Introduction
Il y a dix ans, Apple lança le tout premier iPhone et changea le monde. Aujourd'hui, nous démontons sa 18ème version – l'iPhone X. Avec ses coins arrondis et son écran bord à bord, il s'agit sûrement là de l'iPhone que Steve a imaginé à l'époque. Mais, même si son rêve s'est réalisé, cet iPhone aura-t-il le même impact que le premier ? Le temps nous le dira, et c'est à nous de le démonter pour vous aider à en décider. Rejoignez-nous pour découvrir ce qui fait briller le dernier joyau de la couronne d'Apple.
Un grand merci à Circuitwise qui a hébergé l'équipe du démontage, à Creative Electron pour les images aux rayons X et à TechInsights pour l'identification des puces.
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Ce dont vous avez besoin
Vidéo d'introduction
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Et voilà l'iPhone X ! Voilà de quoi est farci ce sandwich de verre :
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Puce A11 "Bionic" avec Neural Engine et coprocesseur de mouvement M11 intégré
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Écran Super Retina HD multi-touch OLED de 5,8 pouces "bord à bord" avec une résolution de 2436 sur 1125 pixels (458 ppp)
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Caméras doubles de 12 MP (grand angle et téléobjectif) avec une ouverture de respectivement ƒ/1.8 et ƒ/2.4 et stabilisation optique d'image
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Caméra True Depth de 7 MP avec une ouverture de ƒ/2.2 , capture de vidéos HD de 1080p et Face ID
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Compatibilité avec la recharge rapide et sans fil Qi
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Notre modèle A1865 prend en charge les réseaux cellulaires tout comme 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi‑Fi w/MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0 et NFC.
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L'iPhone a parcouru un long chemin en dix ans – à tel point que le design est presque revenu au point de départ. Cela faisait longtemps qu'un iPhone ne ressemblait plus à ce point à l'original.
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De même que sur l'iPhone 8 il y a peu, Apple a banni les inesthétiques marques réglementaires (et écologiques) du dos de l'iPhone.
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Jony a enfin obtenu le dos entièrement lisse dont chacun sait qu'il l'a toujours voulu. Nous espérons juste que ces téléphones continueront à arriver chez les recycleurs et ne finiront pas à la poubelle.
Here in Ireland (and I guess across the EU) we have the ‘Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China’ text, the CE mark and the ‘no dumping’ bin graphic still in place.
Anyone who thinks the markings on the back of the iPhone will influence whether it is recycled (rather than the trade-in value, accessibility of recycling facility or a customer’s own environmental awareness) has probably shoved a spudger too far up their nose.
Where did you get that minty fresh first-gen iPhone? Is it part of iFixit’s collection?
I’m really glad they took out the regulatory info on the back. It simply didn’t need to be there. You know you’re not supposed to throw an electronic away.
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Avant de nous y plonger à l'aveuglette, nous laissons nos amis de chez Creative Electron effectuer une reconnaissance aux
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Voilà ce que nous trouvons :
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Non pas une, mais deux cellules de batterie. Voilà une première dans un iPhone !
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La silhouette d'une minuscule carte mère. À en croire les points de soudure superposés, on dirait qu'elle est composée de deux couches.
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Afin de laisser de la place pour les capteurs avant supplémentaires, le haut-parleur interne a été légèrement déplacé vers le bas.
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Une puce mystérieuse se trouve entre le Taptic Engine et le haut-parleur inférieur. Nous sommes curieux de voir de quoi il s'en retourne !
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Cette Pentalobe a l'air bizarre et inachevée. Honnêtement, les vis du bas ressemblent plutôt à des broches.
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La partie filetée de cette vis passe entre l'écran et le châssis en acier, puis se poursuit en une partie non filetée qui sert de broche redoutablement longue.
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L'hypothèse la plus vraisemblable est que cela confère à l'écran un peu de flexibilité. Il est effectivement possible de déplacer son support vers l'intérieur du téléphone et de faire en passant de la place pour un connecteur Lightning renforcé.
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Heureusement, on dirait qu'il n'y a pas eu trop de changements. L'habituel trio gagnant, composé de l'iOpener, de l'iSclack et des médiators iFixit, est aussi efficace que par le passé.
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La résistance n'a donc pas vraiment évolué et l'écran OLED est plutôt bien consolidé par un châssis, contrairement à d'autres.
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On dirait bien que les ouvertures d'iPhone par le côté vont devenir la règle. Apple nous avait fait une petite surprise avec le 7 Plus, mais entretemps cette procédure est devenue standard.
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L'unique cache recouvre chaque connecteur de la carte mère – c'est la première fois que nous observons une telle densité de connecteurs.
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Et une fois de plus, nous nous retrouvons face à des vis tri-point à l'affût des réparateurs ayant réussi à passer la porte gardée par les vis Pentalobe.
As mentioned above.
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fixed i guess
My bracket only has 4 screws - the second from top (towards the right side of the phone) is missing - I bought the phone direct from Apple on launch day. Pretty surprised! Anyone else ever had missing parts?
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Après avoir dégagé le cache massif de la carte mère, nous pouvons enfin jeter un coup d'œil au matériel faisant marcher le dernier joujou de Cupertino.
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Nous observerons l'écran de plus près tout à l'heure. Pour l'instant, nous nous contentons des rayons X et nous rendons compte que la mystérieuse puce est montée sur l'écran !
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Un changement dans la routine, l'écran se soulève et laisse la caméra avant derrière lui.
