| 2007-06-29 18:44:13
( u4 V" k1 ^& P$ M - We've procured our iPhone, and it's on the way to our photo studio now.
- We purchased two 8 GB iPhones.
- The phone has arrived!
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- OK, so here's a quick overview of the basics.
- The iPhone is 4.5x2.4x0.5", and weighs 4.8 ounces (0.3 pounds). For reference, 18 iPhones weigh the same as 1 MacBook Pro.
- The display is 3.5" diagonal, 480x320 resolution. That's 153,600 pixels, or 12% as many as a 15" MacBook Pro.
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| 2007-06-29 18:50:44+ Q( L, V/ j0 w! x
- If you can't tell, we're stalling while we figure out how to get it open.
- The iPhone supports four major different wireless protocols.
- The List: Quad-band GSM (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), 802.11b/g WiFi, EDGE, and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR.
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| 2007-06-29 19:11:08
" F9 g; O( ` Z" X/ A7 M- Y2 b% \ - Random facts:
- The iPhone has a 2 Megapixel camera.
- It also has H.264 video decoding, most likely in hardware.
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| 2007-06-29 19:13:33
3 v$ Y4 F+ I' z& z# [ - Front of the iPhone. The battery was partially charged when we got it.
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| 2007-06-29 19:27:25
f& o# x1 t# K7 J1 d - We've got the iPhone apart. It was a little bit tricky.
- We removed the black antenna plate first.
- You can see the grounding screw on the back panel holding the antenna cable and connecting the front and back case.
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| 2007-06-29 19:21:20/ o( t `) k1 l6 c; ^4 T- `
- Separating the front and back case.
- There's a headphone jack cable to disconnect before you can completely remove the back panel.
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| 2007-06-29 19:30:33
3 E1 F% g* f3 _ - At last! The moment you've all been waiting for.
- The battery is huge, and soldered to the logic board.
- You can see the SIM card bracket and headphone jack on the rear panel.
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- The battery has Apple model # 616-0290 L1S1376APPC.
- 3.7 V Li-Ion Polymer battery
- You can see at least two antenna cables connecting to the logic board.
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| 2007-06-29 19:29:35
: y( k# l; `6 u0 T - Disconnecting the two antenna cables.
- There's a dab of glue underneath both of the antenna connectors, presumably for reliability.
- One has to imagine that Apple was extra-paranoid about reliability on this phone. They've certainly learned their lessons from the iPod.
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| 2007-06-29 19:35:37
( a1 P1 |7 v6 C, | o8 u - Removing three Phillips #00 screws securing the logic board to the front panel. The screws are:
- Where the screwdriver is
- Underneath the black camera in the upper right hand corner.
- To the left of the battery wires that are soldered to the logic board.
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| 2007-06-29 19:38:34' N; n* Y! N) a" C
- Removing the camera, on the top of the phone. This is the standard camera.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00+ B, B" \3 }" z8 r0 U7 b1 _. d
- Removing ten Phillips #00 screws around the perimeter of the iPhone.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00$ l9 x. a9 E- N4 j6 I$ |3 ?: ?" b
- Lifting up the logic board. There are three connectors underneath. They are speaker, touch sensor, and display cables.
- Disconnect the two connectors on the left side of the image.
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- Disconnect the remaining connector.
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- Flip up the retaining bar to free the dock connector cable.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00
$ q, k% C9 t6 Y2 ^& g - Close-up shot of the logic board. The logic board is two layers thick, so it's difficult to see components.
- We haven't found a way to pry the two sections apart without damaging the logic board, so it's virtually impossible to tell you what's in there.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00! \! A, j+ q% G6 q$ i U' K9 S
- View of the iPhone with the logic board and battery removed.
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- Disconnect the antenna cable to the left of the dock connector.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00
! X c2 [; D1 q - Peel up the antenna ribbon sheet from the large black plastic piece
- You can now see why the iPhone has the black lower section of the back case. The antenna encompasses this entire region.
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| 2007-06-29 20:38:59
. N7 N4 T$ p0 S# v - Remove the hollow black plastic piece that was covered by the antenna.
- There is some empty space within it — the only open internal space.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00
& A" N; ^# _' o3 A4 F# d - The iPhone is completely apart!
- The phone had about 16 screws total, unlike many iPods. The iPod Nano only has three screws.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00
( C9 N! j# c2 z6 f - After further examination, we found a way to open the logic board without completely destroying it like Think Secret did.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00- j/ y0 H: V% X6 |& [6 p2 R8 L
- Now that we can read the part numbers, here's a list:
- Skyworks GSM/Edge Power amplifier (SKY77340)
- ARM 339S0030 (Baseband processor?)
- Samsung flash memory chip. BG means 32 Gigabits, the 1 means double that, so that's 64 Gigabits of storage, or 8 Gigabytes. (K9HBG08U1M)
- If you have any additional information about any iPhone chips or internals, please e-mail us and we'll post the information anonymously.
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