4-inch iPhone 6 and new iPod touch disassembly analysis

The sixth-generation iPod touch, which Apple just released two days ago, has excellent configuration and a thin and light appearance. More importantly, its low price has greatly lowered the threshold for experiencing iOS, and it is even regarded as a 4-inch version of the iPhone 6. As a result, it quickly became a must-buy item on many people's shopping lists. As a long-awaited new product in the iPod product line, the sixth-generation iPod touch naturally cannot escape the invincible screwdriver of the disassembly team iFixit.

A8 processor and M8 motion coprocessor, 8-megapixel rear camera, 1GB RAM, 4.0-inch 1136*640 resolution screen, 326ppi also meets Apple's definition of retina screen, pre-installed iOS 8.4 system... Many people are familiar with these parameters, and iFixit's disassembly allows us to see more details. In addition to the upgrade and adjustment of hardware specifications, the repairability of the new iPod has also been significantly improved.

The M8 motion coprocessor is NXP Semiconductors' LPC18B1UK ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller, and the 1GB RAM is SK Hynix's LPDDR3 memory. The sixth-generation iPod touch has a built-in 1043mAh lithium-ion battery, while the fifth-generation iPod touch released by Apple in 2012 has a battery capacity of 1030mAh and a RAM of 512MB.

There are also Toshiba NAND flash memory, InvenSense's MP67B 6-axis gyroscope and accelerometer, Bluetooth and WiFi modules, Broadcom and Texas Instruments touchscreen controllers and other components. The machine disassembled by iFixit is a special red model, so the inside of the case is also carefully painted red. In terms of the final repairability, iFixit gave a score of 4/10. The difficulty of disassembly is still high, but it has improved to a certain extent compared with the previous work; multiple components are still welded together, which brings considerable trouble to replacement and repair; there are no fixing screws inside, and most of them are fixed by tape.

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