iFixit publishes iPhone 3G S teardown

Our screwdriver-happy pals over at iFixit have taken on the iPhone 3G S and the results do not disappoint!

The iPhone 3G S doesn't just look like its predecessor externally, the internal physical design is also nearly identical. The location of the components on the main PCB has changed, but the actual physical design is the same,

A few highlights:

The battery is only 6% larger than that of the iPhone 3G, so increased battery performance probably comes from better hardware and software efficiency.
There is an additional antenna connection near the dock connector. iFixit isn't sure what that's for right now, but they'll continue to investigate.
According to the iFixit guys, the new screen does seem slightly easier to clean, thanks to its oleophobic technology.

Even cooler, Richard Lai (one of our Talkcast regulars, hi Richard!) recorded video of much of the process with an iPhone 3G S! You can check out all the YouTube clips here or view one of the clips by continuing on!

Be sure to check out the full details at iFixit.com!

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Source: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-3G-S/817/1

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Richard Lai

Hi Christina! :)

See you guys at the talkcast tomorrow.

June 20 2009 at 2:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

now4real954

and off topic has anyone noticed the change to the check boxes using snow leopard and safari 4?

it is impossible to tell if they are being checked or not

something that needs to be addressed before the full run of the new operating system

June 19 2009 at 9:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

now4real954

HOT...ifixit is the jam...

they have gotten me thru many an instance of fixing my macs and an iphone...

the only problem is there is many places out there like pdaparts.com which I believe has changed their name who caused me to destroy an iphone 3g with their lame video tutorial...which they will not own up to what they did by posting inferior directions

anyway...I would trust ifxit.com for any and all needs for do it yourself work on mac laptops and iphones

thanks for the new update TUAW...

June 19 2009 at 9:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply