It's iPhone 3G tear-down time

It's that time again. With the first retail sale of any hotly anticipated device comes the ritualistic tear down. iFixit is with us in New Zealand for the honors on the iPhone 3G. Squeemish fanboys might want to look away. Haters, lean in and watch the carnage, the action is live and apparently, a little dirty.

Update: Nekkid, with chips exposed after the break.

[M3Ls @ Jul 10th 2008 10:20AM]

I know this is the most useless comment ever, but ya might want to clean the nails. Just saying but good post anyway.

[John @ Jul 10th 2008 10:24AM]

Agreed.

[bohsocks @ Jul 10th 2008 10:30AM]

Uhhh.... isn't what they mean by saying it's "a little dirty." Or did they mean dirty in the.... we're taking off this device's covering kind of way?

[J-Rad @ Jul 10th 2008 10:56AM]

At least they apologized:
"(Sorry about the dirty fingernails-- we've been waiting in line in cold Auckland for a while.)"

[RUGRLN @ Jul 10th 2008 11:07AM]

Agreed!

[giuliop @ Jul 10th 2008 11:10AM]

"Sorry about the dirty fingernails-- we've been waiting in line in cold Auckland for a while"

Unless they were digging their way through the line, I can't see how that's relevant.

[XanDy @ Jul 10th 2008 7:54PM]

Where's the battery picture?? upload more pics

[VegetaFH1 @ Jul 11th 2008 1:37PM]

Im sorry but that is the most stupid comment ive ever seen
A) Waiting for something like that in line for... i dont even wanna guess how many hours
B) Doing dirty work like a techy is something ur nail have to deal with, and by the sounds of it, people like you have to deal with aswell
C) On top of all that, these people bring great reviews, they do the "dirty" work so others dont have to, they bring very technical detailed notes about how things work, who the hell are u to critisize them?

When you become as good and advanced as they are, THEN u can talk, until then, keep ur fingers to urself

[+ZERO+ @ Jul 10th 2008 10:23AM]

Wow... that was probably the fastest that I've ever seen a release, then tear down. Great job staying on top of it for us who stayed home sick today :D

[numbsock @ Jul 10th 2008 11:03AM]

actually the folks at gizmodo were a bit faster xD what is up with this crave for dissections

[Tinu @ Jul 10th 2008 11:32AM]

Can you remove the "Do not remove" part? lol :-P

[PS3guy @ Jul 10th 2008 10:26AM]

What a waste of time and money, one word stupid ass.

[bohsocks @ Jul 10th 2008 10:29AM]

One word stupid ass? ......What?

And why are you crying? It's not like it's your money.

[tyler @ Jul 10th 2008 10:31AM]

Some might say your ps3 was a waste of time and money.

I'm not. I own one and I love it. Just saying..

PS. 'stupid ass' is two words.

[Stiv @ Jul 10th 2008 10:32AM]

Which one is the "one word"?

L2count

[Homeboy @ Jul 10th 2008 10:58AM]

Waste of money? Not at all.

1. Be the first to dissect an iPhone 3G and post pictures online.
2. Back links from Engadget result in massive traffic increase.
3. Increased traffic result in more ad revenue.
4.??????????????
5.Profit.

[Mobius_1 @ Jul 10th 2008 11:26AM]

@ Homeboy

Profit = pocket money = more iPhones + more other gadgets = more teardowns = more cash

This is how you make iPhones from one iPhone, kids

[Joe @ Jul 10th 2008 11:23AM]

You know, you can't spell "PS3guy" without "3g".

I've got two words for you: You're a stupid ass.

[Backlin @ Jul 10th 2008 11:37AM]

Who knew spaces were parts of words?

^That's a long word up there.

[cantcount @ Jul 10th 2008 3:02PM]

Im pretty sure "stupid ass" is one word.....or 3 words......but its definitely not 2 words

[Sith Lord 24 @ Jul 10th 2008 3:26PM]

i think its 5 words like " the bs3 sucks monkey Balls "

[YesHone @ Jul 10th 2008 4:16PM]

In 1 word or more...

You must absolutely HATE movies and Television... You'll notice in many films certain items, such as Mercedes, Lamborghini or even entire Big Rigs explode.... It's money well spent, wouldn't you say?


Things like this have, at the VERY least, an entertainment factor...

[Mike10010100 @ Jul 10th 2008 7:30PM]

I'm sorry to have to hijack the 3rd comment, but after reading all of the other comments about how Engadget should post on other things, have you not noticed how Engadget posts about the RED camera
and Motorola
and Seagate
and Kodak
and V12 concept designs
and Breakout Box
and Sony laptops
and Nvidia chips
and MTI micro
and the Blackberry Bold
and the Samsung U4
and..........?

Seriously, the fact that you guys overlook all of the other articles that Engadget posts daily and focus in on the Apple ones shows your deep hatred.

I don't understand. Posting things about Apple doesn't cut down on the number of other posts they can do for the day. They don't have a limited number of posts.

Shut the fuck up and if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

*Preaching mode: deactivated*

[Lazarpandar @ Jul 10th 2008 8:03PM]

Successful troll is successful

[Jash Sayani @ Jul 10th 2008 10:29AM]

3G iPhone...? Its supposed to ship on the 11th of July !

