Google Nexus One Disassembled

iFixit is always at the forefront of disassembling new high-tech toys - especially Apple gear - and at the prices that it charges for replacement parts, it can afford to tear apart expensive gadgets. For those of you who are wondering what the internals of the Nexus One look like, this is your answer.

Here is the Nexus One in between the T-Mobile G1 and the Motorola Droid:

Unlike the iPhone, HTC makes replacing the battery quick and painless:

From left to right are the warranty “Void” sticker, the 5MP camera, the LED flash light, and the minuscule speaker:

Battery lifted:

Getting to the logic board requires some unscrewing, prying, and patience:

The screen and the logic board finally separated:

Perhaps the Nexus One’s most awesome feature, its high resolution 3.7″ OLED screen:

That big chip inside the orange box is Qualcomm’s 1GHz processor:

HTC apparently did a sound job assembling the Nexus One. There are no strange bits and pieces that should not be there. Based on this teardown guide, I think that swapping out a damaged screen might not be too challenging even for novices. In the future, I would prefer to see a unibody enclosure (which I expect Apple to adopt for its forthcoming iPhone) because replacing broken parts will be much simpler. Let us put some of these repair depots out of business, huh?

Source: iFixit