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Electronics Trashed in 2005
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Cell Phone Monitor TV Peripheral Desktop
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Consumer Reports 2006 e-waste study

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Q? What’s Your Old Phone Worth?
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‣ iPhone 3GS
‣ 5 Year Old Technology
‣ Scrap value of metal is less than $1 USD
‣ Junk resale value is $10-$15
‣ Refurbished phone value is $60 - $150
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Xbox One
Teardown Story

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onto the device carnage!!!

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Initial Thoughts: repairability
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‣ Recent Design Trends:
‣ Design Anorexia
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QUICK Q?
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who has ever cracked their phone’s screen?

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highlights

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iphone 6 Plus

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‣ The line was already 50 people strong
yesterday around 1 PM local Aussie time.
‣ By 7 AM there were close to a thousand
people in line.
‣ Our teardown team was #53 in line, and the
Apple Store only had 40 iPhone 6 Plus models
in stock.
Fun Facts

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‣ The iPhone 6 Plus measures in at 158.1 mm long, 77.8
mm wide, and 7.1 mm thick. Quite literally bigger than
a Pop-Tart. Slightly thinner than the 5s (7.6 mm).

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‣ Apple A8 processor with 64-bit architecture
‣ M8 second-generation motion coprocessor
‣ 16, 64, or 128 GB onboard storage capacity
‣ 5.5-inch 1920x1080 pixels (401 ppi) Retina HD display
‣ 8 MP iSight camera (with 1.5μ pixels, phase-detection autofocus,
and optical image stabilization) and a 1.2 MP FaceTime camera
‣ Touch ID home button fingerprint sensor, barometer, 3-axis
gyro, accelerometer, ambient light sensor
‣ 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.0 + NFC + 20-band LTE

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Fire Phone

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‣ 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU, with 450 MHz
Adreno 330 GPU
‣ 4.7" IPS LCD display, with 1280 x 720 resolution at 315 ppi
‣ 32 GB or 64 GB storage with 2 GB RAM
‣ 13 MP rear-facing camera along with a 2.1 MP front-facing
camera (or as LG calls it, the Selfie)
‣ 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi, up to 300 Mbps with channel bonding +
Bluetooth 3.0 wireless technology
‣ Dynamic Perspective sensor system with invisible infrared
illumination, gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer,
barometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor

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opening them up

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ugh... Pentalobes...

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Pentalobe background
‣ Proprietary: Apple invented them
‣ Started introducing them midway through iPhone 4
release
‣ Caused service tool supply chain issues
‣ Apple store employees would swap your phillips out for
Pentalobes if you brought your phone in for service.
‣ Guess what fastener is used on the inside? Not
Pentalobes.

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fingerprint sensor
A CMOS chip that creates an image of your
fingerprint.
! The sensor technology, developed by AuthenTec and
bought by Apple a year ago,

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fingerprint sensor

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fingerprints 101
Although there is a
good deal of
controversy in the
scientific community
about the absolute
uniqueness of these
patterns, no one has
been able to identify 2
identical prints.

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More on the touch id

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battery removal

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iphone battery stats
The battery is rated at 3.82 V and 11.1 Wh of energy, for a total
of 2915 mAh—nearly double the capacity of the 1560 mAh unit
in the iPhone 5s, and slightly larger than the 2800 mAh burner
in the Galaxy S5.
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Between the larger battery and improvements in power
efficiency, Apple touts a talk time of up to 24 hours on 3G, and
384 hours of standby time.
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The battery found in the Plus is larger than the standard
iPhone 6's 6.91 Wh, 1810 mAh battery—which explains the
longer life, despite the much larger screen.

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fire phone battery stats
It may not be an eternal flame, but Amazon claims this 2400
mAh battery is good for up to 285.5 hours of standby, 22
hours of talk time, or 8.5 hours of web browsing over Wi-Fi

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other components

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new component:
vibrator assembly

upgraded rear v
camera
Just like the iPhone 5s, the 6 Plus features an 8 MP (with 1.5μ
pixels) ƒ/2.2 aperture rear-facing camera.
2 new features: optical image stabilization, and "Focus Pixel"
phase-detection autofocus.
Phase-detection autofocus has been around for awhile in
DSLRs, but is relatively new to smartphones - the Samsung
Galaxy S5 had it first.

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camera geek out

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camera geek out
Phase Detection Pixels
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Phase detection pixels can be
used to reasonably guess where
the lens should focus too, without
blindly scanning the whole range
to try to detect the correct
position for the lens.

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new 5 lens
stabilization stack

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The iPhone 6 + has optical image stabilization.
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The lens element on the left is nested into a tiny metal cage,
nudged to and fro by the electromagnetic coils surrounding the
sensor on the right.
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Constant readings from the gyroscope and the M8 motion
coprocessor give the iPhone 6 Plus detailed data on the
movements of your shaky human hands, allowing it to
compensate by rapidly moving the lens assembly. Result:
sharper, clearer photos, even in low-light environments.

