Teardown images give us a peek at iPhone X innards and its L-shaped battery
The iPhone X goes on sale today and large queues have already formed in front of multiple Apple Stores around the world. Heck, even black market prices are nearing the $3,000-mark, which is crazy no matter how you look at it.
While we will have to wait for a while before we get treated to a full teardown of the snazzy new iOS device, but an early disassembly originating from the depths of mainland China is here, allowing us to take a glance at the iPhone X's innards and its L-shaped battery.
For starters, the iPhone X looks quite similar to just about any recent iPhone from the inside, but there are a few rather notable differences. Probably the most glaring one is the battery, which is not a single entity, but rather comprises two units with a total capacity of 2,715mAh positioned in an L-shape.
That was feasible due to the fact that Apple successfully shrunk the logic board: it's almost twice as small as the one in the iPhone 8 Plus, which is quite the feat. Its miniaturized state has allowed for more battery to be crammed into a body that's ever-so slightly larger than a regular iPhone 8. As a comparison, the latter only has a 1,821mAh batery unit.
There also seems to be а bit more water-proofing foam inside the device, which doesn't explicitly mean the iPhone X will be more water-proof than, say, the iPhone 8 or 8 Plus. As a reminder, all of Apple's latest devices are IP67-certified, which means up to 1 meter for no longer than 30 minutes.
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L marks the spot
That was feasible due to the fact that Apple successfully shrunk the logic board: it's almost twice as small as the one in the iPhone 8 Plus, which is quite the feat. Its miniaturized state has allowed for more battery to be crammed into a body that's ever-so slightly larger than a regular iPhone 8. As a comparison, the latter only has a 1,821mAh batery unit.
There also seems to be а bit more water-proofing foam inside the device, which doesn't explicitly mean the iPhone X will be more water-proof than, say, the iPhone 8 or 8 Plus. As a reminder, all of Apple's latest devices are IP67-certified, which means up to 1 meter for no longer than 30 minutes.
You can check out the insides of the iPhone X right below.
iPhone X teardown
source: MyFixGuide
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- Display 5.8" 1125 x 2436 pixels
- Camera 12 MP / 7 MP front
- Processor Apple A11 Bionic, Hexa-core, 2390 MHz
- Memory
- Storage 256 GB
- Battery 2716 mAh(21h 3G talk time)
16 Comments
1. Shubham412302
Posts: 550; Member since: Nov 09, 2011
They should rather put headphone jack instead of that huge taptic engine.
posted on Nov 03, 2017, 3:34 AM 5
2. worldpeace
Posts: 3092; Member since: Apr 15, 2016
Headphone jack is selfish and backwardhttps://www.phonearena.com/news/Grumbling-about-Apples-removal-of-the-3.5mm-jack-is-selfish-and-backwards_id85272
posted on Nov 03, 2017, 3:45 AM 1
3. enthasuium
Posts: 150; Member since: Nov 21, 2013
still those morons unable to fit 3000mah battery
posted on Nov 03, 2017, 3:47 AM 13
10. WingMan unregistered
Meanwhile the 2013 LG G2 is smaller, has a bigger battery and a headphone jack.
posted on Nov 03, 2017, 7:56 AM 2
8. DellB
Posts: 55; Member since: Jun 07, 2015
1. There is no L-Shaped battery. Just two batteries.
2. Apple didn't shrink down the logic board. They contracted a company who supplies them with a stacked logic board.
posted on Nov 03, 2017, 6:23 AM 8
12. RebelwithoutaClue
Posts: 5485; Member since: Apr 05, 2013
Look at this, Duracell made a T shaped battery:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/12/23/article-2528184-0441BF8B0000044D-369_306x402.jpg
posted on Nov 03, 2017, 8:24 AM 1
4. worldpeace
Posts: 3092; Member since: Apr 15, 2016
And still smaller battery capacity than S8.
Separating battery to smaller part and shape it according to logic board is common in tablet, convertible, ultrabook and other gadget, nothing new here.
(mbp battery looks more weirderhttps://i.imgur.com/5YYCYbN.jpg )
posted on Nov 03, 2017, 3:53 AM 4
6. Finalflash
Posts: 4062; Member since: Jul 23, 2013
Yea but it's an amazing rest of engineering that they shrunk the main board. No one has been able to do that in a million years. It's AMAZING!!!!
posted on Nov 03, 2017, 4:37 AM 0
5. sachouba
Posts: 261; Member since: Jun 08, 2014
It sounds like putting a 2700 mAh battery inside a smartphone the size of the iPhone X is a feat... whereas all other manufacturers, which make smartphones with a comparable size manage to integrate 3000 or even 3200 mAh batteried (Xiaomi Mi 4s/5/6, Galaxy S8...).
posted on Nov 03, 2017, 4:01 AM 6
7. Martin_Cooper
Posts: 1774; Member since: Jul 30, 2013
To be fair iPhones have huge badass taptic engine that no other phone has or has to deal with finding space for. Also A11 is one huge processor and its actually bigger than all of other current mobile processors.
posted on Nov 03, 2017, 5:45 AM 4
14. mikehunta727 unregistered
Can confirm. Taptic engine is currently the best vibration motor in a phone hands down still
posted on Nov 03, 2017, 9:17 AM 2
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