iPhone 7 Plus Teardown Confirms Longer-Lasting 2,900 mAh Battery and 3GB of RAM

[MacRumors]

iFixit has published a work-in-progress iPhone 7 Plus teardown that provides a closer look at the smartphone's internal components, including the battery, display, cameras, logic board, and Taptic Engine for the new pressure-sensitive Home button. Interestingly, the smartphone now opens to it side rather than to the top.

iFixit said the adhesive strip sealing the iPhone 7 Plus is "considerably stronger" than the strip it found in the iPhone 6s Plus, while opening the device revealed lots of glue running along the perimeter of the smartphone. The teardown experts believe the excess glue could be part of Apple's efforts to add water resistance.

The space previously occupied by the 3.5mm headphone jack on older iPhone models now houses the Taptic Engine and a plastic bumper internally covering the cosmetic speaker holes to the left of the Lightning connector. The small plastic piece is likely another waterproofing measure by Apple.

The teardown confirms the 5.5-inch model has a 2,900 mAh battery, which is just over 5% larger than the 2,750 mAh battery in the iPhone 6s Plus. The battery is rated at 3.82V and 11.1Wh of energy. Apple says the iPhone 7 Plus has up to 1 hour longer battery life than the iPhone 6s Plus.

The iPhone 7 Plus camera array is as expected, including two separate sensors, two lenses, and optical image stabilization on the wide-angle lens.

Meanwhile, the logic board contains Apple's A10 Fusion chip, 3GB of LPDDR4 RAM from Samsung, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X12 LTE modem for international markets (iFixit purchased their iPhone from Japan). Flash storage is supplied by Toshiba, while audio chips are supplied by Cirrus Logic.

Other interesting anecdotes include the continued use of pentalobe screws, rubber gaskets on the SIM tray and around the ring/silent switch for waterproofing, and confirmation that the pressure-sensitive Home button is still removable. Additional photos can be found on the iFixit website.

iFixit said it will start its iPhone 7 teardown following its iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2 teardowns.

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[iMi]

Nice upgrade!

More efficient processor, too. There should be a noticeable battery performance improvement. Can we now focus on the Macbook Pro, please?

 

[Zirel]

Patiently waiting for Anandtech battery life tests...

Apple just doesn't put a larger fuel tank and calls it "we solved the range problem", they improve the electronics efficiency.

Look at the SE versus the 5s. Same battery size (practically), same screen size, but the SE has almost double the battery life of the 5s.

 

[iExpensive]

Nice to see battery life and size is getting better

 

[twocents]

The engineering that went into this is simply amazing. Literally every bit of space is put to good use

 

[Eduardo1971]

Wait, it looks like it opens up like a book.

 

[PowerGala]

Such courage... A plastic bumper covering the fake speaker where the headphone jack should be.

 

[noahbalboa]

What's with the black and white cables/strings running to the corner of the screen?

 

[Bryan Bowler]

3 GBs of Ram, yo?

 

[1applerules1]

Nice upgrade!

More efficient processor, too. There should be a noticeable battery performance improvement. Can we now focus on the Macbook Pro, please?

no

 

[uknowimright]

What's with the black and white cables/strings running to the corner of the screen?

looks like that's what helps it be water resistant

 

[BeSweeet]

The taptic engine is so wide...

 

[now i see it]

That vibrator is gigantic. And I turn vibrations off. Such a waste of space (imo)

 

[HalfNelson]

Such courage... A plastic bumper covering the fake speaker where the headphone jack should be.

By the looks of it a typical headphone jack would have extended into the area where the haptic engine sits.

 

[dmx]

That Taptic Engine is a beauty...


but part of me wishes that it was smaller like the 6s plus, which would leave a LOT of room for more battery without the headphone jack!

 

[macduke]

The space previously occupied by the 3.5mm headphone jack on older iPhone models now houses the Taptic Engine and a plastic bumper covering the cosmetic speaker holes to the left of the Lightning connector.

Uhhh…shouldn't there be a microphone there? They didn't remove the microphone too, right guys? Guys? GUYS?!???

APPLE HAS GONE TOO FAR. /s

 

[69Mustang]

That vibrator is gigantic. And I turn vibrations off. Such a waste of space (imo)

Low hanging fruit hangs low.

 

[I7guy]

That vibrator is gigantic. And I turn vibrations off. Such a waste of space (imo)

I use BT, headphone jack is a waster of space also.(imo)

 

[Jakexb]

Crazy how little space the logic board takes up relative to all the other components.
Look how big the bottom speaker is!

 

[Sunny1990]

Bigger & better battery life,atleast some good point of removing headphone jack

 

[bladerunner2000]

Looks like they could have put in a headphone jack if they wanted.

We all know it was intentional to get people to spend a lot of money on dongles, expensive apple headphones, more dongles and royalties from manufacturers for licensing the lighting port.

 

[carrrrrlos]

I love how someone is disassembling a perfectly functional iPhone 7 while others are waiting in line to get theirs.

 

[BootsWalking]

In addition to the extra glue I wonder if Apple used any nano-coating on the chips like Samsung does on the S7 to achieve the water resistance.
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Crazy how little space the logic board takes up relative to all the other components.
Look how big the bottom speaker is!

Agreed. It's unreal how something that small is faster than most computers.

 

[Mac 128]

Such courage... A plastic bumper covering the fake speaker where the headphone jack should be.

To be fair, this is the 7 Plus. I doubt the 7 has anything like this bumper covering the fake speaker grille. They design the phone for the smallest size, and the larger size gets some extra space. But, not enough for a headphone jack.

still not a very innovative (or courageous) use of free space given their claims.

 

[JoJack82]

I love how someone is disassembling a perfecting functional iPhone 7 while others are waiting in line to get theirs.

I think a teardown of the phone shared on the internet is much more useful to more people than one extra person getting a phone slightly sooner.