Photos: Cracking open the iPhone

July 9th, 2007 by Staff Tagged with: apple, iphone, open, exposed, disassemble

A step-by-step summary of one brave soul's project to take apart the iPhone and put it back together in working order.

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The iPhone blends a revolutionary touch-screen interface, media player, and smartphone into a slick package.

After waiting in line, spending US$600 (AU$699), signing a two-year AT&T contract and activating the iPhone, ZDNet Australia sister site TechRepublic decided that the next sensible action was to take the thing apart. Take a look at the hardware inside the 8GB iPhone and see whether they managed to get it back together in working condition.

What follows is a step-by-step summary of their experience disassembling the iPhone.

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