I found more info: iFixit iPhone 7 Plus teardown reveals waterproofing details, battery size
iFixit has posted its complete teardown of the iPhone 7 Plus . As usual, the report confirms some specs and reveals a few new things. The dimensions of the new device are identical to those of the iPhone 6s Plus, although the report confirms that it’s slightly lighter than its predecessor. A1785 is the new model for the iPhone 7 Plus. The report also confirms that the headphone jack removal did indeed make room for the new Taptic engine, as Apple executives revealed last week , and that the second lower speaker grill is entirely cosmetic. The teardown also reveals that Apple is now using less common tri-point screws to secure some components, which iFixit concludes are simply used to hinder third-party battery and screen replacements. The headphone jack has also been replaced by a molded plastic component that appears to channel sound into the microphone, or out from the Taptic Engine. An x-ray of the Taptic Engine revealed a tiny linear actuator, some springs, and a weighted core. The battery in the iPhone 7 Plus is now rated at 3.82V and 11.1 Wh of power, which works out to 2900 mAh of capacity — an upgrade from last year’s 2750 mAh cell, but still a slight step down from the iPhone 6 Plus’ 2915 mAh version. The camera array includes two 12MP cameras, and the teardown confirms that only the wide-angle camera incorporates optical image stabilization. In terms of chip sets, the iPhone 7 Plus includes the expected Apple A10 Fusion CPU with a bump to 3GB of RAM, and a collection of radio and controller chips from Qualcomm, Skyworks, Avago, Universal Scientific, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Murata, NXP, Cirrus Logic, and more. The teardown also revealed the areas where waterproofing has been applied, including strong adhesive strip sealings, more stickiness in opening the iPhone 7 Plus, the camera lenses being built into the chassis, substantial gasketing on the Lightning cable assembly and around the SIM plug and tray, and ingress protection on the speaker grills. However, the new model still includes a water damage indicator inside. From: Mary Otten Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iFixit teardown reveals exactly what replaced the iPhone 7’s headphone jack Hi Sieghard, I did not research this for myself, but was told on another list where this topic came up for discussion that the Samsung S7 galaxy has the waterproof rating of 68, as opposed to the 67 that the new iPhones have. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 16, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: Hi Mary, What IPX rating does the Samsung phone have or is it waterproof by virtue of it bursting into flames so that any water may get burned off *smile*. Short of making the iPhone 7/7 Plus swim proof and giving it the same rating as the Apple Watch, IPX7 is as far as I can tell from Googling these standards the best there is, the test requires a device with IPX7 rating to survive being submersed in 3 feet of water for half an hour. This is the same rating and standard Garmin builts into all their handheld outdoor GPS units. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com; macvisionar...@freelists.org Subject: iFixit teardown reveals exactly what replaced the iPhone 7’s headphone jack So they have this new taptic engine, and some plastic piece. Now why did they have to take the headphone jack out if Samsung did not in order to make their galaxy even more waterproof them apple's device? That is a reasonable question I think. I am not arguing for the return of the headphone jack. But it would seem that it is not as simple as Apple would have us think. Further, let us hope that this new engine stays around long enough to actually prove useful as opposed to the traditional home button. Rumors are already flying about how even the button that remains this year, which is attached so to speak to the new taptic engine, is going away next year. Mary iFixit teardown reveals exactly what replaced the iPhone 7’s headphone jack 9to5Mac / Chance Miller As it does every year, device repair site iFixit is putting all of Apple’s new devices through the teardown process. This year, the site is tearing down the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, and Apple Watch 2. As usual, Apple leaves some details regarding the internals of its new devices a secret, but iFixit is able to figure out some of those secrets with its teardowns… In its iPhone 7 Plus teardown, iFixit notes of the similar teardown process to previous iPhone models. The classic Pentalobe screens are still there, while there are still two now-familiar screws guard each side of the Lightning connector. One interesting tidbit is that the iPhone 7 Plus opens to the side when you remove the display, as seen below. This change, iFixit notes, is likely related to the new water resistance feature. Regarding the headphone jack removal, the Taptic Engine is taking up the majority of the space where the connectivity was housed, but interestingly there’s a simple plastic bumper where the actual cutout used to be. This suggests that, while the Taptic Engine was part of the reason for Apple to remove the headphone jack, the ability to make the iPhone water resistant was likely equally important. As far as the battery goes, the iPhone 7 Plus features a slightly larger battery than its predecessor. The iPhone 6 Plus featured a 2750mAh battery, while this year’s model features a 2915mAh battery. For the Apple Watch, iFixit has just started its teardown so there’s not much to see yet. iFixit has also not yet started its teardown We’ll continue to update this post as the teardown process progresses. In the meantime, check out a few images from the process below. Guides iPhone 7 Apple's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus were announced on 7th September 2016 View THe Guide Original Article: http://9to5mac.com/2016/09/15/ifixit-teardown-reveals-exactly-what-replaced-the-iphone-7s-headphone-jack Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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