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L'agencement observé aux rayons X est confirmé par cette vue : la plus grande partie de l'espace est occupée par la nouvelle batterie à deux cellules et la carte mère a sensiblement rétréci.
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La caméra arrière double est munie d'un support assez costaud, dont la fonction pourrait consister à protéger les composants fragiles des effets du Bendgate.
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Ces caméras sont doublement fixées à la coque arrière par de la mousse adhésive pour les empêcher de valser. Elles ne doivent pas bouger de leur place pour permettre au Portrait Mode et aux autres fonctions d'accomplir leur magie.
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Tout autour du cache en verre de la caméra, vous pouvez apercevoir des minuscules points de soudure, probablement censés fixer les parois de la bosse de la caméra à la coque.
Might that beefy bracket be made of Liquidmetal (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidmeta...)? That is, is it surpisingly stiff? Apple has an exclusive license to use Liquidmetal in consumer electronics, but seems not to have used it extensively.
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Enfin, nous démontons la plus dense des cartes mères afin de la regarder de plus près.
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Cette carte mère miniature optimise l'utilisation de l'espace. La densité des connecteurs et des composants est inédite. Once par once, même la carte d'une Apple Watch a plus d'espace vide.
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La carte mère compacte de l'iPhone X regorge de composants techniques. À côté d'elle, celle de l'iPhone 8 Plus à l'air dégingandée et surproportionnée.
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En comparant la forme des deux cartes, on se rend compte que celle de l'iPhone X fait environ 70 % de celle de l'iPhone 8 Plus – cela laisse pas mal de place pour la batterie.
If that happens, how will users switch to other networks and install SIMs in their phone when they go abroad to avoid outrageous roaming charges?
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Comment Apple a pu comprimer encore plus de techniques sur 70 % de l'espace ? En pliant la carte en deux, bien sûr.
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Les deux moitiés sont soudées ensemble. Nous avons donc eu besoin de l'aide de nos hôtes de Circuitwise et de leur station de soudage à air chaud BGA pour séparer les couches.
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Une fois les pièces dessoudées, nous additionnons les différentes couches et obtenons 135 % de la taille de la carte mère de l'iPhone 8 Plus. C'est donc ça, faire plus avec moins, Apple ?
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La carte mère de l'iPhone X est la première à double couche que nous trouvons dans un iPhone depuis le tout premier (troisième photo).
You are missing the point. These are connecting the board physically, but there is no communication through those vias. You can see the other side of the board has all the connectors to flex. (On both boards). The third board act as a super stiffener to prevent overheating causing bending on the board. Great design!!!
Sorry Ramiro the outer row are shielding (ground) the 2rd & 3rd rows are comm lines between the boards (interposer board).
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Does the folded design take up more vertical space than the old logic board design, and if so, how did Apple account for this increased vertical space?
Was there vertical space open to begin with or does something in the design allow for more vertical space (i.e. the OLED panel is thinner)?
Thanks!
Yes, I think the OLED panel is considerably thinner. The X and 8 are pretty much the same thickness, so I think that that yes, it’s solely because of the OLED!
So Richard your assertion is that the silvered bumps all around the two boards are the vias? With a pitch of, what, 300µ?
The MacRumors article yesterday referred to an interposer between the two main boards, but I don’t see any such. Was MacRumors wrong, or am I missing something?
The outer perimeter of “silver bumps” aka solder balls is most likely all connected to ground. The rest must be signals. There is not enough cabling to support the required amount of signals between the two boards.
The interposer is still attached to the half in the top of the picture. The border of solder balls is higher than the rest of the PCB. This is required due to the night of the components on each PCB.
Truly incredible design. Passes data without cabling, affixes the two boards to each other without hardware, and creates an EMI shield without extra metal
Is that a piece of flat flex connected across two parts of the lower board? going right under the middle screw hole
It’s the ribbon from the camera’s which is poking up.
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Dan, I don't think so. Its completely sealed inside the sandwich
Thats just a kapton insulator sheet inside the sandwich. I thought you were talking about the other image.
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I believe it time to find some more of my good old LCD bonding 9703 3M anisotropic tape. That might be the ticket for servicing that motherboard. Still have some tape in stock, so my shop will service that motherboard, when parts become available.
Have a good weekend all.
Jan
How did apple manage to take out heat from their processor? I still couldn’t understand how is this working…
You are all wrong :-) look at the RF board, there isn’t a signle trace routed from the armada of solder-pads, so I’d say they’re purely mechanical & GND /tekhead
You do understand the PCB is made up of layers.
Their won’t necessary be any visible traces on the surface besides what space is there! It’s so packed the lines would need to be buried inside the layers. One of the functions of via’s is to bring signals up and down the layers, clearly Apple is leveraging this here through the interposer board.
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@kyle - Found a good image set from Tech Insights! Here’s the side views http://www.techinsights.com/uploadedImag... and http://www.techinsights.com/uploadedImag...
There’s a lot of need for intercommunication between the RF and the main CPU. There’s no other interconnect between the two boards. The perimeter vias have to be a communication bus.
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Sur la première moitié :
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Système sur une puce (SoC) Bionic A11 APL1W72 Apple posé sur RAM LPDDR4x de 3 Go H9HKNNNDBMAUUR SK Hynix
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CI de gestion d'alimentation 338S00341-B1 Apple
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Chargeur de batterie TI 78AVZ81
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NXP 1612A1 – probablement une itération du CI tristar 1610
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Codec audio 338S00248 Apple
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STB600B0
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CI de gestion d'alimentation 338S00306 Apple
What are those “white stickers” in different shapes on the board? Are they the typical for checking water damage? Are the same shapes stickers related to each other in any way? Function?
