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  1. Demontage van de iPhone X, Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 1, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X, Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 1, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X, Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 1, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • Daar issie dan: de iPhone X! En dit is de vulling van deze glazen sandwich:

    • A11 "Bionic" chip met neural engine en ingebouwde M11 motion coprocessor

    • 5.8 inch "all-screen" OLED multitouch Super Retina HD scherm met 2436 × 1125-pixel resolutiie (458 ppi)

    • Dual 12 MP camera's (groothoek en telephoto) met ƒ/1.8 en ƒ/2.4 diafragma en OIS

    • 7 MP TrueDepth camera met ƒ/2.2 diafragma, 1080p HD videorecording, en Face ID

    • Mogelijkheid tot fast-charge en Qi draadloos opladen

    • Onze A1865 global unit ondersteunt cellulaire breedband en heeft ook 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi‑Fi met MIMO + Bluetooth 5.0 + NFC.

    Which iPhone X model number are you investigating?

    Dimitar - Antwoord

    I think we can safely assume it’s the global A1901 model. Both other models are country specific according to EveryMac.com: A1865 for China and A1902 for Japan.

    addvariety - Antwoord

    A1865 is for US Verizon and Sprint too

    Sam Sun -

    On-cell display or in-cell display?

    Albee Einstein - Antwoord

    1901 is not global. It’s the GSM only version with the inferior Intel chips. The Qualcomm 1865 is the global/unlocked version.

    Xiao - Antwoord

    Where can I find a X with out LCD, Digitizer, screen?

    Grant Nord - Antwoord

  2. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 2, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 2, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 2, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • De iPhone heeft een lange weg afgelegd in de afgelopen tien jaar—zo lang zelfs dat het design weer wat stapjes terug heeft gedaan. Deze iPhone lijkt namelijk meer op de originele dan die in de voorgaande jaren.

    • Behalve natuurlijk die cameraheuvel en die blinkende roestvrijstalen rand, en de glazen achterkant, en de Lightning-aansluiting...

    • Zoals ook het geval was met de iPhone 8 eerder dit jaar, heeft Apple de afzichtelijke (en ecologisch verantwoorde) regels tekst van de achterkant van de iPhone X gehaald.

    • Jony heeft nu eindelijk de feature-loze, gladde achterkant die hij altijd al wilde. Hopelijk halen de telefoons het nog steeds tot de recycler, ook zonder de hints, en worden ze niet in het afval gedumpt.

    Here in Ireland (and I guess across the EU) we have the ‘Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China’ text, the CE mark and the ‘no dumping’ bin graphic still in place.

    Tom Mooney - Antwoord

    Anyone who thinks the markings on the back of the iPhone will influence whether it is recycled (rather than the trade-in value, accessibility of recycling facility or a customer’s own environmental awareness) has probably shoved a spudger too far up their nose.

    jessedouglas - Antwoord

    Where did you get that minty fresh first-gen iPhone? Is it part of iFixit’s collection?

    lelandjordon - Antwoord

    I enjoy the snarkiness in these teardowns (see “10-ray”, below), but the ‘gorsh I hope them recyclers get the hint’ was just stupid.

    Patrick - Antwoord

    I’m really glad they took out the regulatory info on the back. It simply didn’t need to be there. You know you’re not supposed to throw an electronic away.

    Liam Powell - Antwoord

  3. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 3, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 3, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 3, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • Voordat we in het diepe duiken, verkennen we de wateren onder ons met behulp van de röntgenskills van onze vrienden van Creative Electron.

    • Dit is wat we vonden:

    • Niet één, maar twee batterijcellen! Dat is de eerste keer in een iPhone!

    • Een superkleine voetafdruk van het logic board. Aan de soldeerverbindingen te zien, lijkt het alsof er twee lagen op elkaar zijn gestapeld.

    • Om ruimte te maken voor de extra voorste sensoren is de oorstukspeaker een heel stuk naar beneden geschoven.

    • Er zit een mysterieuze chip tussen de trilmotor en de onderste speaker—we zijn benieuwd wat we daaronder gaan aantreffen!

  4. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 4, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 4, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 4, afbeelding 3 van 3
    Gereedschap gebruikt in deze stap:
    iOpener
    $19.99
    Koop
    • Deze pentalobe ziet eruit alsof 'ie nooit is afgemaakt. De onderste schroeven lijken meer op pinnen, eerlijk gezegd.

    • Door deze schroef valt het schroefdraad niet meer in het scherm maar in het stalen frame en is het deel zonder schroefdraad verlengd door middel van een lange pin.

    • Onze beste gok is dat dit wat meer flexibiliteit biedt aan het scherm, terwijl het er ook voor zorgt dat de klem die het scherm vasthoudt kan worden verplaatst naar de binnenkant van de telefoon, waardoor er plaats is gemaakt voor een vergrote Lightning-aansluiting.

    • Gelukkig lijkt het erop dat ze de rest niet te veel hebben veranderd en verplaatst, waardoor onze standaard drie-eenheid met de iOpener, de iSclack en iFixit openingsplectra gewoon hun ding kunnen blijven doen.

    • Dat betekent dat er geen significante verandering is in de weerstand van het scherm om te worden geopend. Ook wordt het OLED-scherm ondersteund door een frame, in tegenstelling tot sommige andere schermen die we zijn tegengekomen.

    The pin also applies downward pressure on the front panel, which probably helps with waterproofing.

    pbialek - Antwoord

    My iPhone X screen sometimes make a tiny noise when I press on the screen, like it’s adjusting a tiny bit. Is that normal since it’s flexible in it’s assemble or no?

    Albert H - Antwoord

    Depending on how hard you are pressing. Has the device ever been opened? If so, it could be because of the original adhesive-sealing not being properly in place due to the removal of the screen.

    Alec - Antwoord

  5. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 5, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 5, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 5, afbeelding 3 van 3
    Gereedschap gebruikt in deze stap:
    Mako Driver Kit - 64 Precision Bits
    $39.95
    Koop
    • Het lijkt erop dat de via-de-zijkant-geopende iPhone's een blijvertje zijn. Apple verraste ons nog met dit kleine trucje in de 7 Plus, maar nu is het de standaard.

    • Dit enkele beschermplaatje beschermt elke aansluiting op het logic board—we hebben nog nooit zo'n dichtheid van aansluitingen gezien.

    • En opnieuw worden we geconfronteerd met tri-point schroeven die, nadat je door de deur bent gekomen die wordt bewaakt door de pentalobe schroeven, waken over welke reparatie dan ook.

    • Iets vertelt ons dat Apple helemaal niet wil dat wij (of jij) in de iPhone's gaan sleutelen.

    The iPhone 7 also had a sideways opening that surprised the people doing the teardown

    aa - Antwoord

    As mentioned above.

    sean -

    fixed i guess

    Crystal Haugh -

    My bracket only has 4 screws - the second from top (towards the right side of the phone) is missing - I bought the phone direct from Apple on launch day. Pretty surprised! Anyone else ever had missing parts?

    Dugald Holmes - Antwoord

  6. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 6, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 6, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 6, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • Na het bevrijden van de immense beschermplaat kunnen we eindelijk een blik werpen op de hardware die Cupertino's nieuwste vlaggenschip aandrijft.

    • We zullen later nog een meer grondige blik werpen op de hardware van het scherm, maar voor nu bevredigen we ons met röntgenfoto's—blijkt dat de mysterieuze chip aan het scherp zit vastgemaakt!

    • Voor de verandering laat het scherm makkelijk los en laat deze hierbij de naar voren gerichte camera achter.

    • Deze bodyshot bevestigt de layout die we op onze röntgenfoto's konden zien: het meeste van de grond wordt ingenomen door de nieuwe dubbelcellige batterij en het logic board is significant gekrompen.

    Referencing the X-Ray image: I suspect the IR flood illuminator is the top flex mounted module just under the Face ID detector & dot projector (TrueDepth camera system). Note the heavy wiring in the ribbon and limited lines to the connector.

