iPhone disassembly: Anyone can unbox one but very few can — or would — open it up

Anand Lal Shimpi of AnandTech wrote, "We did it — so you don't have to."

Selections from his narrated deconstruction appear above and below — refer to his website for details re: what you're looking at.

Enjoy his anatomy class — I know I did.

Though I must confess that as a TechnoDolt™ I didn't read very much 'cause I didn't understand any of it.

I like to watch.

As I mused on the innards of the iPhone two thoughts — epigrams uttered by Germans — came to mind:

1. "God is in the details" — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

2. "Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made" — Otto von Bismarck

[via Arthur Bernard Byrne and slashdot]

Note: Judie Lipsett of geardiary.com fame just sent me a link to Allen Hong's post of yesterday (yeah, joe, see, what good are you, a day late and a whole lot of dollars short? Huh? But I digress) featuring an iFixit.com dismembering of the precious object.

Note to file: If ever I should have an iPhone that requires disassembly, call the iFixit guy, not Anand Lal Shimpi — comparing their respective dismemberings, it would appear the iFixit result stands a better chance of working after reassembly.

Not that I'd put a whole lot of money on it in either case.