Introduzione
10 anni fa Apple presentò il primissimo iPhone e cambiò il mondo. Oggi faremo a pezzi il 18º sviluppo successivo: l'iPhone X. Con i suoi bordi arrotondati e il display che si estende da un bordo all'altro, siamo sicuri che questo sia l'iPhone che Steve aveva immaginato tutti quegli anni fa. Ora però che il suo sogno si è realizzato, influenzerà il mondo come la prima versione? Sarà il tempo a dirlo, noi per ora faremo la nostra parte per aiutarti a esprimere un parere. Seguici mentre apriamo il gioiello della corona Apple per vedere che cosa è che lo fa brillare.
Un grandissimo grazie a Circuitwise per aver ospitato il nostro smontaggio, a Creative Electron per le immagini a raggi X ed a TechInsights per l'identificazione dei chip.
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Panoramica Video
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L'iPhone X è qui! Ecco il ripieno di questo sandwich di vetro:
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Chip A11 "Bionico" con motore neurale e coprocessore di movimento integrato M11
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Schermo "all-screen" OLED multitouch da 5,8" Super Retina HD con risoluzione di 2436 × 1125-pixel (458 ppi)
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Fotocamera doppia da 12 MP (grandangolo e teleobiettivo) con aperture rispettive ƒ/1.8 e ƒ/2.4 e OIS (stabilizzazione ottica dell'immagine)
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Fotocamera TrueDepth DA 7 MP con apertura ƒ/2.2, registrazione video HD 1080p e Face ID
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Supporto per carica rapida e per carica wireless Qi
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La nostra unità "globale" A1865 è dotata di un ampio supporto di bande cellulari oltre che di WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac con tecnologia MIMO + Bluetooth 5.0 + NFC.
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L'iPhone ha fatto molta strada in 10 anni: così tanta, infatti, che il design sta un po' richiudendo il ciclo. È da parecchio tempo che un nuovo iPhone non era così somigliante all'originale.
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Come nel caso precedente dell'iPhone 8 in questo stesso anno, Apple ha eliminato gli sgradevoli (ma all'insegna della responsabilità ambientale) richiami normativi dal retro dell'iPhone X.
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Jony (Jonathan Ive, capo del design Apple) ha finalmente il piano liscio senza elementi di disturbo che, come sapete, aveva sempre desiderato. Speriamo di questi telefoni arrivino a chi ricicla anche senza l'indicazione scritta e che non vengano buttati nella pattumiera.
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.
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.
Where did you get that minty fresh first-gen iPhone? Is it part of iFixit’s collection?
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.
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Prima di lanciarci a corpo morto nel telefono, facciamo un po' di ricognizione a raggi
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Ecco ciò che abbiamo trovato:
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Non una, ma due celle batteria. È la prima volta in un iPhone!
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Una scheda logica dagli ingombri super limitati. Basandosi sui punti di saldatura sovrapposti, sembra che sia in due strati disposti uno sull'altro.
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Per lasciare spazio ai sensori extra nella parte anteriore, l'altoparlante da orecchio è stato parecchio spostato in basso.
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C'è un chip misterioso tra il Taptic Engine e l'altoparlante inferiore: siamo curiosi di capire che cosa c'è sotto!
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Questa vite pentalobe sembra stranamente non finita. Onestamente le viti inferiori sembrano più che altro dei perni.
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La vite sposta così la sua parte di gambo filettata dal display al telaio in metallo, mentre la parte non filettata si estende in un perno bizzarramente lungo.
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La nostra tesi è che questo permette al display un certo grado di flessibilità e al tempo stesso permette di spostare la sua staffa di montaggio verso l'interno del telefono; incidentalmente in questo modo lascia spazio a un connettore Lightning più massiccio.
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Per fortuna, sembra che non abbiano risistemato molto altro, perciò il nostro tris formato da iOpener, iSclack e dagli Strumenti di apertura iFixit può continuare a lavorare come in passato.
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Questo significa che non ci sono stati dei cambiamenti significativi nella robustezza e che lo schermo OLED è ben supportato da un telaietto, diversamente da altri display di nostra conoscenza.