    Dan - Antwoord

  7. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 7, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 7, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 7, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • De dubbele achtercamera heeft een flink paneeltje dat de wat kwetsbaardere onderdelen tegen mogelijke bendgate's lijkt te beschermen.

    • Om te zorgen dat alles op z'n plek blijft zitten, zitten de camera's zitten ook nog eens bevestigd aan de achterste behuizing met wat schuimlijm. Deze camera's moeten ook goed vastzitten om hun magie uit te oefenen voor features zoals de Portretmodus.

    • Om het afdekglas van de camerabehuizing heen kun je kleine lasverbindingen vinden, die er waarschijnlijk zitten om de behuizing van de cameraheuvel aan het frame te bevestigen.

    I really wish there wasn’t a camera hump to hold securely ..

    Darie H - Antwoord

    Might that beefy bracket be made of Liquidmetal (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidmeta...)? That is, is it surpisingly stiff? Apple has an exclusive license to use Liquidmetal in consumer electronics, but seems not to have used it extensively.

    Dominic Dunlop - Antwoord

    Quite likely bracket is for positioning and to apply even pressure on camera against rear glass.

    pbialek - Antwoord

  8. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 8, afbeelding 1 van 2 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 8, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • Dan eindelijk weten we het meest dichtbevolkte logic board te bevrijden om een diepere kijk te nemen.

    • Dit miniatuur logic board is ongelooflijk efficiënt met ruimte. De dichtheid van aansluitingen en andere componenten is ongehoord. Zelfs een Apple Watch heeft meer blootliggende stukken logic board.

    • Het compacte board van de iPhone X krijgt het voor elkaar om meer tech in een kleine ruimte bijeen te duwen en het bord van de iPhone 8 Plus er alsnog enorm en uitgebreid te laten uitzien.

    • Als we de voetafdruk van de twee boards vergelijken, zien we dat het moederbord van de iPhone X ongeveer 70% van de grootte van het bord van de iPhone 8 Plus is—dat betekent een hoop meer ruimte voor de batterij.

    just imagine how small it could be if they could get rid of the sim card tray

    A. Gy. - Antwoord

    That’ll happen soon, future iPhones will likely have esims like the apple watch s3.

    Calvin H -

    If that happens, how will users switch to other networks and install SIMs in their phone when they go abroad to avoid outrageous roaming charges?

    Alex Jenner - Antwoord

    If they used this for their next macbook…

    leojw1 - Antwoord

  9. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 9, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 9, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 9, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • Hoe krijgt Apple het voor elkaar om meer tech in 70% van dezelfde ruimte te stoppen? Door de borden op te vouwen, natuurlijk.

    • De twee helften zijn aan elkaar gesoldeerd, dus kregen we wat hulp van onze hosts van Circuitwise en hun BGA hot air rework-werkplaats om zo de lagen uit elkaar te halen.

    • Met de twee lagen gescheiden, maten we het gehele oppervlak van de twee lagen en kwamen we uit op 135% de grootte van het logic board van de iPhone 8 Plus. Zo stop je dus meer in minder, you go, Apple.

    • Het logic board van de iPhone X is het eerste dubbelgevouwen, op elkaar geplaatste bord dat we zien in een iPhone sinds de allereerste iPhone (derde foto).

    • Het nadeel van dit slimme ontwerp is echter dat reparaties die aan en rondom het bord moeten worden gedaan een stuk lastiger worden.

    I’m sure the most outer row of via’s are extending the shielding around the sandwich. Even still thats a lot of lines being passed between the half’s! I can’t see anyone trying to open & fix this module.

    Dan - Antwoord

    You are missing the point. These are connecting the board physically, but there is no communication through those vias. You can see the other side of the board has all the connectors to flex. (On both boards). The third board act as a super stiffener to prevent overheating causing bending on the board. Great design!!!

    Ramiro Montes de Oca - Antwoord

    Sorry Ramiro the outer row are shielding (ground) the 2rd & 3rd rows are comm lines between the boards (interposer board).

    Dan -

    You’re mistaken, Ramiro. They created a third spacer PCB that lines the perimeter. And instead of connecting the two layers with a fussy flex cable, data travels along dozens of through-hole vias. Why do people spout about stuff they don’t know… it drives me mad!

    Richard - Antwoord

    You are Correct!

    Dan -

    Does the folded design take up more vertical space than the old logic board design, and if so, how did Apple account for this increased vertical space?

    Was there vertical space open to begin with or does something in the design allow for more vertical space (i.e. the OLED panel is thinner)?

    Thanks!

    Urname - Antwoord

    Yes, I think the OLED panel is considerably thinner. The X and 8 are pretty much the same thickness, so I think that that yes, it’s solely because of the OLED!

    Liam Powell -

    So Richard your assertion is that the silvered bumps all around the two boards are the vias? With a pitch of, what, 300µ?

    The MacRumors article yesterday referred to an interposer between the two main boards, but I don’t see any such. Was MacRumors wrong, or am I missing something?

    name99 - Antwoord

    The outer perimeter of “silver bumps” aka solder balls is most likely all connected to ground. The rest must be signals. There is not enough cabling to support the required amount of signals between the two boards.

    The interposer is still attached to the half in the top of the picture. The border of solder balls is higher than the rest of the PCB. This is required due to the night of the components on each PCB.

    Truly incredible design. Passes data without cabling, affixes the two boards to each other without hardware, and creates an EMI shield without extra metal

    Daniel Nadeau -

    Is that a piece of flat flex connected across two parts of the lower board? going right under the middle screw hole

    Andrew Cassidy - Antwoord

    It’s the ribbon from the camera’s which is poking up.

    Dan -

    Dan, I don't think so. Its completely sealed inside the sandwich

    Andrew Cassidy -

    Thats just a kapton insulator sheet inside the sandwich. I thought you were talking about the other image.

    Dan -

    I believe it time to find some more of my good old LCD bonding 9703 3M anisotropic tape. That might be the ticket for servicing that motherboard. Still have some tape in stock, so my shop will service that motherboard, when parts become available.

    Have a good weekend all.

    Jan

    Jan Schmidt - Antwoord

    How did apple manage to take out heat from their processor? I still couldn’t understand how is this working…

    Ayush Gupta - Antwoord

    Good question! Given the fact the A11 chip is in the middle and doesn’t have any heat management unlike other SoC’s!

    The chip is using the smallest Node tech available! TSMC using a 10 nmFinFET process. This must be how Apple is able to not worry about heat.

    Dan -

    You are all wrong :-) look at the RF board, there isn’t a signle trace routed from the armada of solder-pads, so I’d say they’re purely mechanical & GND /tekhead

    Albert Einstein - Antwoord

    You do understand the PCB is made up of layers.

    Their won’t necessary be any visible traces on the surface besides what space is there! It’s so packed the lines would need to be buried inside the layers. One of the functions of via’s is to bring signals up and down the layers, clearly Apple is leveraging this here through the interposer board.

    Dan -

    @kyle - Can you take the circuit boards and take an image of the sandwich from the side or laid out in order so people can see the layers when pulled apart. I think people are getting confused on how they fit together.

    Dan -

    @kyle - Found a good image set from Tech Insights! Here’s the side views http://www.techinsights.com/uploadedImag... and http://www.techinsights.com/uploadedImag...

    Dan - Antwoord

    There’s a lot of need for intercommunication between the RF and the main CPU. There’s no other interconnect between the two boards. The perimeter vias have to be a communication bus.

    Kyle Wiens - Antwoord

    Does anyone knows how many PCB layers does each PCB half have?

    Roj Snap - Antwoord

    Anyone know who makes the logic board?

    i heard a rumour but need to confirm

    thx

    Matt - Antwoord

    Can any one tell if those vias solder pads originally Sn,Bi low melt lead-free solder, or other alloy?

    hao Yang - Antwoord

  10. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 10, afbeelding 1 van 2 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 10, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • Op de eerste helft:

    • Apple APL1W72 A11 Bionic SoC bovenop een SK Hynix H9HKNNNDBMAUUR 3 GB LPDDR4x RAM

    • Apple 338S00341-B1 power management IC

    • TI 78AVZ81 batterylader

    • NXP 1612A1—waarschijnlijk een versie van de 1610 tristar IC

    • Apple 338S00248 audio codec

    • STB600B0

    • Apple 338S00306 power management IC

    What are those “white stickers” in different shapes on the board? Are they the typical for checking water damage? Are the same shapes stickers related to each other in any way? Function?

