Droid Incredible torn down to its constituent elements, reassembled in a flash (video)

Now here's an innovative concept -- instead of doing separate videos for an unboxing and a disassembly of the Droid Incredible, why not combine them into one? And while you're at it, turn that into a stop-motion animation and include well timed sound effects for comedic relief. Make sure to include intimate closeups of the Incredible's spectacularly red innards, then finish off with a sped-up reconstruction and reboot of the handsome Nexus One killer. Got all that? Good, now drop the video after the break and let the people enjoy it.

[hq Posted May 5th 2010 5:32AM]

Beautiful even on the inside.

[Billy Posted May 5th 2010 6:06AM]

@hq it's pretty darn complicated

[glenskey Posted May 5th 2010 6:39AM]

@hq
i dunno.. i think purple PCB's look better..

[steel Posted May 5th 2010 8:19AM]

@hq

Yeah, but will a closer look reveal why I'm getting poor reception with it compared to previous smartphones?

[FNG Posted May 5th 2010 8:51AM]

@steel
I see I'm not the only one noticing this then... it's too bad.

[MrGoodCat Posted May 5th 2010 9:48AM]

@hq

Witchcraft!

[vmod32 Posted May 5th 2010 10:53AM]

@steel
I have no such problems. I's say I get better reception than my Touch Pro 2 ever did.

[MacBandit Posted May 5th 2010 11:14AM]

@steel

The signal meter is crap. Check your db reading in your phones settings. Mine frequently says 1-2bars when I'm getting 60-65db of signal. For reference 50db is near perfect and 100db plus would be dropping calls.

[Madcat Posted May 5th 2010 11:21AM]

@FNG
For those who don't obviously see it, mind filling us in? Is it the lack of a large, noticeable antenna?

[benny90 Posted May 5th 2010 2:09PM]

@hq That was a pretty awesome stop-motion disassembly! That must have taken a LONG ass time to complete that but the overall effect is well worth it IMO. Very cool!

[ac2913 Posted May 5th 2010 5:34AM]

Yum

[ptrjay Posted May 5th 2010 8:02AM]

@ac2913 interesting how the time on-screen at the end of the video is before the time at the start of the video.. seems the reassembly is actually the disassembly?

[svli Posted May 5th 2010 8:55AM]

@ptrjay
Check the date, first shot is in april, after re-asembly its in may

[coolkams03 Posted May 5th 2010 5:40AM]

cool video and an awesome phone !

[DonQ Posted May 5th 2010 5:40AM]

Sweet vid! Fun to watch.

[DougieBear Posted May 5th 2010 11:39AM]

@DonQ

Yes but I though the title said "reasembled in flash", I was crapping myself thinking I couldn't view it on my iPad.

[Felix Fdot Posted May 5th 2010 5:41AM]

"reassembled in a flash (video)" nice one. Flash is not dead! (yet)

[NewBie Posted May 5th 2010 5:51AM]

@Felix Fdot
>>Flash is not dead! (yet)
No, not yet. Only in the future. Lets hope iPad will still live to see the funeral.

[Junyor Mynt Posted May 5th 2010 2:17PM]

@Felix Fdot Funny thing is this was made by a Mac repair company. Why is a Mac gut tearing down a Google phone and Posting it in Flash?

[hyaenidae Posted May 5th 2010 5:46AM]

droid incredible for europe. plz?

[mattpez Posted May 5th 2010 6:22AM]

@hyaenidae

We already have it! It is the same phone as the HTC desire pretty much, except with a different case, and an extra 4gb storage :)

[Bratyr Posted May 5th 2010 8:18AM]

@mattpez
And without decent multitouch or an 8mp cam. At least it has physical buttons though.

[conasca Posted May 5th 2010 5:47AM]

Now that's a phone interior you can be proud of.

[yyandrew Posted May 5th 2010 5:49AM]

Unfortunately, it doesn't make me at all want to go to Techrestore for help with my tech gadget - sorry to the kind folks who made this awesome video!

[sonola777 Posted May 5th 2010 5:50AM]

Best unboxing ever!

