iPhone 8 Plus Teardown and Analysis! By iFixit

So is the next generation of iPhone really worth the 8 I, just upgraded from an iPhone 5 to an iPhone 7 plus just under a year ago, and there's no way that I'm going to upgrade anytime soon. Something tells me that the iPhone 8 plus, is really just suspect, bum 7 plus, but you never know what you might find until you get inside. So let's get this teardown started and find out episode. The iPhone 8 plus was microscopically sealed, to which we said challenge accepted. The opening procedure hasn't changed much from the 7 plus and has promised the 8 plus is loaded with adhesives and rubber gaskets to protect your phone from water and dust down to the microscopic level. But the iPhone 8 plus is just as water-resistant as the 7 plus with an IP rating of 67, which still doesn't beat the galaxy s.8 IP 68 score, so to remove the display. I first got to remove this bracket I'm happy to see that there aren't any triploid screws in here like there were in the 7 plus, but it looks like we're.

Going to have to deal with those later on. The display on the iPhone.8 plus has the same resolution in pixel density as the iPhone 7 plus, but the 8 plus now has true tone technology, which makes it easier for you to read. What's on your screen in bright, sunlight, the true tone technology works at the ambient light sensors in the 8 to detect the color temperature of the lighting around you and then changes the color temperature of the display to match. Apple's website literally says that the charging capacity of the iPhone 8 plus battery is about the same as the iPhone 7 plus. But what we're really excited about are these four pull-tab adhesive strips that should help you easily remove the battery if and when you need to replace it.

I didn't have such good luck with the adhesive strips on the iPhone 8, hopefully have a little better luck of these next this time. Well, apparently, my luck has run out. I had to pull tabs break off before I could even start pulling them, one that broke off mid-pole and one that was a relative success. If this happens to you, you might have to pull out your tweezers to dig out the adhesive and, if that doesn't work, you're going to have to resort to heating and prying I'm going to use my tweezers to try to get these things out one more time. Let's see what happens, so I had to resort to a little heating and trying to get the battery out, but what I ended up with was a three point.

Eight two volt mm 691 William hour cell, providing ten point, two eight watt hours of power to remove the two rear facing cameras. We had to remove to try points, one Phillips and a stand-off screw. The pair of 12 megapixel cameras are fixed together. So that way, the software useful portrait mode can combine the images from both lenses. The dual cameras on the iPhone eight have the same number of megapixels as the iPhone 7 plus, but more megapixels isn't necessarily better the sensor.

Here's the key, the 12 megapixel sensor, provides eighty percent more light and is more power efficient than in the previous model. Removing the logic board is a bit of a mini mission. You've got tons of cables and brackets and Phillips screws and Apple has seemed to fall in love with the stand-off screw. They even included a hidden one in there for you to find, but once you find that when the logic board lifts right out, we've got the full chip ID over on the teardown, but on it, you'll find the a11 Bionic chip, which feels directly aimed at augmented reality. Remember not too long ago, when you could swap your speaker without first removing the logic board.

We remember how about when you could remove the tactic engine without first removing the speaker yep. We remember that ?, while we're happy that many components form a modular. The new layout and placement seems like a near impossible. Game of pick-up sticks, so the new glass pack is interesting. Not only is it home to the QI wireless charging coil, but underneath the coil is the Apple logo, that's embedded in the middle of the glass, so minor, scratches well far.

The logo at all backing the glass is a metal frame that provides structural support and should make it more durable, based on Apple's patent filings. I think they might be using some kind of liquid metal NATO coating which would be pretty sweet, but unfortunately we don't have the equipment to verify that, but regardless of whether they're using liquid metal, the back is glass, and it's going to break. As you can see here and here, repairability for this phone is more important than any phone since the iPhone 4s, which is why we've got one more thing. The score. The iPhone 8 plus earned a 6 out of 10 on our repairability scale, and here's why the display and battery are straightforward to access with the proper knowledge and tools.

Wireless charging means less wear on the all-purpose: lightning, port, a common point of failure, water and dust seals complicate repair, but make the need for difficult liquid damage, repairs less likely. The battery connector still uses common Phillips, IS fasteners, but you'll still need up to four different drivers for many repairs and despite alleged durability, the back glass is breakable and next to impossible to replace when cracked and, lastly, the iPhones lower components once readily removed now light trapped under a fussy, combination of brackets and delicately folded, flex cables, so was the iPhone 8, plus everything you thought it would be all of our Apple tear downs are just getting started. So if you haven't already click that subscribe button, follow us on Twitter at fixity and give us a like on Facebook at facebook. com. Slash, fixity, we'll see you soon.

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