerned. That puts the connector on the "opposite" side as seen here in a comparison photo.
Thanks.