Some of these components have a polarity. The white or black dot or a triangle denotes positive or anode end of the cap or diode.
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I think those are inductors, and the white spot indicates the right direction for them to go on the board.
Which is A11 Apple processor module part number, on same package row as SoC die designation APL1W72? The A11 Apple processor module part number has a format 339S004xx. The A11 photos are without sufficient contrast and difficult to read.
No help on A11 Apple processor module part number in this analysed iPhone?
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Is it me or are all the surface mount capacitors misaligned on the far right end? One is barely making contact with the pad. It’s like someone fudged it with their thumb picking it up.
I think that happens when you desolder it with hot air. It heats up the whole board.
which one of these chips are the thermal monitor? I have a damaged IPhone X that says the thermal monitor is dead.
I would be surprised if there is a separate chip for thermal monitoring. It’s more likely a function buried in one of the other ICs, probably one of the power management devices.
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Module Wi-Fi / Bluetooth USI 170821 339S00397 Apple/Murata
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Émetteur-récepteur LTE gigabit WTR5975 Qualcomm
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Modem LTE X16 Snapdragon MDM9655 Qualcomm et PMIC PMD9655. Cependant Apple a une double source pour le modem. En effet, TechInsights a déniché un Intel XMM7480 (PMB9948) dans un modèle A19091. Même si le modem en est capable, Apple ne prend pas en charge les vitesses Gigabit avec la pièce Qualcomm.
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Amplificateur de puissance 78140-22 Skyworks, amplificateur de puissance SKY77366-17, S770 6662, 3760 5418 1736
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Contrôleur de la recharge sans fil BCM59355 Broadcom
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Module du contrôleur NFC 80V18 PN80V NXP
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Broadcom AFEM-8072, module d'amplificateur de puissance MMMB
Vic Lau, Qualcomm makes good chips at good prices, so there isn’t any reason Apple shouldn’t use them.
Yes, there is. They're suing each other.
If apple moves away from Qualcomm we can definitely expect a higher price tag on the next iteration of the iPhone
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The suing didn’t stop Qualcomm to get enough order apparently.
On the contrary，a higher price for customers to purchase iPhoneX seems to be the only result.
Theres more to it than the chips, It appears there are some licensing payments owed. Here’s a bit more Apple may completely drop Qualcomm as a modem supplier on future iPhone models
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Both those chips are present in Iphone 8 plus as well. They are just in different locations. Check step 10 in Iphone 8 plus tear-down.
Actually both the chips are required. MDM9655 is a baseband modem, and WTR5975 is a RF transceiver.
my Logic board has some damages to the circuit. I was thinking about buying another logic board (say iCloud locked) and transfer all if these chips. Will it work? Has anyone done it?
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À l'extérieur de la carte mère sandwich :
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Mémoire flash de 64 Go TSB3234X68354TWNA1 Toshiba
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Amplificateur audio 338S00296 Apple/Cirrus Logic
Kapton tape on the underside for insulation, yeah
looks like the backside of the reader
anyone can tell that the storage its a TLC or MLC?
And what to say about those two capacitors a bit off their solder points, almost touching the capacitor next to it ? Should’ve been failed in quality control, or visual inspection at least, no ?
Or …. Could it be the heat from you guys separating the boards, that made the components wiggle a bit and shift from their correct placement ?
The second one. ;) We’re doing this for the first time, often under less than ideal conditions, in a pretty big hurry. People who are more skilled and patient than I am can separate the boards and solder them back together flawlessly.
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C'est bien compris, Apple a produit un circuit imprimé en sandwich, mais comment ça fonctionne ?
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Vous voyez ici la puce A11 nichée au milieu de la carte principale. Les photos aux rayons X vous donnent une idée de la structure 3 D de la carte. Les cylindres autour des bords sont en fait des trous remplis de soudure et connectant les deux cartes.
Dan, most through-hole vias are hollow.
-> iFixit,
look again, there are no traces routed from those, so I don’t think any data is travelling through those. It’s just ground.
any relevant high-speed bus wouldn’t work well routed in that manner.
main board is the “computer“ where all the flexes come in to connect to screen & peripherals.
the rf-board is purely networking so very few wires has to connect between the main ARM and that board.
Albert, Review the comments in Step9 there is no other means for the two half to communicate with each other other than the vias and yes some are shielding (ground)
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Lel. Yeah. Those are just via stiching for shielding.
Maybe vias are security related. PCI homologation request for tamper-proof protection against encryption keys reading strait from RAM.
I think you are right! but I’m not sure that which chip to process security function.
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La nouvelle batterie à deux cellules est munie de quatre languettes, similaires à celles que nous avons trouvées dans la série des 8 et qui étaient plus courtes, bien qu'elles soient orientées différemment.
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Ce téléphone est équipé d'une batterie de 10,35 Wh (2716 mAh à 3,81 V), dépassant de peu des 10,28 Wh de la batterie du 8 Plus, mais ne représentant qu'une goutte d'eau dans l'océan par rapport aux 12,71 Wh du Galaxy Note8.
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La combinaison des deux cellules a plus de conséquences sur l'utilisation de l'espace que sur l'autonomie du téléphone. Les deux cellules permettent de faire des formes et des agencements plus créatifs afin de profiter au maximum de l'espace laissé par la carte mère rétrécie.
It might be my age showing but what type of Li-Ion supports charging up to 4.35 ? (I mean .. there’s the type that goes up in flames but .. ?)
