| 2007-06-29 18:44:13
6 G$ e/ O. S- t* n' X, @ - 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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| 2007-06-29 18:49:34; I" n1 z6 x ]
- 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) l, G6 _9 ~5 a0 s
- 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, H$ c7 c3 |4 N ]
- 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
5 o$ Q" M4 x+ i4 r: {' g# B - Front of the iPhone. The battery was partially charged when we got it.
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| 2007-06-29 19:14:23! L7 _; G r1 Q. G3 \' W! W; O0 Z* W
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| 2007-06-29 19:27:25
B U7 A8 e( O3 ~1 }* z9 i - 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, j; N1 _6 g& H; d; Q
- 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$ ]: c! i8 X0 Q0 P
- 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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| 2007-06-29 19:27:41
; |6 r. v, Z7 l1 [, g - 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" e E- K h8 s
- 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 19:35:374 X9 q; W& K6 x+ D
- 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
: R' j' f! R6 f% s7 d2 B6 b! y# Q - Removing the camera, on the top of the phone. This is the standard camera.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00
. \! x/ g+ b3 P) Z) S. A - Removing ten Phillips #00 screws around the perimeter of the iPhone.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00
- D$ i ^7 }( ~! {$ c5 j - 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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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00# L% H$ M* b' X
- Flip up the retaining bar to free the dock connector cable.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00# f0 V7 o- B' b2 S+ I3 z
- 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
; r2 S# `3 \* O' i5 ] - View of the iPhone with the logic board and battery removed.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00( F' s3 E) h3 \8 G
- Disconnect the antenna cable to the left of the dock connector.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00' U1 x+ U3 Z# [( K7 e% y
- 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; m5 ~1 Y4 s9 j& m
- 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
4 E1 N3 K' I! g - 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
0 }0 w0 z! G) ^' S, v) j, g - 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' K# P' j9 }1 S4 \5 K
- 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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