Comments on: iPhone Disassembled!

iPhone Disassembled!

Derek — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:28:07 -0800

Destroying a perfectly good cellphone. The inner workings and guts of the biggest new toy this year. Is it more reliable then an iPod? How many screws does it have? Is it powered by nerds wishes and dreams? The answers to these questions are maybe, 16, and you bet your sweet ass.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:31:19 -0800

They didn't destroy it, they just took it apart.

By: 1adam12

1adam12 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:32:16 -0800

Interesting that there is a SIM bracket in there after all. Now the real question is, what voodoo is required to remove the simlock on the blasted thing?

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:36:54 -0800

Damnit, I have had it up to HERE with the iphone posts.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:37:10 -0800

Oh shit, sorry, I meant to send that in a message to Mathowie about his Twitter. Ignore me.

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:41:09 -0800

It's only the 14th as far as I can tell...

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:47:50 -0800

Does the iPhone have that talking Moose thing? 'Cuz otherwise I don't give a flying whore crap.

By: Benjy

Benjy — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:49:40 -0800

What I'm wondering about is Paris Hilton's take on the iPhone. The internet must know!

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:50:43 -0800

Mr. Jobs, Open This iPhone!

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:58:26 -0800

It's only the 14th as far as I can tell... Heh, I'm not sure if you're just joking around or not, but you're not counting all the posts that got deleted.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:58:57 -0800

Damnit, I have had it up to HERE with the "Damnit, I have had it up to HERE with the iphone posts" posts. Actually... whatevah.

By: strangeleftydoublethink

strangeleftydoublethink — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:11:16 -0800

This iPhone, it vibrates?

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:14:54 -0800

Aces, an iPhone thread!

By: lekvar

lekvar — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:39:03 -0800

Wow, this came about twelve hours earlier than I expected it to.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:39:20 -0800

The dissection that is.

By: saysthis

saysthis — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:40:19 -0800

Nokia 3310.

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:48:57 -0800

Hey, thanks for that helpful second link. Woah, who knew, huh? It's a hell of a thing, that is. A hell of a thing. Are they for sale anywhere?

By: IronLizard

IronLizard — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:28:00 -0800

"This device, portrayed as a harmless product of science, is obviously designed to introduce our children to witchcraft and sorcery."

By: pracowity

pracowity — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:30:43 -0800

"For reference, 18 iPhones weigh the same as 1 MacBook Pro." In case you're thinking of carrying an iPhone cluster.

By: Clave

Clave — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:50:27 -0800

I CAN HAS CHZPHON?

By: nielm

nielm — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:05:31 -0800

A soldered on battery? When every other phone manuf (and iPod user) knows that LiIon batteries die after a while...

By: rob511

rob511 — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:20:04 -0800

Jobs and minions may have succeeded in precipitating the Rapture: a craven image, running on "spirits in the air," evokes frenzied and idolatrous passions. Clearly only those who have the faith and goodness to withstand the shiny, evil allure of this forbidden fruit will be saved. Witnesseth: Jobs + ATT + iPhone are an anagram of phoniest jabot.

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:32:35 -0800

I'm surprised that the Grammar Police haven't snarked about the errors in this post.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:23:12 -0800

I am going to call iPhone owners on my basic mobile phone and trick them into googling things for me. I'll just say "I bet your iPhone can't be used to find out x" and count on their need to justify the iPhone purchase.

By: Riki tiki

Riki tiki — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:31:53 -0800

I have "iPhone publicity" fatigue, but I also have "whining about iPhone publicity fatigue" fatigue. Just let the rabid fanboys and fangirls have a post once in a while... they're like toddlers running around, they'll tire themselves out eventually and then we can finally get some work done.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:35:26 -0800

I thought this was going to be the newest edition from that website that gets donations online to buy and record the destruction of hard-to-find electronics. Were I to disassemble one of these things, it would be destroyed. I didn't earn the nickname of Mr. Destructo growing up for nothing. as for the rabid slathering, sobeit. I want people to mercilessly kick the tires on this product, so I can decide whether I want one or not 6 months hence. and at least one kid seems to have different priorities when tempted with an iPhone or a FoxNews mike.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:35:26 -0800