It is just a more stable battery that can handle higher voltage without damage. Even my Cubot Note S has 4,35V max voltage battery (4.150 mAh).
Okay so I use this phone for all the photos of appliances that we take at Jackson Appliance Repair Company. The question I have is— is the battery itself waterproof? Or is the phone waterproof (protecting components inside) when it’s fully assembled?
The device is waterproof. Batteries really can’t be made waterproof as they have exposed contacts which when shorted would be dangerous depending on how conductive the liquid was (i.e. salt water).
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Vous souvenez-vous de la fonction ID ? Lors d'un rebondissement imprévu, nous l'avons testée avant de commencer à démanteler l'iPhone. Il semble que notre caméra aux infrarouges ne soit pas assez rapide pour capter le motif exact des points, mais les effets de lumière sont bien visibles !
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Petite leçon d'histoire : à l'époque, Microsoft a conçu un capteur de mouvement dans l'espace plutôt chouette, appelé Kinect. La technologie de matrice à points infrarouges qui en permettait le fonctionnement a été mise au point par une société israélienne, PrimeSense.
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Apple a acheté PrimeSense pour quelques 360 millions de dollars en 2013 et a sûrement investi plusieurs centaines de millions supplémentaires depuis, en vue de mettre ce produit sur le marché.
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Pendant ce temps, Microsoft, laissé en plan, a dû se débrouiller pour développer un autre système de détection pour le Kinect 2. Peut-être que maintenant que l'iPhone a un détecteur de profondeur, des gens vont aussi l'attacher à des drones !
@kyle tell your design team to add a play button over the image, people can easily miss that it’s a video. I thought it was just an image, but saw the comment about he enjoyed watching the video - so i hovered my mouse and then that’s I figured it’s really a video. :)
It’s IR. Human eyes can’t see it, so unlocking with Face ID is essentially just staring at it, and from the user’s perspective, it magically unlocks. No visible flashing here!
Jody, the flashes are invisible to the human eye. In the video you can hear the guy with the phone asking if the cameraman can see the flashes, because you need a special camera to view them. It’d be like staring into the end of a TV remote control and pushing buttons.
Not for me. I can see infrared easily.
Esa luz que nosotros no vemos, sera dañina de tanto uso ?. Porque desbloqueamos el telefono muchisimas veces al dia.
That light that we do not see, will be harmful of so much use? Because we unlock the phone many times a day.
Here’s a good vid on the FaceID projector lighting up someones face: https://youtu.be/OvVKnC6gGtg Jump to 5:50 to see it.
so why MS did not buy ++PrimeSense?++
Having designed a lens system for Occipital’s Structure sensor (which is also a Prime Sense derivative). The structured light emitter, which is actually a laser; vibrates to create the pattern that bathes your face. I am pretty sure the structure light source does not have the power to do anything besides scan your face, but also the infrared camera is lens system is probably tuned for 300 mm-500 mm unlike the Kinect(1), ASUS XTION or PrimeSense’s own early versions, which have a much longer range. If anyone is interested in doing more than just face scanning, check out Occipital’s website.: https://structure.io/ .
i wonder who makes the sensor subassembly - that must be a very intricate design; tying the processing and interface to the VCSELs that generate the light powering the activity
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Nous tournons notre attention vers le haut de l'iPhone pour y trouver le très attendu système de la caméra
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Première étape de reconnaissance : l'illuminateur intégré dans l'écran scanne votre visage à la lumière infrarouge (IR).
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Ensuite, la caméra avant, marquée en rouge, confirme la présence d'un visage.
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Puis, le projecteur à points IR, tout à droite, projette toute une série de points sur votre visage pour créer une carte 3D.
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Enfin, la caméra IR sur la gauche lit cette carte et envoie les données au téléphone.
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Sous le capot, le X fait turbiner un logiciel magicien qui assemble toutes les pièces du puzzle et décide s'il s'agit bien de vous ou de votre jumeau ennemi.
Surely the ir camera senses the ir flood projector, not the standard camera…
There are three IR light sources used: The small pencil beam to see if the phone is face down or next to ones face (proximity) which uses the camera as the sensor (located just to the left of the speaker slot from the front). Then there is the flood illuminator which lets the camera ‘see’ if you are there (to discriminate there is a face present) just to the right of the camera. The third is the dot projector (on the right side of the speaker slot) to ID you. The same camera is used for all three functions no special IR camera here.
Can I buy that TrueDepth system?
Has anybody figured out, if this part is replaceable? I hope this isn’t handled like the TouchID which is locked to the logic board?
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Nous voilà bientôt arrivés à la fin et nous examinons les composants qui restent dans la coque arrière.
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Le premier petit cache est recouvert de connecteurs à ressort, de dispositifs de mise à terre EMI et il est muni d'une nappe à l'arrière.
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Le prochain à sortir est le boîtier du haut-parleur inférieur, dont le port est enduit d'un adhésif étanche tout visqueux.
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Enfin, nous décollons le Taptic Engine et la célèbre grille du baromètre. Le Taptic Engine d'Apple est toujours un moteur à vibrations linéaires.
Are there two speakers at the bottom?
Nope just the one lower speaker. The second speaker is mounted to the upper portion of the display assembly.
How is vibration motor installe, it is glued or screwed?
A: Screwed. ;)
Do you sell replacements of the little bracket that is covered in spring connectors and EMI grounding fingers, and has a ribbon cable stuck to the back? As I was removing my screen to prepare for a replacement I saw that it had some damage. I don’t want to purchase a replace screen and find that it won’t work because of the damage to this part.