    James - Antwoord

    Some of these components have a polarity. The white or black dot or a triangle denotes positive or anode end of the cap or diode.

    Dan -

    I think those are inductors, and the white spot indicates the right direction for them to go on the board.

    Liam Powell -

    Which is A11 Apple processor module part number, on same package row as SoC die designation APL1W72? The A11 Apple processor module part number has a format 339S004xx. The A11 photos are without sufficient contrast and difficult to read.

    Dimitar - Antwoord

    No help on A11 Apple processor module part number in this analysed iPhone?

    Dimitar -

    339S00437 is the number you are looking for. You can found that in the photo shown in the Step 13.

    APL1W72 could be the product number for Apple A11.

    From known information, 339S00433, 339S00434, 339S00436, 339S00437, and 339S00439 are the part number for Apple A11.

    JJ Wu - Antwoord

    Is it me or are all the surface mount capacitors misaligned on the far right end? One is barely making contact with the pad. It’s like someone fudged it with their thumb picking it up.

    Ian Melzer - Antwoord

    I think that happens when you desolder it with hot air. It heats up the whole board.

    Liam Powell -

    which one of these chips are the thermal monitor? I have a damaged IPhone X that says the thermal monitor is dead.

    CreeperDoolie - Antwoord

    I would be surprised if there is a separate chip for thermal monitoring. It’s more likely a function buried in one of the other ICs, probably one of the power management devices.

    david.j.james88 -

  11. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 11, afbeelding 1 van 2 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 11, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • Apple/Murata USI 170821 339S00397 WiFi / Bluetooth module

    • Qualcomm WTR5975 gigabit LTE transceiver.

    • Qualcomm MDM9655 Snapdragon X16 LTE modem en PMD9655 PMIC. Maar Apple dual-sourct het modem en TechInsights heeft een Intel XMM7480 (PMB9948) gevonden in hun A1901 model. Alhoewel het modem het aankan, ondersteunt Apple geen Gigabit-snelheden met het Qualcomm-deel.

    • Skyworks 78140-22 power amplifier, SKY77366-17 power amplifier, S770 6662, 3760 5418 1736

    • Broadcom BCM59355 draadloze oplaadcontroller

    • NXP 80V18 PN80V NFC controller module

    • Broadcom AFEM-8072, MMMB power amplifier module

    Maybe iPhone X v2 will not have any chips from Qualcomm. Amen

    Vic Lau - Antwoord

    Vic Lau, Qualcomm makes good chips at good prices, so there isn’t any reason Apple shouldn’t use them.

    George A. - Antwoord

    Yes, there is. They're suing each other.

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/...

    Felipe Zavan -

    If apple moves away from Qualcomm we can definitely expect a higher price tag on the next iteration of the iPhone

    DAXimus -

    BCM59355 is a wireless power chip, not Touch Controller

    JohnnyNoy - Antwoord

    Yea, ummmm, great design Apple, but it needs moar power amplifiers.

    Patrick - Antwoord

    Why do you say that ;-}

    Dan -

    The suing didn’t stop Qualcomm to get enough order apparently.

    On the contrary,a higher price for customers to purchase iPhoneX seems to be the only result.

    vivianangjoy - Antwoord

    Theres more to it than the chips, It appears there are some licensing payments owed. Here’s a bit more Apple may completely drop Qualcomm as a modem supplier on future iPhone models

    Dan -

    Don’t forget Apple likely had a contract with Qualcomm a year ago before the law suit. Which is why they are forced to sell Apple the parts otherwise this could get very ugly legally!

    Dan - Antwoord

    Why does the X have 2 chips? Qualcomm WTR5975 gigabit LTE transceiver & Qualcomm MDM9655 Snapdragon X16 LTE  while the 8plus only has QualcommMDM9655Snapdragon X16 LTE modem? Does anyone know why?

    ernie599 - Antwoord

    Both those chips are present in Iphone 8 plus as well. They are just in different locations. Check step 10 in Iphone 8 plus tear-down.

    Actually both the chips are required. MDM9655 is a baseband modem, and WTR5975 is a RF transceiver.

    avinash parasuraman -

    my Logic board has some damages to the circuit. I was thinking about buying another logic board (say iCloud locked) and transfer all if these chips. Will it work? Has anyone done it?

    bijaya.pun - Antwoord

  12. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 12, afbeelding 1 van 1
    • En aan de buitenkant van de logic board sandwich:

    • Toshiba TSB3234X68354TWNA1 64 GB flashgeheugen

    • Apple/Cirrus Logic 338S00296 audioversterker

    Is the gold plated part a sim card reader?

    K Sec - Antwoord

    Kapton tape on the underside for insulation, yeah

    Andrew Cassidy -

    anyone can tell that the storage its a TLC or MLC?

    leartzajmi - Antwoord

    And what to say about those two capacitors a bit off their solder points, almost touching the capacitor next to it ? Should’ve been failed in quality control, or visual inspection at least, no ?

    Daniel Nogueira - Antwoord

    Or …. Could it be the heat from you guys separating the boards, that made the components wiggle a bit and shift from their correct placement ?

    Daniel Nogueira -

    The second one. ;) We’re doing this for the first time, often under less than ideal conditions, in a pretty big hurry. People who are more skilled and patient than I am can separate the boards and solder them back together flawlessly.

    Jeff Suovanen -

  13. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 13, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 13, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 13, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • Okay, dus Apple heeft een PCB-sandwich gemaakt, maar hoe werkt deze?

    • Ze hebben een derde PCB-spacer gemaakt die langs de rand loopt. En in plaats van de twee lagen met een flexkabel te verbinden, hebben ze ervoor gekozen de data via tientallen vias te laten reizen.

    • Hier zie je de A11 SoC in het midden van het hoofdbord liggen. Met behulp van de röntgenfoto's kun je een beeld krijgen van de 3-dimensionaliteit van de structuur. De cilinders aan de zijkanten zijn gaten gevuld met soldeerverbindingen die de twee borden met elkaar verbinden.

    Versus flex cables, the vias may be a more sound mechanism for communication between the boards BUT how will they fare when this handset is dropped!

    DAXimus - Antwoord

    Are the VIAs completely filled with solder, or are they hollow?

    Dan - Antwoord

    Dan, most through-hole vias are hollow.

    Jharwin Barrozo - Antwoord

    -> iFixit,

    look again, there are no traces routed from those, so I don’t think any data is travelling through those. It’s just ground.

    any relevant high-speed bus wouldn’t work well routed in that manner.

    main board is the “computer“ where all the flexes come in to connect to screen & peripherals.

    the rf-board is purely networking so very few wires has to connect between the main ARM and that board.

    Albert Einstein - Antwoord

    Albert, Review the comments in Step9 there is no other means for the two half to communicate with each other other than the vias and yes some are shielding (ground)

    Dan -

    Lel. Yeah. Those are just via stiching for shielding.

    preziremprokletigugl -

    What’s the diameter of the VIAs?

    Dan - Antwoord

    Maybe vias are security related. PCI homologation request for tamper-proof protection against encryption keys reading strait from RAM.

    Evandro Zilio - Antwoord

    I think you are right! but I’m not sure that which chip to process security function.

    Victor Huang -

  14. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 14, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 14, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 14, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • De nieuwe dubbelcellige batterij heeft vier trekplipjes, gelijk aan de kortere die we in de 8-serie vonden, hoewel deze wel op een andere manier geplaatst zijn.

    • De treklipjes zijn vastgemaakt aan de zijkanten van de cellen in plaats van over de bovenrand heen gevouwen, wat de procedure iets lastiger maakt dan normaal.

