iFixit has already nearly finished their teardown of the iPhone 5.

Only a few hours have passed since Apple's iPhone 5 launched in Australia and iFixit has already nearly finished their teardown of the iPhone 5. 

The iDevice tear down experts have already declared the iPhone 5 much easier to take apart than the iPhone 4S. 

"Compare this to the iPhone 4s, where it took 38 steps to isolate the display assembly, and this iPhone may be the most repairable iPhone we've seen in a while,"— iFixit.

The familiar pentalobe screws are still present, and all the expected fixins including a larger battery, A6 processor, Qualcom LTE chip are present. However, oddly enough Apple has changed their vibration motor from the "quieter and less annoying linear oscillating vibrator" to the old rotational with counterweight motor.




The iPhone 5 back case is also incredibly light. The aluminum back case with a number of components still attached to it only weighs slightly more than the glass back of the iPhone 4S. Impressive. 

More when the tear down is complete. 

Source: iFixit

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