OnePlus 5 teardown confirms three-layer design, chips hard to replace

The OnePlus 5 got the teardown treatment at MyFixGuide's facility. Teardowns are always great for an uncensored look at a smartphone's innards, so here are some of the photos the editors took, alongside interesting observations. Like the OnePlus 5's design itself, there's nothing all that exotic to be encountered during disassembly or repair.

The handset is still using a three-layer build where the uppermost layer is the motherboard, the middle is the battery, and the lower is the loudspeaker module. The motherboard and battery aren't covered in graphite stickers, which is unusual for most electronic devices. There's no excess adhesive to be encountered, and most components are modular.