    • Deze telefoon behuist een 10.35 Wh (2716 mAh bij 3.81 V) batterij, net een tikje beter dan de 10.28 Wh batterij van de 8 Plus—maar nog steeds in de achtervolging van de Galaxy Note8 reuzenbatterij met zijn 12.71 Wh.

    • Het dubbelcellige ontwerp van de batterij is meer een middel om de ruimte te optimaliseren en niet een om de capaciteit te vergroten. Twee cellen maken het mogelijk creatiever te zijn met vormen en de plaatsing van de batterij om zo de ruimte van het verkleinde logic board te benutten.

    It might be my age showing but what type of Li-Ion supports charging up to 4.35 ? (I mean .. there’s the type that goes up in flames but .. ?)

    Darie H - Antwoord

    It is just a more stable battery that can handle higher voltage without damage. Even my Cubot Note S has 4,35V max voltage battery (4.150 mAh).

    preziremprokletigugl -

    Okay so I use this phone for all the photos of appliances that we take at Jackson Appliance Repair Company. The question I have is— is the battery itself waterproof? Or is the phone waterproof (protecting components inside) when it’s fully assembled?

    Julie Toots - Antwoord

    The device is waterproof. Batteries really can’t be made waterproof as they have exposed contacts which when shorted would be dangerous depending on how conductive the liquid was (i.e. salt water).

    Dan -

    Some of the better utilization is overwritten by the need for 2 battery connectors.

    leojw1 - Antwoord

    • Hey, herinner je je die Face ID-feature nog? Vraag niet hoe, maar we hebben het getest voordat we de telefoon uit elkaar trokken. Blijft dat onze IR-camera niet snel genoeg is om het patroon te doorgronden, maar we kunnen wel goed de lichtflitsen zien!

    • Tijd voor geschiedenis: heel lang geleden ontwierp Microsoft een handige ruimtesensor die ze de Kinect noemden. De infraroodtechnologie die het aanstuurde was ontworpen door het Israelische tech-bedrijf PrimeSense.

    • Apple kocht PrimeSense voor een kleine $360 miljoen in 2013 en heeft er overduidelijk veel meer in geïnvesteerd sindsdien.

    • Ondertussen bleef Microsoft velroren achter en moest het een nieuwe sensorsysteem bij elkaar schrapen voor de nieuwe Kinect 2. Wellicht, nu de iPhone ook een dieptesensor heeft, gaan mensen deze nu ook aan drones vastmaken!

    The video is a nice addition.

    SWegner - Antwoord

    Kyle looks good in a lab coat!

    Dan - Antwoord

    Can you guys partner with someone with a fast enough IR camera to capture this? Would be really interesting.

    DAXimus - Antwoord

    I recognize that doctor from last week - best ‘turn my head and cough’ guy in a long time.

    He is a doctor, right?

    Patrick - Antwoord

    @kyle tell your design team to add a play button over the image, people can easily miss that it’s a video. I thought it was just an image, but saw the comment about he enjoyed watching the video - so i hovered my mouse and then that’s I figured it’s really a video. :)

    Jharwin Barrozo - Antwoord

    I would not want the phone flashing in my face every time it unlocks

    Jody - Antwoord

    It’s IR. Human eyes can’t see it, so unlocking with Face ID is essentially just staring at it, and from the user’s perspective, it magically unlocks. No visible flashing here!

    Liam Powell -

    Jody, the flashes are invisible to the human eye. In the video you can hear the guy with the phone asking if the cameraman can see the flashes, because you need a special camera to view them. It’d be like staring into the end of a TV remote control and pushing buttons.

    arch93 - Antwoord

    Not for me. I can see infrared easily.

    Derek Mayo -

    Esa luz que nosotros no vemos, sera dañina de tanto uso ?. Porque desbloqueamos el telefono muchisimas veces al dia.

    That light that we do not see, will be harmful of so much use? Because we unlock the phone many times a day.

    Ruben Aries - Antwoord

    Here’s a good vid on the FaceID projector lighting up someones face: https://youtu.be/OvVKnC6gGtg Jump to 5:50 to see it.

    Dan - Antwoord

    so why MS did not buy ++PrimeSense?++

    fuyun - Antwoord

    Having designed a lens system for Occipital’s Structure sensor (which is also a Prime Sense derivative). The structured light emitter, which is actually a laser; vibrates to create the pattern that bathes your face. I am pretty sure the structure light source does not have the power to do anything besides scan your face, but also the infrared camera is lens system is probably tuned for 300 mm-500 mm unlike the Kinect(1), ASUS XTION or PrimeSense’s own early versions, which have a much longer range. If anyone is interested in doing more than just face scanning, check out Occipital’s website.: https://structure.io/ .

    All Things 3D - Antwoord

    i wonder who makes the sensor subassembly - that must be a very intricate design; tying the processing and interface to the VCSELs that generate the light powering the activity

    Johnny Hero - Antwoord

  15. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 16, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 16, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 16, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • We vestigen onze aandacht op de bovenkant van de telefoon om daar de mini Kinect het TrueDepth camerasysteem te vinden waar we zo op hoopten! Dit systeem is een verzameling van sensoren die voor gezichtsherkenning zorgen bij de X.

    • Stap één in dit systeem: de infraroodschijnwerper die in het scherm is verwerkt schijnt je gezicht vol met infraroodlicht (IR).

    • Vervolgens herkent de voorste camera, gemarkeerd in het rood, dat er een gezicht aanwezig is.

    • Dan projecteert de IR-puntprojector, het meest rechts, een rooster aan punten over je gezicht heen om zo een driedimensionale kaart te creëeren.

    • Uiteindelijk leest de IR-camera aan de linkerkant deze map en zendt deze de data naar de telefoon.

    • Achter de schermen gebruikt de X flink wat software magic om al deze verschillende onderdelen samen te brengen en om te kunnen bepalen of het werkelijk jouw gezicht is, of dat van je tweelingbroer of -zus.

    Jump to Step6 X-Ray image to see the flood illuminator is just under the TrueDepth camera system. Review the note there.

    Dan - Antwoord

    Surely the ir camera senses the ir flood projector, not the standard camera…

    Richard Birkby - Antwoord

    There are three IR light sources used: The small pencil beam to see if the phone is face down or next to ones face (proximity) which uses the camera as the sensor (located just to the left of the speaker slot from the front). Then there is the flood illuminator which lets the camera ‘see’ if you are there (to discriminate there is a face present) just to the right of the camera. The third is the dot projector (on the right side of the speaker slot) to ID you. The same camera is used for all three functions no special IR camera here.

    Dan - Antwoord

    Do we know anything about the dimensions of the three components?

    Arav - Antwoord

    Can I buy that TrueDepth system?

    JJ Delisle - Antwoord

    Has anybody figured out, if this part is replaceable? I hope this isn’t handled like the TouchID which is locked to the logic board?

    Deniz Yalcin - Antwoord

  16. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 17, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 17, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 17, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • Het einde is in zicht en we gaan vastbesloten door tot we de overige onderdelen onder de loep hebben genomen.

    • Dit eerste kleine paneeltje zit vol met veeraansluitingen en EMI 'grounding fingers' en heeft een lintkabel aan de achterkant zitten.

    • Het volgende dat eruit komt is de onderste speakerbehuizing, vol met sticky-yicky waterdichte lijm om de poort heen.

    • Tot slot komen de trilmotor en de geprezen barometrische ventilator eruit. De trilmotor van Apple is nog steeds een lineair oscillerende trilmotor.

    Are there two speakers at the bottom?

    Hossein Alavl - Antwoord

    Nope just the one lower speaker. The second speaker is mounted to the upper portion of the display assembly.

    Sam Goldheart -

    How is vibration motor installe, it is glued or screwed?

    nitin sharma - Antwoord

    Wonder what effects there would be if we cover up the leftmost holes for the barometric sensors, say using the XS’s Smart Battery Case….?

    tommyluu - Antwoord

    Do you sell replacements of the little bracket that is covered in spring connectors and EMI grounding fingers, and has a ribbon cable stuck to the back? As I was removing my screen to prepare for a replacement I saw that it had some damage. I don’t want to purchase a replace screen and find that it won’t work because of the damage to this part.