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Si direbbe che l'apertura a libro dell'iPhone sia qualcosa destinato a durare. Apple ci aveva sorpreso applicandola nel 7 Plus, ma ora è diventata una soluzione standard.
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Questa grande staffa singola copre tutte le connessioni della scheda logica: non abbiamo mai visto una tale densità in termini di connettori.
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E ancora una volta incrociamo le armi con viti tri-wing che stanno di sentinella di fronte a qualsiasi riparazione, una volta che si è passati per le viti pentalobe a guardia della porta.
As mentioned above.
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fixed i guess
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?
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Dopo aver liberato questa imponente monostaffa dalla scheda logica, possiamo finalmente dare un'occhiata all'hardware che fa funzionare l'ultima ammiraglia di Cupertino.
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Più tardi daremo un'occhiata migliore all'hardware presente sul display. Per ora a soddisfarci bastano i raggi X: scopriamo che quel chip misterioso è montato sul display!
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Ecco un cambiamento: il display si solleva senza portarsi dietro la fotocamera anteriore.
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Questa foto conferma il layout che avevamo osservato nella nostra ricognizione a raggi X: la maggior parte dello spazio è occupato dalla nuova batteria a doppia cella mentre la scheda logica si è notevolmente ristretta.
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La doppia fotocamera posteriore presenta una grossa staffa che, si direbbe, offre un supporto a prova di piegatura per questi delicati componenti.
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Le fotocamere sono ulteriormente fissate al case posteriore con dell'adesivo in espanso per tenerle ancora meglio al loro posto. Una "fermezza" necessaria perché queste fotocamere possono esprimere tutta la loro magia nel Portrait Mode e nelle altre modalità avanzate.
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Attorno al vetro di copertura delle fotocamere, si possono vedere dei minuscoli punti di saldatura che probabilmente tengono aderenti al case le pareti della "gobba" della fotocamera.
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.
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Abbiamo finalmente liberato la densissima scheda logica e quindi possiamo vederla in dettaglio.
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Questa scheda logica miniaturizzata sfrutta lo spazio incredibilmente bene. La densità di connettori e componenti è senza precedenti. Alla fine, perfino un Apple Watch lascia sulla scheda più spazio libero.
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La scheda compatta dell'iPhone X riesce a comprimere al suo interno ancora più tecnologia e ugualmente fa sembrare ingombrante e fin troppo lunga la scheda dell'iPhone 8 Plus disposta alla sua sinistra nella foto.
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Confrontando l'impronta delle due schede madri, quella dell'iPhone X è grande circa il 70% di quella dell'iPhone 8 Plus e quindi lascia molto più spazio piano a disposizione della batteria.
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?
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Come avrà fatto Apple a mettere ancora più tecnologia nel 70% dell'area precedente? Piegando la scheda in due, naturalmente.
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Le due metà sono saldate insieme, per cui abbiamo chiesto aiuto a chi ci ospita, Circuitwise, e alla loro stazione di rilavorazione saldature BGA ad aria calda, per separare gli strati.
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Una volta separate le parti, abbiamo misurato l'area di tutti gli strati divisi e li abbiamo affiancati fino a coprire il 135% della superficie della scheda logica dell'iPhone 8 Plus. Ben fatto, Apple: più roba in meno spazio.
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La scheda logica dell'iPhone X è la prima scheda in due strati che abbiamo mai visto in uno smartphone Apple a partire dal primissimo modello di iPhone (terza foto).
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!!!
Sorry Ramiro the outer row are shielding (ground) the 2rd & 3rd rows are comm lines between the boards (interposer board).
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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!
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!
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?
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
Is that a piece of flat flex connected across two parts of the lower board? going right under the middle screw hole
It’s the ribbon from the camera’s which is poking up.
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Dan, I don't think so. Its completely sealed inside the sandwich
Thats just a kapton insulator sheet inside the sandwich. I thought you were talking about the other image.
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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
How did apple manage to take out heat from their processor? I still couldn’t understand how is this working…
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
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.
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@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...
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.