Caleb for some strange reason iFixit do not sell the EMI Grounding Finger plate nor do they sell the wifi flex cable that is attached to the underside of that plate. I had to go to Amazon to source a replacement for both. I think they should also stress how delicate those grounding fingers are, they are like tissue paper and can be damaged very easily if touched so take extreme caution when removing and reinstalling the plate and the attached flex cable.
Do you have links?? I can not find it.
There are two screws immediately below the taptic engine. Neither the PH000 or PH00 screwdriver works. Anyone know what screwdriver it is?
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Does anyone know the purpose of this bracket "covered in spring connectors and EMI grounding fingers"? What would be the possible side effects if it was damaged?
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En pleine forme comme d'habitude, notre ingénieur spécialiste des démontages fait preuve de son habileté à manier deux pincettes à la fois en retirant le connecteur de charge Lightning.
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Bonne nouvelle pour tous ceux qui ont la nostalgie des chargeurs : le connecteur Lightning semble renforcé et est muni d'un support plus large qui se visse à l'intérieur du rebord du châssis.
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Il dispose également de trous afin que les vis Pentalobe extérieures puissent passer pour se loger dans l'écran comme nous l'avons vu auparavant.
I don’t think it really matters. Apple’s Lightning Connector is double sided, so EVEN IF they DO have contact points on both sides, they probably would have wired them together anyway.
The Lightning connector IS double sided, however the pins are NOT NECESSARILY physically tied together in the connector; ergo it actually supports 16-pins, not 8. So it DOES matter. A double-sided port could hypothetically support Thunderbolt, or 2 USB3 channels. And we have seen, inexplicably, a double-sided port from Apple before in the iPad Pro. A fully 2-sided Lightning connector/port could be functionally as capable as USB Type-C, minus the legacy USB 2.0 lanes. (The Type-C connector ALWAYS maintains a legacy USB 2.0 pair; Apple would have no need for that legacy combination if Thunderbolt was their forward-looking target.)
Scott,
Apple has already defined the connector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_... I doubt they are going to mess it up making it polarized directionally at this point.
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There are 2 separate parts here. One is the Lightning connector and the flex cable under it is the loud speaker flex cable.
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Une fois l'ensemble principal mis en pièces, nous reportons notre attention sur l'écran. Le premier composant à sortir est le haut-parleur interne, qui a été reconçu et muni d'un super conduit audio qui mène le son hors de l'écran.
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Nous extrayons soigneusement et mettons à jour la collection de composants d'écran supérieur la plus complexe que nous ayons jamais vue. Elle comprend un haut-parleur, un microphone, un capteur de luminosité ambiante, un illuminateur et un capteur de proximité.
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Une fois que nous avons récolté tout ça, il ne reste qu'un écran vide.
So what was that mystery chip first shown in the x-ray pictures?
Where can I find a replacement upper display? Accidentally tore my wire ribbon slightly…
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Il est temps de nous occuper de la puce mystérieuse ! Grâce à un coup de main de nos amis de chez TechInsights, nous jetons un œil sous les blindages derrière l'écran et trouvons :
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Un contrôleur d'écran tactile Broadcam étiqueté BCM15951B0KUB2G.
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Également sur notre chemin : un nouvel appareil jamais vu jusqu'à aujourd'hui, un PMIC OLED, étiqueté 10 THADT733 X-139U.
The ST is more likely a boost converter, look at the inductors around it.
Too few pins to be a oled display-driver
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Nous rapprochant de la partie métallique du X, nous tombons sur une nouvelle pièce familière de ce puzzle compact : la bobine de recharge sans fil.
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Oh, et tout ce qui y est attaché, y compris les boutons de volume, le bouton pour vibreur/sonnerie et un support de capteur non identifié.
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Nous décollons également une autre nappe multi-fonctions du haut du téléphone. Cet ensemble abrite le flash à quatre LED True Tone et le bouton de marche, comme dans les iPhone d'antan.
Is the Qi coil that needs to be unobstructed for wireless charging just the center circle the ribbons are attached to or is it the whole unit?
You can see the coil in step 3 x-ray images.
Just the big black coil.
Is there anything special with the charging coil? Do you think they are being modest and when airpower comes out it will blow away qi coils?
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Bonus : que se passe-t-il si vous cassez la coque en verre de votre tout nouvel iPhone X ?
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Après avoir fait chauffer la coque encore et encore, nous rengainons notre spatule et sortons notre Jimmy. De même que l'iPhone 8 et le 8 Plus, le X comporte une coque arrière solidement collée.
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Nous avons beau manier notre Jimmy avec délicatesse, nous restons bloqués : alors que la coque arrière de l'iPhone 8 était d'une seule pièce, la bosse de la caméra dépasse ici de la coque en verre et a été soigneusement soudée au châssis métallique qui se trouve en dessous.
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Nous voilà pris la main dans le pot de confiture : nous devons donc soit nous couper la main (la bosse de la caméra) soit casser le pot de confiture (la coque en verre). Génial.
Could you show the other side of the stainless shell? Is the glass apple logo and lettering at the bottom printed on the backside and glass layer over top?
Yup, same as the 8, you can see the bare inside of the glass here.
looking for this solution
How was the camera bump removed?
Destructively. It’s welded into place from the inside.
I find using a small flat head at each one of the weld points and rocking it left and right with a little force helps break the weld with less trouble than trying something large like a jimmy tool.