    Caleb - Antwoord

    Caleb for some strange reason iFixit do not sell the EMI Grounding Finger plate nor do they sell the wifi flex cable that is attached to the underside of that plate. I had to go to Amazon to source a replacement for both. I think they should also stress how delicate those grounding fingers are, they are like tissue paper and can be damaged very easily if touched so take extreme caution when removing and reinstalling the plate and the attached flex cable.

    Sean Wren - Antwoord

    Do you have links?? I can not find it.

    lhota.jaroslav -

    There are two screws immediately below the taptic engine. Neither the PH000 or PH00 screwdriver works. Anyone know what screwdriver it is?

    davidvincentiannelli - Antwoord

    Nice and informative post very helpful thanks for it, MS OFFICE 2019 MAC with lifetime license 70% Off.

    Digital Software - Antwoord

    Does anyone know the purpose of this bracket "covered in spring connectors and EMI grounding fingers"? What would be the possible side effects if it was damaged?

    Anne Aunyme - Antwoord

  17. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 18, afbeelding 1 van 1
    • In vorm zoals altijd spreidt onze teardown engineer even wat dubbelhandige pincettechnieken tentoon om zo de Lightning-aansluiting te verwijderen.

    • Goed nieuws voor diegenen met de loszittende oplaadkabel-blues: de Lightning-aansluiting lijkt extra stevig te zijn bevestigd, met een breder paneel dat in de zijkant van het frame is geschroefd.

    • Het bevat ook gaten waar de pentalobe schroeven van buiten door naar binnen worden gedraaid om zo in het scherm te eindigen, zoals we eerder al zagen.

    Is the Lightning connector two-sided? Pins on both sides like we originally saw in the iPad Air 2 (IIRC) and larger iPad Pro?

    Scott - Antwoord

    I don’t think it really matters. Apple’s Lightning Connector is double sided, so EVEN IF they DO have contact points on both sides, they probably would have wired them together anyway.

    Xavier Jiang - Antwoord

    The Lightning connector IS double sided, however the pins are NOT NECESSARILY physically tied together in the connector; ergo it actually supports 16-pins, not 8. So it DOES matter. A double-sided port could hypothetically support Thunderbolt, or 2 USB3 channels. And we have seen, inexplicably, a double-sided port from Apple before in the iPad Pro. A fully 2-sided Lightning connector/port could be functionally as capable as USB Type-C, minus the legacy USB 2.0 lanes. (The Type-C connector ALWAYS maintains a legacy USB 2.0 pair; Apple would have no need for that legacy combination if Thunderbolt was their forward-looking target.)

    Scott - Antwoord

    Scott,

    Apple has already defined the connector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_... I doubt they are going to mess it up making it polarized directionally at this point.

    Dan -

    There are 2 separate parts here. One is the Lightning connector and the flex cable under it is the loud speaker flex cable.

    Mike Morrow - Antwoord

  18. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 19, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 19, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 19, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • Met de hoofdmodule uit elkaar, vestigen we onze aandacht nu op de achterkant van het scherm. Het eerste ding dat ons opvalt is de oorstukspeaker, welke opnieuw is ontworpen met een coole uitgang om het geluid via het scherm naar buiten te begeleiden.

    • Bij het voorzichtig uit elkaar halen van de onderdelen bovenin het scherm merken we dat dit misschien wel de meest complexe collectie aan bovenste schermonderdelen is die we hebben gezien. Het bevat een luidspreker, microfoon, omgevingslichtsensor, infraroodschijnwerper en een nabijheidssensor.

    • Na het loshalen van alle modulaire onderdelen, blijft er een kaal scherm over.

    So what was that mystery chip first shown in the x-ray pictures?

    aleksivanttinen - Antwoord

    TechInsights has a nice picture. It’s BCM1595.

    Astute - Antwoord

    And what are the models/manufacturers of the ambient light sensor, flood illuminator, and proximity sensor?

    Ricarte - Antwoord

    What is the chip to the left f the Broadcom one? Long and thin with a metal cover.

    TheOx - Antwoord

    Whats the long thin chip next to the broadcom one?

    TheOx - Antwoord

    Where can I find a replacement upper display? Accidentally tore my wire ribbon slightly…

    lphillippeee - Antwoord

  19. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 20, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 20, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 20, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • Nu is het tijd om eens naar die mysterieuze chip te kijken! Met wat hulp van onze vrienden van TechInsights nemen we een kijken onder de schilden aan de achterkant van het scherm en daar vinden we:

    • Een Broadcom touch schermcontroller, genaamd BCM15951B0KUB2G.

    • Daarbij komt ook nog: een nieuw STMicro toestel dat we nog niet eerder hebben gezien, een OLED PMIC genaamd 10 THADT733 X-139U.

    The ST is more likely a boost converter, look at the inductors around it.

    Too few pins to be a oled display-driver

    Albert Einstein - Antwoord

  20. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 21, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 21, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 21, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • Nu we steeds meer op het kale metaal van de telefoon stuiten, zien we ook nog een andere oude bekende in deze dichtbepakte puzzel: de draadloze oplaadspoel.

    • Oh, en alles dat eraan vast zit, inclusief de volumeknoppen, luid/trilschakelaar en een niet-geïdentificeerd sensorpaneel.

    • We halen ook de andere gekke multifunctionele kabel nog uit de bovenkant van de telefoon. Deze module huist de quad-LED True Tone lichtflits en de aan-/uitknop, zoals de iPhone's van weleer.

    Is the Qi coil that needs to be unobstructed for wireless charging just the center circle the ribbons are attached to or is it the whole unit?

    cydeweyz - Antwoord

    You can see the coil in step 3 x-ray images.

    aleksivanttinen -

    Just the big black coil.

    George A. -

    Is there anything special with the charging coil? Do you think they are being modest and when airpower comes out it will blow away qi coils?

    Joseph Littler - Antwoord

    What is the diameter of the coil? Just curious.

    leres - Antwoord

    what is the sensor that is attached at the ribbon under the buttons?

    ALOR - Antwoord

    Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Magnetometer

    Shuhao Hu -

  21. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 22, afbeelding 1 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 22, afbeelding 2 van 3 Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 22, afbeelding 3 van 3
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    • Bonusronde: wat gebeurt er als je de glazen achterkant van je gloednieuwe iPhone X breekt?

    • Na het toedienen van heel wat warmte, legden we onze spudger aan de kant en pakten we onze Jimmy erbij. Net als de iPhone 8 en 8 Plus, bevat de X een bijzonder stevig gelijmde achterkant.

    • Na al het voorzichtige ge-Jimmy, zitten we nog steeds vast: anders dan bij de iPhone 8, waarvan de achterste behuizing één geheel is, is de cameraheuvel in deze telefoon over de achterkant heen geplaatst en tegelijkertijd stevig aan het frame eronder vastgelast.

    • In deze klassieke hand-in-de-koektrommel-situatie hebben we nog twee keuzes over: of we hakken onze hand erof (de cameraheuvel) of gooien de koektrommel kapot (de glazen achterkant). Fantastisch.

    • We kiezen ervoor om de cameraheuvel te amputeren en de glazen achterkant te sparen. Diegenen die een gebroken paneel repareren, hebben geen enkele goede optie—zij zullen bijzonder veel tijd nodig hebben om alle stukjes vastgelijmd glas los te krijgen.

    Could you show the other side of the stainless shell? Is the glass apple logo and lettering at the bottom printed on the backside and glass layer over top?

    Scott Miller - Antwoord

    Scott - It appears the coloring is on the back side of the glass so the logo and text is printed from the back side the then over painted with the base color.

    Dan - Antwoord

    Yup, same as the 8, you can see the bare inside of the glass here.

    Sam Goldheart - Antwoord

    Is there any way to remove only the rear camera glass?

    이상원 - Antwoord

    looking for this solution

    Leandro Santiago -

    How was the camera bump removed?

    Ivan Beatz - Antwoord

    Destructively. It’s welded into place from the inside.