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Nella prima metà scheda:
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SoC Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 su 3 GB di RAM LPDDR4x SK Hynix H9HKNNNDBMAUUR
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Apple 338S00341-B1
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TI 78AVZ81
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NXP 1612A1—molto probabilmente un'iterazione del chip 1610 tristar
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Codec audio Apple 338S00248
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STB600B0
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Chip gestione alimentazione Apple 338S00306
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?
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.
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I think those are inductors, and the white spot indicates the right direction for them to go on the board.
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.
No help on A11 Apple processor module part number in this analysed iPhone?
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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.
I think that happens when you desolder it with hot air. It heats up the whole board.
which one of these chips are the thermal monitor? I have a damaged IPhone X that says the thermal monitor is dead.
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.
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Modulo Wi-Fi / Bluetooth Apple USI 170821 339S00397
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Ricetrasmettitore LTE gigabit Qualcomm WTR5975
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Modem LTE X16 Qualcomm MDM9655 Snapdragon e PMIC (chip gestione alimentazione ) PMD9655. Apple, però, ha un doppio fornitore di modem, così TechInsights nel suo modello A1901 ha trovato un Intel XMM7480 (PMB9948). Anche se il modem in sé potrebbe farlo, Apple non supporta velocità Gigabit con il componente Qualcomm.
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Amplificatore di potenza Skyworks 78140-22, amplificatore di potenza SKY77366-17, S770 6662, 3760 5418 1736
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Controller carica wireless Broadcom BCM59355
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Modulo controller NFC NXP 80V18 PN80V
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Broadcom AFEM-8072, modulo amplificatore di potenza MMMB
Vic Lau, Qualcomm makes good chips at good prices, so there isn’t any reason Apple shouldn’t use them.
Yes, there is. They're suing each other.
If apple moves away from Qualcomm we can definitely expect a higher price tag on the next iteration of the iPhone
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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.
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
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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.
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?
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E all'esterno del sandwich che forma la scheda logica ci sono:
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Memoria flash da 64 GB Toshiba TSB3234X68354TWNA1
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Amplificatore audio Apple/Cirrus Logic 338S00296
Kapton tape on the underside for insulation, yeah
looks like the backside of the reader
anyone can tell that the storage its a TLC or MLC?
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 ?
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 ?
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.
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Ok, Apple ha fatto un circuito stampato a sandwich, ma come funziona?
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Qui il SoC A11 trova posto al centro della scheda principale. Puoi farti un'idea della struttura 3D della scheda guardando le foto a raggi X. I cilindri attorno al bordo sono fori riempiti con materiale di saldatura per connettere le due schede.
Dan, most through-hole vias are hollow.
-> 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, 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)
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Lel. Yeah. Those are just via stiching for shielding.
Maybe vias are security related. PCI homologation request for tamper-proof protection against encryption keys reading strait from RAM.
I think you are right! but I’m not sure that which chip to process security function.
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La nuova batteria a doppia cella ha quattro linguette di estrazione, simili a quelle più corte che avevamo trovato nella serie 8, benché con un orientamento completamente nuovo.
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Questo telefono incorpora una batteria da 10,35 Wh (2716 mAh a 3,81 V) che batte di misura la batteria dell'8 Plus da 10,28 Wh. Un progresso modesto in direzione del Galaxy Note8 con il suo mostro da 12,71 Wh.
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La configurazione a doppia cella è una soluzione che consente di ottimizzare gli spazi più che di aumentare la capacità generale. Due celle permettono forme e configurazioni più creative, per poter trarre vantaggio dallo spazio lasciato dalla contrazione della scheda logica.
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 .. ?)
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).
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?
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).
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Ehi, ricordate la funzionalità Face ID? In un insolito rovesciamento di tempi, l'abbiamo effettivamente testata prima ancora di fare a pezzi il telefono. Scoprendo che la nostra videocamera sensibile agli infrarossi non è veloce abbastanza da catturare il motivo di riferimento, ma in ogni caso riusciamo a vedere l'illuminazione!