[Ashutosh Posted May 5th 2010 5:52AM]

Nice assembly of Droid Incredible.

[safe travels Posted May 5th 2010 8:32AM]

@Ashutosh
nice pointing out of the obvious. OH THE SNARK, IT BURNS

[SolidSnake Posted May 5th 2010 5:53AM]

I still wish the Nexus One was coming to Verizon. It will definitely get Froyo before this...

[Zylam Posted May 5th 2010 6:18AM]

its a red blooded machine

[Andronicus Posted May 5th 2010 6:37AM]

Incredible.

[xontic Posted May 5th 2010 7:12AM]

Sick presentation.

Just goes to show you that an overall not too thrilling video can be made captivating by stop motion. I never thought i would stay glued to a person taking apart a phone and put it back together... but, I was.

[rfielder Posted May 5th 2010 7:33AM]

Great phone but looks like wasted space and a pointless layer of red plastic, no?

[Jaredicus Posted May 5th 2010 7:56AM]

Now we just witin for da evo 4g one...

[pr24 Posted May 5th 2010 7:57AM]

Pick me!!!

[microlomaniac Posted May 5th 2010 8:03AM]

I looove these vids.

[BeholdTheNexusOne Posted May 5th 2010 8:21AM]

Agreed; Great video; perfect amount of time and love the detail. N1 killer? I own the N1 and between T-Mo and it's G3 reception issues it's doing a fine job killing itself...still love it though!!

[jaffreywali Posted May 5th 2010 8:52AM]

I like how the reassembly is video of the disassembly in reverse. Nice creativity.

[AoshichanX Posted May 5th 2010 8:57AM]

Is that a Costco Microfiber towel at the end? If so, they should use better quality microfiber towels.

[bmcclure937 Posted May 5th 2010 9:05AM]

Nexus One killer?? I am a big fan of the Droid Incredible, but I do not think it can be classified as a "Nexus One killer" when the specs are extremely similar. Yeah, the Incredible has Verizon network, internal storage and a "better camera" (if you tweak settings properly).... but it DOES NOT have the ability to root (yet), massive dev community, custom ROMs (obv because no root).

[SCB Posted May 5th 2010 9:07AM]

I couldn't stop watching it.
It was very entertaining.

I've done that to a phone I didn't want anymore, but there were pieces left over after reassembly......LOL

[azechini87 Posted May 5th 2010 9:12AM]

Did it bother anyone that the guy reassembling the Incredible wasn't wearing any ESD wrist straps?

[SCB Posted May 5th 2010 9:14AM]

@azechini87

HA!
I'm sure he licked a metal pole before starting.

[StalkyTheFish Posted May 5th 2010 4:32PM]

@azechini87

ESD straps are for sissys. 8^)

Seriously, though, as long as you ground yourself before doing anything (and after sitting down), you're fine. I've handled a LOT of bare boards in my career and the only time I've ever zapped something was getting out of a car in winter and the device I was holding came between me and the door.

[azechini87 Posted May 5th 2010 5:27PM]

@StalkyTheFish Haha, nice. Yea, you're right. As long as he's done it before he messes with the board he's good. I just got startled when i thought he zapped that beauty.

[n1hmrd Posted May 5th 2010 9:28AM]

ah so lovely i want to eat it,YUmmy!

[kangoljas Posted May 5th 2010 9:47AM]

Great the insides! Good video none the less, that doesn't explain the silly bumps on the back of the case.

[LindsS Posted May 5th 2010 9:49AM]

I am seemingly having a lot less 3g coverage with my incredible. Is this what others are experiencing

[JoeGoe Posted May 5th 2010 10:03AM]

@LindsS I haven't noticed any connectivity issues. My house has always been a dead a dead zone, I use WiFi there, also, I have 3g 95% if the time. The signal strength is mostly around 3 bars. I live in Southern California.

[ncarlin Posted May 5th 2010 10:12AM]

Still Incredible

[Zzephyr Posted May 5th 2010 10:15AM]

What an amazing video. Much appreciated.