Disassembling the iPhone 5

iPhone 5, seen in perspective

iPhone 5 teardown

iFixit.com, site equipment repair specialist, wasted no time and already disassembled an iPhone 5, which went on sale this Friday. First of all, let's check its "skills":

" The iPhone 5 is here, and it brought along the big guns.

• 4" 1136x640 pixel (326 ppi) Retina display
• Apple A6 system on a chip (SoC)
• 8 megapixel iSight camera
• 8-pin Lightning connector
• 4G LTE connectivity
• iOS 6 " source: www.ifitit.com

Easier to fix

The technicians came to the conclusion that the iPhone 5, in general, it is easier to fix than the previous model, the 4S. It looks like Apple is letting its devices becoming easier to fix in general, more user friendly.

Easier battery removal

The battery of the new device may also be removed more easily.

A6 chip, faster processor

The A6 chip, which Apple would have invested $500 million, according to rumors. This new chip makes the phone faster than the previous iPhone 4S.

Qualcomm chips

The iFixit team also discovered that Apple uses Qualcomm chips in its new smartphone.

iPhone components

Apple does not reveals the makers of iPhone components, because such information usually generates fluctuations in equity markets

According to Reuters, Luke Soules, founder of iFixit, spent the night in line at an Apple store to buy the iPhone 5 that would later be dismantled.