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L'ora di storia: molto prima di oggi, Microsoft realizzò un elegante sensore spaziale che chiamò Kinect. La tecnologia a matrice di punti infrarossi che lo faceva funzionare era stata creata dalla compagnia tecnologica israeliana PrimeSense.
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Apple ha comprato PrimeSense per un bel 360 milioni di dollari nel 2013 e sicuramente da allora ha investito altre centinaia di milioni per portarlo sul mercato.
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Nel frattempo, Microsoft si è ritrovata spiazzata e ha dovuto correre ai ripari per sviluppare un nuovo sistema di sensori per il Kinect 2. Forse ora che l'iPhone ha un sensore di profondità spaziale, qualcuno lo attaccherà anche ai droni!
@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. :)
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!
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.
Not for me. I can see infrared easily.
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.
Here’s a good vid on the FaceID projector lighting up someones face: https://youtu.be/OvVKnC6gGtg Jump to 5:50 to see it.
so why MS did not buy ++PrimeSense?++
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/ .
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
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Rivolgiamo la nostra attenzione alla parte superiore del telefono per trovare il sistema di fotocamera
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Primo passo in questo sistema: l'illuminatore a fascio largo integrato nel display investe la tua faccia di luce infrarossa (IR).
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Nel passo successivo la fotocamera anteriore, contrassegnata in rosso, conferma la presenza di una faccia.
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Poi il proiettore di punti IR, all'estrema destra, proietta una griglia di puntini sulla tua faccia per creare una mappa tridimensionale.
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Infine, la fotocamera IR sulla sinistra legge questa mappa e manda i dati al telefono.
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Sotto la pelle del sistema, c'è l'X che fa lavorare una magia software decisamente veloce per mettere insieme tutti i pezzi e capire se sei proprio tu oppure il tuo gemello cattivo.
Surely the ir camera senses the ir flood projector, not the standard camera…
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.
Can I buy that TrueDepth system?
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?
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La fine è vicina e noi lavoriamo sui componenti rimasti nel case posteriore.
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Questa prima piccola staffa è ricoperta di connettori a molla e di spazzole di messa a terra EMI; ha un cavo a nastro fissato sul dorso.
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Il prossimo a uscire è la copertura dell'altoparlante inferiore, piena di melassa adesiva impermeabile attorno alla porta.
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Infine, liberiamo il TapticEngine e l'ormai celebre sfiato barometrico. Il Taptic Engine di Apple continua a sfruttare un oscillatore lineare per il motore di vibrazione.
Are there two speakers at the bottom?
Nope just the one lower speaker. The second speaker is mounted to the upper portion of the display assembly.
How is vibration motor installe, it is glued or screwed?
A: Screwed. ;)
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 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.
Do you have links?? I can not find it.
There are two screws immediately below the taptic engine. Neither the PH000 or PH00 screwdriver works. Anyone know what screwdriver it is?
Nice and informative post very helpful thanks for it, MS OFFICE 2019 MAC with lifetime license 70% Off.
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?
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Come sempre in ottima forma, il nostro tecnico di smontaggi illustra la tecnica della doppia pinzetta che usa per rimuovere il connettore Lightning.
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Buone notizie per i casi di cavi di carica contorti e strattonati: il connettore Lightning sembra extra rinforzato, con una staffa più grande avvitata sulla parete laterale del telaio.
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Ci sono anche dei fori per far passare le viti esterne Pentalobe che si infilano nel display, come abbiamo visto in precedenza.
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.
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,
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.
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There are 2 separate parts here. One is the Lightning connector and the flex cable under it is the loud speaker flex cable.
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Con il gruppo principale ormai ridotto in pezzi, rivolgiamo di nuovo la nostra attenzione allo schermo. La prima cosa che ci salta incontro è l'altoparlante da orecchio, ridisegnato con un elegante condotto per incanalare il suono fuori dal display.
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Districando con cura le parti superiori dello schermo ci guadagniamo la collezione di componenti del display più complicata che abbiamo mai visto. È abitata da un altoparlante, un microfono, un sensore di luce ambiente, un illuminatore a largo campo e un sensore di prossimità.
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Dopo aver tirato fuori tutti i pezzi modulari, ci resta il display nudo e crudo.