I opened the phone, removed the rear cameras, flash, logic board and battery, then wedged something underneath the rear camera bracket (which is spot welded to the camera bump) to break the spot welds to the camera bump. You’ll end up destroying the bracket (my replacement glass came with a new bracket and camera bump/lens) the bump will literally fall out once done. The rear glass can then be removed and replaced, then fit new camera bracket (and camera bump if damaged when removed).
Feel like doing a walk-through on this with photos for those less-inclined to break their new iPhone just because of a smashed back panel? :D
Absolute joke. After having spent all day painstakingly removing every single glass shard from the rear I find out that the bloody rear replacement glass doesn’t fit over the camera bump anyway…
Is there not a version that just fits over the bump even if it leaves a tiny gap ??? There is no way people will want their cameras/mics butchered. Failing that, it seems a bit excessive to strip down the entire phone just to remove a welded bracket. Frankly it is RIDICULOUS and I have been doing smartphone/tablet repairs from day 1.
It’s my own fault for not researching the subject. I wrongly assumed it was like previous models where it’s just held in place with adhesive tape.
This same kind of thing happened to me when the iPad airs came out and I thought it was still possible to do ‘glass only’. I think the only way I will learn is from not doing Apple repairs anymore!
Anyway well done Apple for catching me out yet again…..
Further update… Managed to find a seller on eBay who sells the rear glass covers with a slightly larger camera hole so it fits straight over the bump/lens. While this isn’t a perfect solution as there will be a bit of a gap it does makes it a million times easier and actually becomes feasible to do this repair (if you don’t mind hacking away at glass all day!).
My initial outburst was mainly because I was doing this job as a gesture of good will for someone and just assumed it to be straight forward. If it was my own phone or that of a close family/friend I would have just stripped it all down and done a proper job.
Hope this helps someone!
I use glass from aliexpress with normal hole with separate camera holder. If you put big hole glass you have the water resist problem.
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Nous espérons que vous avez appréciez les 22 plats de notre menu "vue éclatée". Nous avons trouvé le tout très nourrissant.
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Si jamais vous avez manqué les démontages de l'iPhone 8 et de l'iPhone 8 Plus, vous pouvez allez les consulter pour tenter quelques comparaisons. Et n'hésitez pas à aller voir notre liste triant les smartphones selon leur réparabilité pour vous faire également une idée des appareils moins récents.
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Encore une fois merci à Circuitwise, Creative Electron et Techinsight pour leur précieuse aide !
Is there any way to replace the mesh earpiece for this device?
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- L'écran et la batterie ont toujours la priorité dans la conception de l'iPhone.
- Un écran fissuré se remplace sans devoir démonter le matériel de la Face ID.
- L'usage libéral de vis est préférable à la colle – mais vous avez toujours besoin des tournevis spécifiques Apple (Pentalobe et tri-point) en plus du cruciforme standard.
- Les mesures d'étanchéité compliquent certaines réparations, mais le risque de dégâts causés par un liquide est moindre.
- Des nappes sophistiquées relient des composants sinon indépendants et forment des ensembles complexes – les remplacements sont donc coûteux et compliqués.
- Le verre à l'avant et à l'arrière double le risque de dégâts en cas de chute. De plus, si la coque arrière casse, vous devrez retirer chaque composant et remplacer tout le châssis.
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146 commentaires
Incredible and dense tech inside this iPhone - thanks ifixit!
Wow! So exciting!
Hello,
Could you give us more info about NFC antenna localization? I suppose it’s on top of the back panel (to avoid conflict with Qi )
Thanks
It’s the top bezel itself, as always.
Tom Chai -
From Iphone 6 to XS Max, its always been on top?
Exactly! Given the amount of effort they put into shrinking (or folding) certain parts, it’s great to see they’ve put in the same effort to not make it harder to repair. That any modern smartphone will never receive a 10/10 score due to the design choices is acceptable, so I’m happy to see there’s still a reasonable way in. Not like some tablet/laptop hybrids that are horrendous to even open up; yes I’m looking at you Microsoft!
is the face id hardware programmed to the phone like the touch ID was? that would make replacing it impossible by 3rd parties.
i know its not connected to the screen, but still it may be a common repair like it is now.
There isn’t really a reason why replacing the True Depth sensors should be a “common replacement” like the home button was. The home button had to be replaced because it was a physical piece of hardware that was pressed millions of times before failing. The True Depth sensor should fail rarely since it is protected under glass and won’t be hammered on constantly.
Very good! Finally different in the interior, the previous models were all the same!
Question which iPhone X version is this? with 2 Qualcom chips it looks like it is the Model A1865
We analyzed the A1865. TechInsights opened up an A1901.
Apple claims that in order to make the screen curve with the edges, they had to fold part of the OLED screen over to hide the display driver right under the screen. Would you be able to verify that?
yes, there was an animation in the promo video. Looked weird. I’d like to know how they get the cutout in there.
And how do the cutout pixels account to the display resolution?
Andi -
Yes I saw this too, can you investigate more into the OLED display? In the video at 0:30, Jony Ive says “the custom OLED panel was engineered to fold and seamlessly combine with the external surfaces.” Their computer rendering really makes it appear there are hundreds of hidden pixels being illuminated. https://youtu.be/K4wEI5zhHB0?t=30s
Sweet! I’m actually impressed by the efficiency of this.
The picture of the sandwich board is tilted and out of focus. Please retake from directly above
Hey Mitch! We have top down photos of the logic board in steps 9, 10, 11, and 12! Check them out! The photo in step 13 is meant to describe depth, so the angle the focus on the chips inside is intentional!