    Jeff Suovanen -

    I find using a small flat head at each one of the weld points and rocking it left and right with a little force helps break the weld with less trouble than trying something large like a jimmy tool.

    thecomputerdrjc - Antwoord

    I opened the phone, removed the rear cameras, flash, logic board and battery, then wedged something underneath the rear camera bracket (which is spot welded to the camera bump) to break the spot welds to the camera bump. You’ll end up destroying the bracket (my replacement glass came with a new bracket and camera bump/lens) the bump will literally fall out once done. The rear glass can then be removed and replaced, then fit new camera bracket (and camera bump if damaged when removed).

    Gareth - Antwoord

    Feel like doing a walk-through on this with photos for those less-inclined to break their new iPhone just because of a smashed back panel? :D

    Samantha d'Arcy -

    Absolute joke. After having spent all day painstakingly removing every single glass shard from the rear I find out that the bloody rear replacement glass doesn’t fit over the camera bump anyway…

    Is there not a version that just fits over the bump even if it leaves a tiny gap ??? There is no way people will want their cameras/mics butchered. Failing that, it seems a bit excessive to strip down the entire phone just to remove a welded bracket. Frankly it is RIDICULOUS and I have been doing smartphone/tablet repairs from day 1.

    It’s my own fault for not researching the subject. I wrongly assumed it was like previous models where it’s just held in place with adhesive tape.

    This same kind of thing happened to me when the iPad airs came out and I thought it was still possible to do ‘glass only’. I think the only way I will learn is from not doing Apple repairs anymore!

    Anyway well done Apple for catching me out yet again…..

    Chris - Antwoord

    Well I was only 2 years late to this party I didn’t even bother to check! Definitely serves me right :) NEVER AGIAIN! LOL

    Chris - Antwoord

    Further update… Managed to find a seller on eBay who sells the rear glass covers with a slightly larger camera hole so it fits straight over the bump/lens. While this isn’t a perfect solution as there will be a bit of a gap it does makes it a million times easier and actually becomes feasible to do this repair (if you don’t mind hacking away at glass all day!).

    My initial outburst was mainly because I was doing this job as a gesture of good will for someone and just assumed it to be straight forward. If it was my own phone or that of a close family/friend I would have just stripped it all down and done a proper job.

    Hope this helps someone!

    Chris - Antwoord

    I use glass from aliexpress with normal hole with separate camera holder. If you put big hole glass you have the water resist problem.

    Zeljko -

    Does anybody now what is the purpose of circle black sticks on the back housing of the frame ?

    Zeljko - Antwoord

  22. Demontage van de iPhone X: stap 23, afbeelding 1 van 1

    Thanks - - - gonna need some better glasses.

    Russ - Antwoord

    where is antenna?

    wmyang - Antwoord

    Apple is still using the outer aluminum frame like the older iPhones. If you look carefully you’ll see the insulators which isolate the top and bottom sections which are the antennas.

    Dan -

    Is there any way to replace the mesh earpiece for this device?

    Elana Chon - Antwoord

  23. Laatste gedachten
    • Scherm- en batterijreparaties blijven een prioriteit in het design van de iPhone's.
    • Een gebarsten scherm kan worden vervangen zonder de biometrische Face ID-hardware te hoeven verwijderen.
    • Het royale gebruik van schroefjes is nog steeds beter dan lijm—maar je zult je speciale Apple-schroevendraaiers (Pentalobe en tri-point) nodig hebben naast de standaard Phillips.
    • Maatregelen om de waterdichtheid te verbeteren, maken sommige reparaties wat lastiger, maar zorgen wel dat het risico op waterschade minder groot is.
    • Een wirwar aan kabels verbindt schijnbaar ongerelateerde onderdelen en creëert zo complexe modules—duur en lastig te vervangen.
    • Glas aan zowel de voor- als achterkant verdubbelt de kans op glasschade—en als de glazen achterkant barst zul je ieder onderdeel plus het gehele chassis moeten vervangen.
    Repareerbaarheidsscore
    6
    Repareerbaarheid 6 op 10
    (10 is gemakkelijkst te repareren)

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Incredible and dense tech inside this iPhone - thanks ifixit!

Richard Armstrong - Antwoord

Wow! So exciting!

Reid Fleishman - Antwoord

Hello,

Could you give us more info about NFC antenna localization? I suppose it’s on top of the back panel (to avoid conflict with Qi )

Thanks

Joe - Antwoord

It’s the top bezel itself, as always.

Tom Chai -

From Iphone 6 to XS Max, its always been on top?

KENG ART KENG ART ADV -

An amazing repairability score for such a compact and advanced design.

Nopw - Antwoord

Exactly! Given the amount of effort they put into shrinking (or folding) certain parts, it’s great to see they’ve put in the same effort to not make it harder to repair. That any modern smartphone will never receive a 10/10 score due to the design choices is acceptable, so I’m happy to see there’s still a reasonable way in. Not like some tablet/laptop hybrids that are horrendous to even open up; yes I’m looking at you Microsoft!

addvariety -

is the face id hardware programmed to the phone like the touch ID was? that would make replacing it impossible by 3rd parties.

i know its not connected to the screen, but still it may be a common repair like it is now.

karl - Antwoord

There isn’t really a reason why replacing the True Depth sensors should be a “common replacement” like the home button was. The home button had to be replaced because it was a physical piece of hardware that was pressed millions of times before failing. The True Depth sensor should fail rarely since it is protected under glass and won’t be hammered on constantly.

Jeremy1026 -

Very good! Finally different in the interior, the previous models were all the same!

Universo Técnico - Antwoord

Impressive just how much tech they crammed into this thing. The layout of the internals shows just how much thought went into this.

Sandy34 - Antwoord

Question which iPhone X version is this? with 2 Qualcom chips it looks like it is the Model A1865

Hayth - Antwoord

Apple claims that in order to make the screen curve with the edges, they had to fold part of the OLED screen over to hide the display driver right under the screen. Would you be able to verify that?

dvdhan - Antwoord

yes, there was an animation in the promo video. Looked weird. I’d like to know how they get the cutout in there.

And how do the cutout pixels account to the display resolution?

Andi -

Yes I saw this too, can you investigate more into the OLED display? In the video at 0:30, Jony Ive says “the custom OLED panel was engineered to fold and seamlessly combine with the external surfaces.” Their computer rendering really makes it appear there are hundreds of hidden pixels being illuminated. https://youtu.be/K4wEI5zhHB0?t=30s

Jackson Hern -

Sweet! I’m actually impressed by the efficiency of this.

James Buckhorn - Antwoord

The picture of the sandwich board is tilted and out of focus. Please retake from directly above

Mitch Hansen - Antwoord

Hey Mitch! We have top down photos of the logic board in steps 9, 10, 11, and 12! Check them out! The photo in step 13 is meant to describe depth, so the angle the focus on the chips inside is intentional!

Sam Goldheart -

@ifixit You did not reveal that mysterious chip on the display panel.

Simon - Antwoord

Please post XRay Wallpaper of the iPhone X! You guys are the only ones that do it right!

Hoang Le - Antwoord

Just snag the xray ‘wallpaper’ off the enlarged picture above… o.O

gibsonjont -

No sign of the display or touch driver chip?

Dylan - Antwoord

From a boardlevel repair perspective I sense this is mostly game over.

Separation of the two layers requires an amount of heat applied to the whole structure pretty much all soldering folks would consider unsafe including myself.

Lets all hope very strong that this design improves mechanical stability to a point where we wont have breaking solder joints any more and improved circuitry preventing most common damages. The level and style of catch up game with the repair industry apple plays here is disconcerting.

After settling with recent macs not to be considered buyable because of &&^&^$^ all components being soldered in and tethered added to ridiculous toylike features driving stupid prices now the iPhone is also beyond what I am willing to accept for such money.

Its depressing to see how fast apple from year to year is becoming more about profit and money and less about tech and users.

I wonder how long I have to wait until some other player comes up with a real alternative in terms of user experience.

Anton Chubukov - Antwoord

Yes i agree, what they did will make repairs harder you can see in this pictures some components moved from their place after separation which is a bad outcome.

