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2007-06-29 18:44:13

• 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!

2007-06-29 18:49:34

• 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.

2007-06-29 18:50:44

• 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.

2007-06-29 19:11:08

• Random facts:
• The iPhone has a 2 Megapixel camera.
• It also has H.264 video decoding, most likely in hardware.

2007-06-29 19:13:33

• Front of the iPhone. The battery was partially charged when we got it.

2007-06-29 19:14:23

• iPhone's back.

2007-06-29 19:27:25

• 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.

2007-06-29 19:21:20

• Separating the front and back case.
• There's a headphone jack cable to disconnect before you can completely remove the back panel.

2007-06-29 19:30:33

• 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.

2007-06-29 19:27:41

• 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.

2007-06-29 19:29:35

• 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.

2007-06-29 19:35:37

• 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.

2007-06-29 19:38:34

• Removing the camera, on the top of the phone. This is the standard camera.

2007-06-29 19:00:00

• Removing ten Phillips #00 screws around the perimeter of the iPhone.

2007-06-29 19:00:00

• 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.

2007-06-29 19:00:00

• Disconnect the remaining connector.

2007-06-29 19:00:00

• Flip up the retaining bar to free the dock connector cable.

2007-06-29 19:00:00

• 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.

2007-06-29 19:00:00

• View of the iPhone with the logic board and battery removed.

2007-06-29 19:00:00

• Disconnect the antenna cable to the left of the dock connector.

2007-06-29 19:00:00

• 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.

2007-06-29 20:38:59

• Remove the hollow black plastic piece that was covered by the antenna.
• There is some empty space within it — the only open internal space.

2007-06-29 19:00:00

• The iPhone is completely apart!
• The phone had about 16 screws total, unlike many iPods. The iPod Nano only has three screws.

2007-06-29 19:00:00

• After further examination, we found a way to open the logic board without completely destroying it like Think Secret did.

2007-06-29 19:00:00

• 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.