Please post XRay Wallpaper of the iPhone X! You guys are the only ones that do it right!
Just snag the xray ‘wallpaper’ off the enlarged picture above… o.O
From a boardlevel repair perspective I sense this is mostly game over.
Separation of the two layers requires an amount of heat applied to the whole structure pretty much all soldering folks would consider unsafe including myself.
Lets all hope very strong that this design improves mechanical stability to a point where we wont have breaking solder joints any more and improved circuitry preventing most common damages. The level and style of catch up game with the repair industry apple plays here is disconcerting.
After settling with recent macs not to be considered buyable because of &&^&^$^ all components being soldered in and tethered added to ridiculous toylike features driving stupid prices now the iPhone is also beyond what I am willing to accept for such money.
Its depressing to see how fast apple from year to year is becoming more about profit and money and less about tech and users.
I wonder how long I have to wait until some other player comes up with a real alternative in terms of user experience.
Yes i agree, what they did will make repairs harder you can see in this pictures some components moved from their place after separation which is a bad outcome.
Have you considered the Essential Phone? It seems like they may have something special over there…
Gino J -
I have to agree. I started out in 1980 with my bsee degree repairing Apple 1’s 2’s and 3’s with an oscilloscope, soldering iron and the latest copy of the ic circuit handbook. I have not been thrilled about Apples progression from everyman’s or women’s mac to unserviceable sometimes throw away stuff that needs cottage industries to support what they can, when before it was mainstream repair with dig this, a service door!.
@Ross Elkins: The Apple 1, ][ and /// were designs based on 7400-series TTL logic. Do you have any idea how big, power-hungry (and expensive!) devices like the iPhone would be, if they were designed with 7400 chips? If it would even be possible (which I seriously doubt), the PCBs stuffed-full of TTL logic would easily cover a football field, would require a 1000A power supply, and would cost $100,000 (or more)!!!
For you to even mention the repairability of stone knives and bearskins designs (no offense meant to Mssrs. Wozniak and company) like the first few Apple computers in the same breath as state of the art, massively-integrated product designs like the iPhone X strongly suggests that you wasted your money on that EE degree; because you certainly haven’t been keeping up with technology, even at a lay,an’s level.
Yes, serviceability has definitely lost ground to compact design over the years. There are trade offs everywhere and either we carry around a brick with a removable back panel for component repair/replacement access, or have the smartphone design we do today where it's practically an extension of our body. I'm for the latter.
I do love iFixit teardowns though, daring to go where no one is intended to.
I salute you, iFixit!
gamma
@atomicsymphonic Umm… you have to FREEZE it to get it open! Vue éclatée de l'Essential Phone It got a repairability score of 1.
Does the bottom left of the phone still just have a dummy panel covering the speaker grill?
If you’re thinking of the barometric vent, then yes! You can see it in the third image on step 17.
It looks like the mysterious chip was attached to the lower speaker…any idea what it is used for?
It is still mysterious!
Does the mystery chip possibly contain the data for the user’s facial recognition? Apple said that data would be stored on the phone only - and nowhere else - out of privacy concerns.
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Were you able to verify that face recognition still worked once the phone was re-assembled?
Facial Recognition works. But proximity sensor has to be swapped over to maintain Face ID after a screen swap.
iv tried today to swap screens on two iPhone X without swapping over any parts, just the screens and Face ID stopped working on both. ill try later to swap the proximity sensor to see if that fixes the Face ID.
roy -
I swapped two screens from one to the other on the iPhone X and Face ID stopped working on both. ill try later to see if swapping the proximity sensor fixes the Face ID not working.
roy -
Should be much easier to repair without the virtual touch id button.
this looks like a science fiction movie, very big WOW
Be nice if the person breaking down the phone, or at least the one who writes up the Teardown, had some engineering training, some of the text above was completely unintelligible, unscientific and used wrong terminology in descriptions. Apart from that, though, great! LOL
And you’re perfect in everything that you do right? If you’re so smart you should have filtered through all type O’s and kept your rude post to yourself, JACKASS!!
Stay tuned ;)
The next thing to go is the nano sim tray for sure it's so large compared to the logic board.
Apple’s almost definitely going to replace it with an eSIM in the next model. I sure hope so. https://www.blog.google/products/project...
What about the screen essentially folding backwards on top of itself? I was wondering about that in a tear down like this. Here’s what I’m referring to: https://boygeniusreport.files.wordpress....
We picked up an A1865 in Australia!
Maybe I missed it, but did we find out what the chip next to the speaker is? It was called out with a green box on the X-Ray in the 3rd step. I don’t think i saw the explanation.
I believe you’re talking about the chip in Step 20!
Just a guess, but the “Unidentified sensor bracket” in Step 21 could be related to Apple’s new leather folio case which wakes the phone upon opening and sleeps upon closing.
I’m sure the IR proximity is what does that
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It’s unlikely to be the proximity sensor doing this, as then it would work with third party cases as well, not just Apple’s and would do something similar when just covering or uncovering the screen.
In the iPhone X promo video from Apple, we can see the OLED screen is curved under itself, which I’ve read is to ensure a consistent light all the way to the edges of the phone.
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I’ve looked above a few times at the various steps but don’t seem to find any reference to details on the OLED screen, which you’d imagine is a very important part of any smartphone.
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iFixit, can you please add a 24th step that goes into detail on this? I can see from a couple of comments above that I’m not the only person wanting to know.