Filip Pusca -

Have you considered the Essential Phone? It seems like they may have something special over there…

Gino J -

I have to agree. I started out in 1980 with my bsee degree repairing Apple 1’s 2’s and 3’s with an oscilloscope, soldering iron and the latest copy of the ic circuit handbook. I have not been thrilled about Apples progression from everyman’s or women’s mac to unserviceable sometimes throw away stuff that needs cottage industries to support what they can, when before it was mainstream repair with dig this, a service door!.

Ross Elkins -

@Ross Elkins: The Apple 1, ][ and /// were designs based on 7400-series TTL logic. Do you have any idea how big, power-hungry (and expensive!) devices like the iPhone would be, if they were designed with 7400 chips? If it would even be possible (which I seriously doubt), the PCBs stuffed-full of TTL logic would easily cover a football field, would require a 1000A power supply, and would cost $100,000 (or more)!!!

For you to even mention the repairability of stone knives and bearskins designs (no offense meant to Mssrs. Wozniak and company) like the first few Apple computers in the same breath as state of the art, massively-integrated product designs like the iPhone X strongly suggests that you wasted your money on that EE degree; because you certainly haven’t been keeping up with technology, even at a lay,an’s level.

Douglas McIntosh -

Yes, serviceability has definitely lost ground to compact design over the years. There are trade offs everywhere and either we carry around a brick with a removable back panel for component repair/replacement access, or have the smartphone design we do today where it's practically an extension of our body. I'm for the latter.

I do love iFixit teardowns though, daring to go where no one is intended to.

I salute you, iFixit!

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Robert French -

@atomicsymphonic Umm… you have to FREEZE it to get it open! Essential Phone Teardown It got a repairability score of 1.

Liam Powell -

Does the bottom left of the phone still just have a dummy panel covering the speaker grill?

John - Antwoord

If you’re thinking of the barometric vent, then yes! You can see it in the third image on step 17.

Sam Goldheart -

It looks like the mysterious chip was attached to the lower speaker…any idea what it is used for?

Lewie Edwards - Antwoord

It is still mysterious!

Satyajeet Vishwakarma -

Does the mystery chip possibly contain the data for the user’s facial recognition? Apple said that data would be stored on the phone only - and nowhere else - out of privacy concerns.

HL Dash -

Were you able to verify that face recognition still worked once the phone was re-assembled?

Cindy Leek - Antwoord

Facial Recognition works. But proximity sensor has to be swapped over to maintain Face ID after a screen swap.

Matt Davis -

iv tried today to swap screens on two iPhone X without swapping over any parts, just the screens and Face ID stopped working on both. ill try later to swap the proximity sensor to see if that fixes the Face ID.

roy -

I swapped two screens from one to the other on the iPhone X and Face ID stopped working on both. ill try later to see if swapping the proximity sensor fixes the Face ID not working.

roy -

Should be much easier to repair without the virtual touch id button.

John Knirr - Antwoord

Is the top speaker better or worse than the 8? It was never very balanced with the bottom one on mine. It looks different here, more square.

tipoo - Antwoord

this looks like a science fiction movie, very big WOW

forrest gump - Antwoord

Be nice if the person breaking down the phone, or at least the one who writes up the Teardown, had some engineering training, some of the text above was completely unintelligible, unscientific and used wrong terminology in descriptions. Apart from that, though, great! LOL

vkd - Antwoord

And you’re perfect in everything that you do right? If you’re so smart you should have filtered through all type O’s and kept your rude post to yourself, JACKASS!!

lucien arsenault -

Have you tried swapping parts from one phone to the other?

Tony Tone - Antwoord

Stay tuned ;)

Sam Goldheart -

The next thing to go is the nano sim tray for sure it's so large compared to the logic board.

Kailen Bittner - Antwoord

Apple’s almost definitely going to replace it with an eSIM in the next model. I sure hope so. https://www.blog.google/products/project...

Liam Powell -

Can you show us the OLED (Super Retina) display which Apple says supposedly folds in under itself?

jk379b - Antwoord

Could we please see more angles of the “sandwich” board before it was separated?

makenb - Antwoord

What about the screen essentially folding backwards on top of itself? I was wondering about that in a tear down like this. Here’s what I’m referring to: https://boygeniusreport.files.wordpress....

Frank Durocher - Antwoord

What part is the TI 78AVZ81????  Can’t find it on TIs website.

Greg - Antwoord

Which model is this iPhone? A1865 or A1903?

Gechen - Antwoord

We picked up an A1865 in Australia!

Kyle Wiens -

Is the gold plated part in step 12 a sim card reader? If so we definitely need esim

K Sec - Antwoord

this iPhone can work with one side of the logic board desoldered . you have to use it however as an iPod or iPad without wifi and bloetooth.

Techmann - Antwoord

without harddriver either!!!

imnotar -

Could you check readings on that vias? (just some of them) and confirm whether they are grounded, empty or data, power lines?

bart6665 - Antwoord

Seems like Apple is designing a few more chips now.

T Hui - Antwoord

Maybe I missed it, but did we find out what the chip next to the speaker is? It was called out with a green box on the X-Ray in the 3rd step. I don’t think i saw the explanation.

gregkramer - Antwoord

I believe you’re talking about the chip in Step 20!

Dom Santangelo -

Just a guess, but the “Unidentified sensor bracket” in Step 21 could be related to Apple’s new leather folio case which wakes the phone upon opening and sleeps upon closing.

Antoine V - Antwoord

I’m sure the IR proximity is what does that

Dan -

It’s unlikely to be the proximity sensor doing this, as then it would work with third party cases as well, not just Apple’s and would do something similar when just covering or uncovering the screen.

Justin Clifford -

In the iPhone X promo video from Apple, we can see the OLED screen is curved under itself, which I’ve read is to ensure a consistent light all the way to the edges of the phone.

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I’ve looked above a few times at the various steps but don’t seem to find any reference to details on the OLED screen, which you’d imagine is a very important part of any smartphone.

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iFixit, can you please add a 24th step that goes into detail on this? I can see from a couple of comments above that I’m not the only person wanting to know.

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Thank you for your incredible work!

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Regards

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Alex

Alex - Antwoord

Any chance you can show us the folded OLED screen? Isn’t this an integral part of the phone? Why did you leave it out?

Alex - Antwoord

Any idea who they are using for the Qi charging IC?

Robert McCormick - Antwoord

Apple made there own coil. It has the apple insignia on it

zachary -

Are you able to put the phone back together and have it still be functional, or does this tear-down destroy the phone?

Peter Georgiton - Antwoord

There are too many screws on the iPhone X

Mandy - Antwoord

The degree of consolidation for functionality in the circuitry is unprecedented! State of the art.

Satyajeet Vishwakarma - Antwoord

Great work everyone! This is fantastic.

Nat Welch - Antwoord

Very nice, good explain

allwin2abbas - Antwoord

Very informative! I love your site!

robert benn - Antwoord

Ram wasn’t mentioned this year? What is it? How much ram?

chaosprodigy - Antwoord

3 GB of RAM in the A11 chip

Dan -

Great work. Congrats.

wilcamo - Antwoord

Are there other chips in different models I see no mention of Qorvo ??

ski3938 - Antwoord

Can you tell us if new soi substrat is used for the St MICRO system for the face recognition?

fredo - Antwoord

Face id only works if the phone is vertical.

John Knirr - Antwoord

Any commentary on the antenna design and how it compares to 8/7 (plus/nonplus)?

Phil Rosenthal - Antwoord

Mmm, where is the $999?

Autrak - Antwoord

iPhone X is the same wireless charging hardware design like iPhone 8 ? any difference?

TAIWAN FUSION - Antwoord

Excellent site do you only describe etc phones?

Michael Thomas Houton - Antwoord

IFIXIT covers many different products review the other tear downs here: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown

Dan -

I just hope no costumer comes in with a broken rear…

Dion jonkheid - Antwoord

For the dual-cell battery, why adding 4.93Wh to 5.52Wh = 10.45Wh, instead of 10.35 Wh as marked?