[ashwinkn @ Jul 10th 2008 10:32AM]

Half way around the world, the retailers may already have it stocked.

[BigBloke @ Jul 10th 2008 10:32AM]

There are other places in the world other than the US you know.

Where have you been the last few days, under a rock? Geeze....

[Lance @ Jul 10th 2008 10:34AM]

Time zones - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone

[Rick @ Jul 10th 2008 10:37AM]

It is already July 11th in NZ.

[Daza @ Jul 10th 2008 10:55AM]

It's amazing to see how many American's don't think there are other places than well, the USA. I love America but a lot of people seem to lack cultural or global awareness. It's a huge country but there are things like time zones, different currencies that also call theirs the dollar, cars that drive on the 'wrong' side of the road, cars with wheels on the 'wrong' side, etc. Oh, we also get the Internet too, fancy that!

[Rand @ Jul 10th 2008 11:07AM]

@daza and @BigBloke - with a little effort you could find out that Jash Sayani is in India. So while normally you would be correct about our American ego-centricity, in this case you're off the mark.

[John @ Jul 10th 2008 11:12AM]

Yes, because ethnocentrism is only prevalent in the United States.

[John @ Jul 10th 2008 11:14AM]

Also, the George W Bush vocabulary award goes to Rand for his creation of "American ego-centricity."

Egocentrism != Ethnocentrism.

[Rand @ Jul 10th 2008 11:20AM]

@John: I actually did mean to use the word "ego" (as in all about us, or if it isn't about us its crap), but I will accept your GW Bush Vocabulary Award and proudly display it on my bookshelf next to my World's Worst Bowler award and a potato I found that looks like Abraham Lincoln. ;-)

[BigBloke @ Jul 10th 2008 11:22AM]

@Rand

Then it makes it even worse, since according to the timestamp when he posted, he was approx. 3 hrs before midnight. NZ is only 51/2hrs ahead of India.

Like I said, under a rock ;-)

[Marques @ Jul 10th 2008 11:51AM]

@ Daza

It's also amazing how many people say "Americans" when referring to people from the United States. Just incase it's new to you...the Americas are two continents with many countries, who are all technically "American." So please clarify what you mean by "American" when making such a large generalization. Thanks

[ddub @ Jul 10th 2008 1:10PM]

@Marques

I agree with you, we're not the only American's. The problem is, what do people living in the US call themselves. United States of Americans? I'm not sure but, I have broken the habit of saying that I live in America when I really mean the US.

[Benson @ Jul 10th 2008 2:11PM]

Well, being one of those states-rights sorta hailers-from-these-United-States-of-America, I call myself a Hoosier. But I sometimes use "Yankee" when in an especially inclusive mood, and I've been known to answer to "Damn Yank"... I'll let you guess what answer, though.

[Marques @ Jul 10th 2008 2:12PM]

@DDUB

I call myself a US-American.

[John @ Jul 10th 2008 2:38PM]

A few of you above me are idiots. No one from Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Chile, or Venezuela, to name a few countries in the Americas, call themselves Americans. In fact, people from these countries call people who live in the United States Americans, as well. Spanish has the word "estadounidense" for people from the United States, but "americano/a" is used waaaaay more. It's just common nomenclature, not an expression of the United States' dominance.

[Zach @ Jul 10th 2008 5:45PM]

*In best hillbilly voice*

If you don't like it you can GIT OUT! They took our jobs!

[deyanimay @ Jul 10th 2008 8:41PM]

Hey in halo does the warthog have the steering wheel on the other side if you bought the game in England?

[neofolklore @ Jul 11th 2008 8:42AM]

Everything in england is backwards as a matter of fact, due to the electric frequency computers render everything in reverse so therefore game companies compensate by flipping the screen. Also , in first person shooters such as Halo, the game controller is automatically configured to Southpaw.

[Rick @ Jul 10th 2008 10:36AM]

I'd prefer to see a Sledge-O-Matic tear-down of the 3G iPhone.

[+ZERO+ @ Jul 10th 2008 10:47AM]

Will it blend?

[Zak @ Jul 10th 2008 12:03PM]

Stop bitching and use this.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/20/tired-of-iphone-and-or-apple-news-on-engadget/

[Wwhat @ Jul 10th 2008 3:07PM]

Stop spamming zak and use this www.apple.com/fan-forums

[Mark @ Jul 10th 2008 10:40AM]

Damn, the world must be coming to an end. The useless and overpriced IPhone comes riding on the clouds to cast judgment on the poor folks who have failed to see the light. Separating the Apple saints from the sinners, Apple declares it's 1,000 year rein on earth. What a crock. Once again we have to put up with Apple's grand marketing scam; and sadly, Engadget is playing right along. Come on guys and gals, give your readers a little balance here, please. (Ducks my head to avoid the lightning strike coming my way).

[Zak @ Jul 10th 2008 12:04PM]

Stop bitching and use this.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/20/tired-of-iphone-and-or-apple-news-on-engadget/

[Jeff @ Jul 10th 2008 1:45PM]

Useless? Far from it. Overpriced? What phone isn't?

Is the iPhone perfect? Is it a God? NO. It's not.

But, gee - how many have attempted to imitate it? People want this phone, they want the touchscreen capabilities, they want the screen size, they want the storage size, they want the full browsing capabilities.

However, yes - not everyone bows down before the iPhone.