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InvenSense IDG2021 2-
Axis (XY) OIS gyroscope
(labeled as 1Y21)
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63164 312H30
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ADA 4211

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main boards

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• Apple A8 APL1011 SoC + Elpida 1 GB
LPDDR3 RAM (as denoted by the markings
EDF8164A3PM-GD-F)
• Qualcomm MDM9625M LTE Modem
• Skyworks 77802-23 Low Band LTE PAD
• Avago A8020 High Band PAD
• Avago A8010 Ultra High Band PA + FBARs
• TriQuint TQF6410 3G EDGE Power
Amplifier Module
• InvenSense MP67B 6-axis Gyroscope and
Accelerometer Combo
front

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• Qualcomm QFE1000 Envelope Tracking IC
• RF Micro Devices RF5159 Antenna Switch
Module
• SkyWorks 77356-8 Mid Band PAD
front

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back
• SK Hynix H2JTDG8UD1BMS 128 Gb (16 GB) NAND
Flash
• Murata 339S0228 Wi-Fi Module
• Apple/Dialog 338S1251-AZ Power Management IC
• Broadcom BCM5976 Touchscreen Controller
• NXP LPC18B1UK ARM Cortex-M3 Microcontroller
(also known as the M8 motion coprocessor)
• NXP 65V10 NFC module + Secure Element (likely
contains an NXP PN544 NFC controller inside)
• Qualcomm WTR1625L RF Transceiver

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back
• Qualcomm WFR1620 receive-only companion chip.
Qualcomm states that the WFR1620 is "required for
implementation of carrier aggregation with
WTR1625L."
• Qualcomm PM8019 Power Management IC
• Texas Instruments 343S0694 Touch Transmitter
• AMS AS3923 NFC Booster IC
• Cirrus Logic 338S1201 Audio Codec

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fire phone main board

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front
• Samsung K3QF2F200A-QGCE 16 Gb (2 GB)
LPDDR3 RAM (we assume the 2.2 GHz quad-core
Snapdragon 800 CPU with 450 MHz Adreno 330
GPU is layered underneath)
• Samsung KLMBG4GEAC-B001 32 GB eMMC
NAND Flash
• Qualcomm WCD9320 audio codec
• Qualcomm QFE2320 multiband power amplifier
• InvenSense MPU6500 (labeled as MP65 G266B1
L1351)
• NXP 47803 NFC controller

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back
• Qualcomm PM8941 power management IC
• Qualcomm WTR1625L RF transceiver
• DPR EAE99
• 0V00680-B64G-1C
• Skyworks SKY85702-11 5 GHz WLAN front-end
module
• Qualcomm WCN3680 802.11ac combo Wi-Fi/
Bluetooth/FM chip
• It should be noted that the WCN3680 chipset does indeed
support Bluetooth LE 4.0. Amazon has promised to enable
this option in the future.

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other iPhone components

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speaker

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Lightning
connector
assembly

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antennas

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power and volume
button cable
assembly

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rubber gaskets
Definitely help reduce risk of water exposure /
damage. Pictured is the power button; however, we
found similar gaskets around the volume buttons.
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Way to go Apple!

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other fire phone
components

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peripheral assembly
•Two infrared LEDs
• Micro-USB 2.0 port
• Bottom stereo speaker
• Microphone

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ooo fancy 3d features!!!

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Here’s what’s happening
(4) IR projectors are bathing your face in infrared rays
anytime you stare at the display while it’s on.
(4) cameras are capturing this positional information next
to the IR projectors.
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The Fire Phone rectangulates your position, figures out
that there's a human face looking at the display, and starts
working its wonderful juju magic—all in real time.
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Note: the phone got quite warm while we were capturing
this footage. The Fire Phone was aptly named.

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4 dp cameras
The front-facing Dynamic Perspective cameras are glued
solidly in place.
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The Fire Phone's Dynamic Perspective relies on careful
calibration—Amazon doesn't want these suckers going
anywhere.
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This glue means we have some hacking, slashing, heating,
and prying before we get these bad boys free.

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front camera

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other peripheral assembly
• A microphone
• Earpiece speaker contacts
• And the final infrared LED

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front panel assembly

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vibrator motor

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speaker +
antenna

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Headphone jack

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Score breakdown: iphone 6+
‣ We have slain the giant. The iPhone 6 Plus earned a respectable seven out of
ten, an improvement over the iPhone 5s. Here's why:
‣ Continuing the trend from the iPhone 5 series, the display assembly comes out
of the phone first, simplifying screen repairs.
‣ The battery is straightforward to access. Removing it requires a proprietary
pentalobe screwdriver and knowledge of the adhesive removal technique, but
is not difficult.
‣ The fingerprint sensor cable has been re-routed, fixing a significant repairability
issue with the iPhone 5s and making the phone much safer to open. (On the 5s,
the cable is easily torn if a user is not careful while opening the phone.)
‣ The iPhone 6 Plus still uses proprietary Pentalobe screws on the exterior,
requiring a specialty screwdriver to remove.
‣ Apple does not share repair information for the iPhone 6 Plus with independent
repair shops or consumers.

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Score breakdown: Amazon fire phone
‣ External, non-proprietary screws means no adhesive holding the device
together, and an easier time getting in.
‣ While adhesive tabs on the battery ease its removal, it's still a pretty tricky job—
if you break the (flimsy) pull tabs, you'll be heating and prying.
‣ Tons of cables and connectors make disassembly tedious and reassembly
difficult.
‣ The four Dynamic Perspective cameras are encased in glue. Replacement will
mean heat and cutting.
‣ A replacement display assembly will need to include four replacement cameras
($$), or will require a lot of extra work transferring cameras.
‣ The Fire Phone is not modular; several components share cables—this will
increase the cost of replacement parts.

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