So what was that mystery chip first shown in the x-ray pictures?
Where can I find a replacement upper display? Accidentally tore my wire ribbon slightly…
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È ora di dare un'occhiata a questo chip misterioso! Con un piccolo aiuto dei nostri amici di TechInsights, puntiamo lo sguardo sotto le schermature sul retro del display e troviamo:
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Un controller touchscreen della Broadcom, etichettato BCM15951B0KUB2G.
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Lungo il percorso troviamo un nuovo dispositivo STMicro che non avevamo mai visto prima, un PMIC (chip gestione alimentazione) dell'OLED, etichettato 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
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Arrivando fino al nudo metallo dell'X, troviamo un altro pezzo familiare di questo puzzle ad alta densità: la bobina della ricarica wireless.
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Ah, c'è di tutto attaccato, compresi il pulsante del volume, l'interruttore suoneria/silenzioso e la staffa di un sensore non meglio identificato.
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Stacchiamo anche l'altro pazzo cavo multifunzione dalla parte superiore del telefono. In questo gruppo abitano il flash quad-Led True Tone e il pulsante di accensione, in modo simile agli iPhone dei tempi che furono.
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?
You can see the coil in step 3 x-ray images.
Just the big black coil.
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?
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Come bonus, facciamo un altro giro: che cosa ti succede se tu rompi il vetro posteriore nel tuo iPhone X nuovo di zecca?
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Dopo tanto tanto calore, abbiamo imbracciato lo spudger e sfoderato il nostro Jimmy. Come per gli iPhone 8 e 8 Plus, l'X ha un pannello posteriore incollato in modo davvero molto serio.
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Dopo tutto aver Jimmy-ato a lungo e con attenzione, siamo ancora bloccati: diversamente dal pannello posteriore in un solo pezzo dell'iPhone 8, qui la sporgenza la fotocamera si sovrappone al vetro posteriore ed è meticolosamente saldata al telaio di metallo sottostante.
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In questa classica situazione di mano-incastrata-nel-vaso, possiamo optare per il taglio della mano (la gobba della fotocamera) o mandare in frantumi il vaso (il vetro posteriore). Grande.
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?
Yup, same as the 8, you can see the bare inside of the glass here.
looking for this solution
How was the camera bump removed?
Destructively. It’s welded into place from the inside.
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.
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).
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
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…..
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!
I use glass from aliexpress with normal hole with separate camera holder. If you put big hole glass you have the water resist problem.
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Ci auguriamo che tu abbia apprezzato il nostro pasto da 22 portate. Noi l'abbiamo trovato molto appagante.
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Nel caso ti siano sfuggiti gli smontaggi dell'iPhone 8 o dell'iPhone 8 Plus, puoi dare un'occhiata per fare delle comparazioni. E non esitare a verificare la nostra lista di Riparabilità degli Smartphone per vedere i punteggi di altri dispositivi.
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Grazie ancora ai nostri validi aiutanti: Circuitwise, Creative Electron e TechInsights!
Is there any way to replace the mesh earpiece for this device?
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- Le riparazioni dello schermo e della batteria rimangono una priorità nella progettazione dell'iPhone.
- Si può sostituire uno schermo rotto senza rimuovere l'hardware biometrico Face ID.
- Le viti assortite sono preferibili alla colla ma servono cacciavite appositi per Apple (Pentalobe e tri-wing) oltre a un Phillips standard.
- Le soluzioni per l'impermeabilizzazione complicano alcune riparazioni, ma rendono meno probabile dover intervenire per danni da liquidi.
- Ci sono cavi intricati che creano gruppi complessi legando insieme componenti non correlati tra loro: una soluzione costosa e complicata da riparare.
- L'uso di vetro davanti e dietro raddoppia la possibilità di danni da cadute; inoltre se si rompe il vetro posteriore, si devono rimuovere tutti i componenti e sostituire l'intero chassis.
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146 Commenti
Incredible and dense tech inside this iPhone - thanks ifixit!
Wow! So exciting!
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
It’s the top bezel itself, as always.
