| 2007-06-29 18:44:13- B4 \( v6 X$ O; T8 G, r6 a! q6 e
- 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 18:49:347 }& O6 F4 q% E; T) J q- r, L& K
- 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
" Z3 u! E! s" e3 A: K - 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; j' [; Y: t) i- ]6 k, c1 }
- 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! p0 s2 c: y1 s" c; ~
- Front of the iPhone. The battery was partially charged when we got it.
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| 2007-06-29 19:27:25. V6 M k/ X; \; B1 k
- 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 19:21:204 g% j8 L- P9 u7 s* S/ C, c
- 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 19:30:338 `0 z0 n' n' D
- 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" o; s/ R- u3 D* A8 X2 Q' w ^
- 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
. ?! S" M; _; D3 v5 ?7 ] - 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
+ z1 R6 o+ B1 Z8 r - 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
' l& Y; \9 g! a. p - Removing the camera, on the top of the phone. This is the standard camera.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00
2 O$ s5 V3 v: D& T+ C4 J - Removing ten Phillips #00 screws around the perimeter of the iPhone.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00
; I3 q9 p" _$ |& |( {* p - 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% C/ D+ ]. q( d( L/ r4 D* n' l7 J1 S
- Flip up the retaining bar to free the dock connector cable.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00& v8 s( L) ~$ V3 A7 [, e' c+ e: w
- 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
& i' S. m2 g( p - View of the iPhone with the logic board and battery removed.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00
7 a! t% p W: x; D1 ]0 P) a @8 G - Disconnect the antenna cable to the left of the dock connector.
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| 2007-06-29 19:00:00: W4 h, K/ @4 }
- 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: u8 e/ L/ v1 T$ T. n( q1 ]+ H
- 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 19:00:000 E. g# X# y% D1 ~6 B/ x
- 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) b' I2 K* ?7 w- {* ]; H m% `- U
- 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
1 R/ X% f( @% d- \5 D; L/ z" E9 x - 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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