Two different capacity cells in parallel connection lose 0.1Wh?

Daniel Xu - Antwoord

Awesome!! Already you did

goma - Antwoord

thanks lot for all ifixit team

Seydina Diaw - Antwoord

So amazing PCBs layout!

Rossicley M. Araujo - Antwoord

Very informative! I love your site…..

susmoy - Antwoord

Would appreciate your comments about the Snapdragon X16 Modem. Have the aireals been disabled by Apple in a smilar fashion to the way they were disabled on the Iphone 8 and 8Plus model 1865? This seems to be an important issue? Jack

john mcginty - Antwoord

哪一國型號的手機沒有標示清楚

Andy - Antwoord

Hi , i am interesting if wireless charging control IC from Broadcom have same function with IDT’s wireless charging receiver IC that been used in Samsung flagship smart phones? and is Broadcom a single sourcing for Iphone wireless charging IC?

thank you!

Renjie - Antwoord

This is too cool ! Do you have data on which parts are best in class the industry offers ?

NEERAJ BANSAL - Antwoord

lol Apple REVEALED! KUDOS IFIXIT

Mark Francisco - Antwoord

Will you be doing an in-depth tear down of the display itself? I’m super curious how Apple actually put this display together, especially after that outstanding product overview video.

BunkerS - Antwoord

Hi, I know that the iPhone X supports the auto sleep/wake function, as on iPads, using wallet covers like the original Apple Folio one, so I think there should be magnets inside the phone, is that true? If yes where they are? I saw tons of wallet covers on eBay that are sold as "magnetic" but they don't say if they support the auto sleep/wake function, anybody has tried one of these? Thanks

$tef94 - Antwoord

Could I replace the Entire Face ID Package, including the camera? Or is it paired to the Logic Board?

Matt H - Antwoord

So, is look like the Camera bump is very strong and durable since is welded to the body frame + glued to the glass. Right?

Time Line - Antwoord

How durable do you think the Camera bump welded to the Metal Frame + glued to the Glass (Glass glued to Metal frame)???

Time Line - Antwoord

Fantastic teardown guys!! I am curious about the stainless steel ring around the frame. It does appear that it’s composed of 4 distinct pieces due to the seams between.

Can you guys comment on how they’re connected to each other as well as the backplane?

It does make me wonder on the Space Grey version - are the 4 pieces PVD coated before they’re joined or after?

Steven Fischer - Antwoord

Any chance you guys will do a teardown of the display like you did with the iPhone 6s? I’m genuinely curious how on earth they made this gorgeous display!

BunkerS - Antwoord

I have I phone X now , and wear the phone by protection cover , couse I am afraid that back class will broke , do you have an other solution to save back phone ?

Abdulaziz - Antwoord

I work for a phone company and we are getting these phones returned by same group of people, they take the phone out then 24 hours they return it, the boxes are open but the phones are still in the plastic seals, it there anything that can be done to these phones they look as good as new but my gut is saying something has been done with the phones.

Mike Honell - Antwoord

Where is GPS antenna located?

yurkennis - Antwoord

Hello, please, iPhone X has two or only one bottom microphone? On picture is only one, and iPhone 6S, 7 have two.

Adam Krůžela - Antwoord

How the on screen finger print works? what kind of part’s it need to execute?

Arghadip Deb - Antwoord

There is no in screen touch ID. Just Face ID, and there’s no fingerprint reader anywhere on the phone.

Liam Powell -

Hi, please, where is fourth microphone at bottom of the phone? Integrated in speaker assembly? All phones since iPhone 7 has 4 microphones, and i counted there only 3.

Adam Krůžela - Antwoord

Where can I get an iPhone X chassis to fix my phone

Tanner Preston - Antwoord

The little white dot on the back of the wireless charging assembly, that is visible through the crack between the two batteries, is this another liquid damage indicator? If not, where are the rest of the internal liquid damage indicators aside from the small one in the sim card slot?

Paul - Antwoord

Hello were can i buy chassis for iphone X thanks

Koba Jgenti - Antwoord

unidentifed censer? They are spying on us lol

Grace Capozzi - Antwoord

The charge tip broke in my IPhone X. Can it be pulled out the same as the other iPhones

Lori - Antwoord

谢谢!Ifix的努力越来越好!同时祝我的手机越卖越好!

jungel - Antwoord

Can you guys tell me about specific dimension of all 3 part for TrueDepth camera?

jpuvmd - Antwoord

Is it possible to share the mass and dimension breakdown of the main components? Thank you!

Ginko - Antwoord

I expected to see an explanation on how they removed the bottom chin… where do the driving electronics go?

kurkosdr - Antwoord

Wheres the antenna located? Top Bezel?

David Moheban - Antwoord

How do you remove the buttons from the casing?

Ad Iqbal - Antwoord

What’s the size of the back camera sensors? I want to compare it to my older dusty point and shoots.

Mihai Codoban - Antwoord

Hi ifixit team,

bluetooth and wifi module can be replaceble?

Nvn Namburi - Antwoord

What do you do with the phones from your teardowns?

Liam Judge - Antwoord

@ltjjudge Lots of things—after the teardown we go to work writing repair guides, so teardown phones and components get used for guide photos, parts compatibility testing, etc.

Jeff Suovanen -

can anyone please tell me is there a slight flex or compression in iPhone X screen when pressed a little hard in the centre of the display. Also please tell me if u hear a hollow tap in the middle region of display compared to corners when u tap it with moderate force?

Manab Dutta - Antwoord

My iPhone X sim port was open and it fell inside the water and turn blank on the screen what can I do to solve this problem

James edward - Antwoord

Hi iFixit team,

At step 21 , there’s a rubber / silicone casing around the camera flash , which (I suppose) helps with water / dust isolation. I’m missing mine (repair shop probably “forgot” to put it back in). Any idea where I could get one?

Thanks a lot!

Marek

Marek Tomašovič - Antwoord

Could anyone unfold the logic board or is it really complex?

www.crazymono - Antwoord

Getting it apart is very straightforward if you have a good hot air station. (There are numerous how-to videos on YouTube at this point.) Putting it back together in good working order is significantly tougher, but do-able.

Jeff Suovanen -

Si cambio la placa del iphone x el face id deja de funcionar?

Julio Orellana - Antwoord

Hello I hace a question is it possible to find the IMEI number or serial number somewhere inside the Iphone X exept on the sim tray or when phone is on. I need to check this somewhere. Plz help me asp

Dado Koc - Antwoord

So in other words there isn't a way to get and fix water damaged iPhone x?

dd 3x - Antwoord

Can u tell me where is the gps chip in iphone x

aman verma - Antwoord

Grazie, precisi e meticolosi.

Emiliano Armellin - Antwoord

Face ID no set up

Aeiar George - Antwoord

Merci pour cette vue d’ensemble et merci pour la traduction

Moussa_issa - Antwoord

Kann mir jemand sagen, wo denn der Beschleunigungssensor liegt?

Michelle - Antwoord

Ich habe diese Höllentour durch - ohne Teardown und Anleitung. Display und Rückseite waren gebrochen und mussten neu. 6 Stunden fummeln und fluchen später war das Ding fertig. Besonders unlustig: Mehrfach überlappende Kabel und Bleche, dazu zig verschieden große und lange Schrauben. Das bekommt Apple auch NIE in den Griff sich auf 2 Schraubengrößen zu einigen. PS: Rückseite geht bei über 180 Grad ab wie Butter. Vorher aber das gesamte Gerät bis zum letzten Teil entkernen.

Sebastian Coenen - Antwoord

Someone help me with this, i try to replaced my battery on my iPhone, everything is perfect except my phone can’t catch the wifi well. Someone help me please

Richardson Josh - Antwoord

Thanks to ifix it

Spark9ja - Antwoord

Where are the cellular antennas?

Paul Sheraton - Antwoord

All, do you know where is the GPS located?

Corrado Palestini - Antwoord

Hi Guys, having a problem with bottom half of the screen flickerring. Anyone experienced this ?

Mariusz - Antwoord

Voeg opmerking toe

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