Tom Chai -
From Iphone 6 to XS Max, its always been on top?
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!
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.
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.
Very good! Finally different in the interior, the previous models were all the same!
Question which iPhone X version is this? with 2 Qualcom chips it looks like it is the Model A1865
We analyzed the A1865. TechInsights opened up an A1901.
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?
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
Sweet! I’m actually impressed by the efficiency of this.
The picture of the sandwich board is tilted and out of focus. Please retake from directly above
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!
Please post XRay Wallpaper of the iPhone X! You guys are the only ones that do it right!
Just snag the xray ‘wallpaper’ off the enlarged picture above… o.O
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.
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.
Have you considered the Essential Phone? It seems like they may have something special over there…
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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: 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.
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!
gamma
@atomicsymphonic Umm… you have to FREEZE it to get it open! Smontaggio Essential Phone It got a repairability score of 1.
Does the bottom left of the phone still just have a dummy panel covering the speaker grill?
If you’re thinking of the barometric vent, then yes! You can see it in the third image on step 17.
It looks like the mysterious chip was attached to the lower speaker…any idea what it is used for?
It is still mysterious!
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?
Facial Recognition works. But proximity sensor has to be swapped over to maintain Face ID after a screen swap.
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.
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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.
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Should be much easier to repair without the virtual touch id button.
this looks like a science fiction movie, very big WOW
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
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!!
Stay tuned ;)
The next thing to go is the nano sim tray for sure it's so large compared to the logic board.
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...
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....
We picked up an A1865 in Australia!
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.
I believe you’re talking about the chip in Step 20!
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.
I’m sure the IR proximity is what does that
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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.
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
Any idea who they are using for the Qi charging IC?
Apple made there own coil. It has the apple insignia on it
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Are you able to put the phone back together and have it still be functional, or does this tear-down destroy the phone?
The degree of consolidation for functionality in the circuitry is unprecedented! State of the art.
Very nice, good explain
Very informative! I love your site!
Ram wasn’t mentioned this year? What is it? How much ram?
3 GB of RAM in the A11 chip
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Face id only works if the phone is vertical.
Any commentary on the antenna design and how it compares to 8/7 (plus/nonplus)?
iPhone X is the same wireless charging hardware design like iPhone 8 ? any difference?
Excellent site do you only describe etc phones?
IFIXIT covers many different products review the other tear downs here: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown
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I just hope no costumer comes in with a broken rear…
thanks lot for all ifixit team
So amazing PCBs layout!
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
This is too cool ! Do you have data on which parts are best in class the industry offers ?
lol Apple REVEALED! KUDOS IFIXIT
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
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?
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.
Hello, please, iPhone X has two or only one bottom microphone? On picture is only one, and iPhone 6S, 7 have two.
How the on screen finger print works? what kind of part’s it need to execute?
There is no in screen touch ID. Just Face ID, and there’s no fingerprint reader anywhere on the phone.
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.
Where can I get an iPhone X chassis to fix my phone
Hello were can i buy chassis for iphone X thanks
unidentifed censer? They are spying on us lol
Wheres the antenna located? Top Bezel?
What’s the size of the back camera sensors? I want to compare it to my older dusty point and shoots.
Hi ifixit team,
bluetooth and wifi module can be replaceble?
What do you do with the phones from your teardowns?
@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.
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?
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
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
Could anyone unfold the logic board or is it really complex?
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.
Si cambio la placa del iphone x el face id deja de funcionar?
Can u tell me where is the gps chip in iphone x
Yeah, like as my new iPhone adapter
Grazie, precisi e meticolosi.
Face ID no set up
Merci pour cette vue d’ensemble et merci pour la traduction
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.
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
Where are the cellular antennas?
All, do you know where is the GPS located?
Which iPhone X model number are you investigating?
Dimitar - Replica
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.
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A1865 is for US Verizon and Sprint too
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On-cell display or in-cell display?
Albee Einstein - Replica
1901 is not global. It’s the GSM only version with the inferior Intel chips. The Qualcomm 1865 is the global/unlocked version.
Xiao - Replica
Where can I find a X with out LCD, Digitizer, screen?
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