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Thank you for your incredible work!
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Alex
Any idea who they are using for the Qi charging IC?
Apple made there own coil. It has the apple insignia on it
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Are you able to put the phone back together and have it still be functional, or does this tear-down destroy the phone?
The degree of consolidation for functionality in the circuitry is unprecedented! State of the art.
Very nice, good explain
Very informative! I love your site!
Ram wasn’t mentioned this year? What is it? How much ram?
3 GB of RAM in the A11 chip
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Face id only works if the phone is vertical.
Any commentary on the antenna design and how it compares to 8/7 (plus/nonplus)?
iPhone X is the same wireless charging hardware design like iPhone 8 ? any difference?
Excellent site do you only describe etc phones?
IFIXIT covers many different products review the other tear downs here: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown
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I just hope no costumer comes in with a broken rear…
thanks lot for all ifixit team
So amazing PCBs layout!
Would appreciate your comments about the Snapdragon X16 Modem. Have the aireals been disabled by Apple in a smilar fashion to the way they were disabled on the Iphone 8 and 8Plus model 1865? This seems to be an important issue? Jack
This is too cool ! Do you have data on which parts are best in class the industry offers ?
lol Apple REVEALED! KUDOS IFIXIT
Hi, I know that the iPhone X supports the auto sleep/wake function, as on iPads, using wallet covers like the original Apple Folio one, so I think there should be magnets inside the phone, is that true? If yes where they are? I saw tons of wallet covers on eBay that are sold as "magnetic" but they don't say if they support the auto sleep/wake function, anybody has tried one of these? Thanks
Fantastic teardown guys!! I am curious about the stainless steel ring around the frame. It does appear that it’s composed of 4 distinct pieces due to the seams between.
Can you guys comment on how they’re connected to each other as well as the backplane?
It does make me wonder on the Space Grey version - are the 4 pieces PVD coated before they’re joined or after?
I work for a phone company and we are getting these phones returned by same group of people, they take the phone out then 24 hours they return it, the boxes are open but the phones are still in the plastic seals, it there anything that can be done to these phones they look as good as new but my gut is saying something has been done with the phones.
Hello, please, iPhone X has two or only one bottom microphone? On picture is only one, and iPhone 6S, 7 have two.
How the on screen finger print works? what kind of part’s it need to execute?
There is no in screen touch ID. Just Face ID, and there’s no fingerprint reader anywhere on the phone.
Hi, please, where is fourth microphone at bottom of the phone? Integrated in speaker assembly? All phones since iPhone 7 has 4 microphones, and i counted there only 3.
Where can I get an iPhone X chassis to fix my phone
Hello were can i buy chassis for iphone X thanks
unidentifed censer? They are spying on us lol
Wheres the antenna located? Top Bezel?
What’s the size of the back camera sensors? I want to compare it to my older dusty point and shoots.
Hi ifixit team,
bluetooth and wifi module can be replaceble?
What do you do with the phones from your teardowns?
@ltjjudge Lots of things—after the teardown we go to work writing repair guides, so teardown phones and components get used for guide photos, parts compatibility testing, etc.
can anyone please tell me is there a slight flex or compression in iPhone X screen when pressed a little hard in the centre of the display. Also please tell me if u hear a hollow tap in the middle region of display compared to corners when u tap it with moderate force?
My iPhone X sim port was open and it fell inside the water and turn blank on the screen what can I do to solve this problem
Hi iFixit team,
At step 21 , there’s a rubber / silicone casing around the camera flash , which (I suppose) helps with water / dust isolation. I’m missing mine (repair shop probably “forgot” to put it back in). Any idea where I could get one?
Thanks a lot!
Marek
Could anyone unfold the logic board or is it really complex?
Getting it apart is very straightforward if you have a good hot air station. (There are numerous how-to videos on YouTube at this point.) Putting it back together in good working order is significantly tougher, but do-able.
Si cambio la placa del iphone x el face id deja de funcionar?
Can u tell me where is the gps chip in iphone x
Yeah, like as my new iPhone adapter
Grazie, precisi e meticolosi.
Face ID no set up
Merci pour cette vue d’ensemble et merci pour la traduction
Ich habe diese Höllentour durch - ohne Teardown und Anleitung. Display und Rückseite waren gebrochen und mussten neu. 6 Stunden fummeln und fluchen später war das Ding fertig. Besonders unlustig: Mehrfach überlappende Kabel und Bleche, dazu zig verschieden große und lange Schrauben. Das bekommt Apple auch NIE in den Griff sich auf 2 Schraubengrößen zu einigen. PS: Rückseite geht bei über 180 Grad ab wie Butter. Vorher aber das gesamte Gerät bis zum letzten Teil entkernen.
Someone help me with this, i try to replaced my battery on my iPhone, everything is perfect except my phone can’t catch the wifi well. Someone help me please
Where are the cellular antennas?
All, do you know where is the GPS located?
Which iPhone X model number are you investigating?
Dimitar - Réponse
I think we can safely assume it’s the global A1901 model. Both other models are country specific according to EveryMac.com: A1865 for China and A1902 for Japan.
addvariety - Réponse
A1865 is for US Verizon and Sprint too
Sam Sun -
On-cell display or in-cell display?
Albee Einstein - Réponse
1901 is not global. It’s the GSM only version with the inferior Intel chips. The Qualcomm 1865 is the global/unlocked version.
Xiao - Réponse
Where can I find a X with out LCD, Digitizer, screen?
Grant Nord - Réponse