We already get tons of anonymous tips for our teardowns from engineers, investors, and enthusiasts.
Those who live and breathe power amplifiers and motion processing units will want to keep wailing on the refresh key, but that hasn't stopped the teardown team from getting some great shots of the Nexus's mostly-blue innards.
After lifting and disconnecting the display to get to the guts, they're able to flick the battery out — by step 11 in their teardown — liberating it from what they say is only "light adhesive" securing it in place.
Every time I do a teardown, I get calls from Wall Street investors wanting to know if company X's part is in it.
In Fairfield, I watch the various stages of the job, from the teardown of a GMC Yukon XL (the interior stripped away) to the fitting and welding of interlocking steel armor plates inside the shell of a Land Cruiser, to the molding of custom door panels and the hand-sewing of new upholstery.
The results of characterisation of microstructural, physical and mechanical properties are compared not only to the data obtained on a pristine alloy, but also to the results obtained on coupons of a similar alloy coming from the teardown of an A320 aircraft using the same experimental procedure.
Alas, the Droid 3 is about as unsurprising as they come; outside of the addition of a SIM card slot (as the Droid 3 is a world phone) and keyboard keys that are said to "feel cheaper", this thing's insides are put together just like the Droid 1 and 2. Check out a few highlights from the teardown in our gallery below, or check out the full teardown right over here.
Other highlights from the teardown include a look at the A7 chip (which is actually a slightly different version to the one in the iPhone 5s), confirmation that it does have 1GB of RAM, and the RF components that include a Qualcomm LTE processor with 1GB of dedicated RAM itself, which helps account for the iPad Air's magical range of LTE band connectivity.
Apple does not disclose the makers of iPad components, but teardown reports and analysis from industry insiders indicate that various parts and their suppliers include: Apple A4, A5 and A5X SoC: Samsung.