Not an iPhone to be had here in Montana. No AT&T service. But if it worked with Verizon, I'd be raiding my daughter's college fund. No wait. I'd start a college fund for my daughter, then, when there was enough money in it, I'd raid it. I even wondered if it was worthwhile without the phone and internet service. Coolest iPod / movie player around! Nah. Although I don't understand the logic of making the battery non-user-changable, I don't think it's a big issue. I'm sure you will be able to take it in to your local Apple or AT&T store and have them swap it. And there will be do-it-yourself solutions. I swapped my iPod mini battery with minimal fuss.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:44:18 -0800

The memory is also non-changeable. The Irony is the Apple II was created to sort of an ideology of technological liberation, the same kind of thing you see with Open Source and everything, and now apple is putting out locked-down bullshit where they won't even let people change their own batteries, much less run their own programs. How hard would it have been to use one of those little connectors (like for the screen and antenna) to connect the battery?

By: acetonic

acetonic — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:05:20 -0800

By: ericb

ericb — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:05:51 -0800

How many attention-seekers across America are out today, sitting in Starbucks^®, fiddling with their iPhone^®? iPhone^® Geek (thinking):

"Hey, see, I'm cool and hip. Hey suckers, I got me a new iPhone and you don't."

Barista and half-the crowd, waiting for their venti Guatemala Casi Cielo^® coffees with soymilk (all thinking in unison):

"Hey, there's one of those assholes I saw on the evening news last night who spent two nights and days camped out to buy that gadget just so he could prance around hoping people would think he's cool and hip. Actually, your're a tool and a dipshit."

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:36:51 -0800

The User's Guide has instructions for removing the SIM card.

By: thecaddy

thecaddy — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:41:21 -0800

"Barista and half-the crowd, waiting for their venti Guatemala Casi Cielo^® coffees with soymilk (all thinking in unison): Baristas only silently judge people for what they drink, not for what tools they carry.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:11:24 -0800

thecaddy, the baristas I know tend to judge people for a lot of different aspects, especially for tipping and politeness, and they tend to talk about people to each other at length. Your barista experience may vary, of course.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:36:02 -0800

Baristas only silently judge people for what they drink, not for what tools they ~~carry.~~ are. Fixed yr typo, tc. Carry on.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:12:39 -0800

I want to synch my iPhone with your double processors.

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:16:47 -0800

A BBC article I read interviewed a line-waiter who was all excited about the iPhone, because then he could finally "browse the web with a real web browser". So, uh... that copy of Opera I downloaded onto my Nokia E62 doesn't count? The built-in, full-HTML browser it came with (based, if I remember correctly, on WebKit) doesn't count? 'Cause it worked fine on Metafilter when I was moving. The iPhone is currently an empty promise. It promises to be OSX in the palm of your hand. In reality, it's crippled by Apple's unwillingness to allow anyone to use the full potential of the OS. Hopefully for those who want this, that will change. Personally, I'd rather stick with my Nokia (at least until the fuss dies down and they release a second or third generation iPhone). It may not have a touchscreen, but it does have voice-activated dialing, expandable memory thanks to a hot-swappable flash card slot and the ability to install pretty much anything I want. Plus I can change the battery.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:23:37 -0800

Why didn't they just make it voip or skype or something? (and i can't believe how expensive it is--500 or 600, then 60/month minimum for the 2-yr contract)

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:49:34 -0800

They say that under the iphone's screen there isn't electronics and other guts, there's another fist.

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:42:21 -0800

fanboi xposed: Booting: A cold boot takes about 20 seconds. (Sleep/wake is effectively instantaneous – far faster than any Mac.) IT'S A PHONE. holy shit.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:35:03 -0800

I gotta say "hee hee hee": mr.marx called John Gruber an Apple "fanboi." Hee hee hee.

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:43:15 -0800

your lack of healthy distance to the subject at hand (APPLE INC.) is telling

By: flippant

flippant — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:25:15 -0800

Baristas by far don't judge people on what gadgets they use/flaunt, what clothes they wear or how they talk. The general characteristics are: 1. How much you choose to disguise the lovely espresso we're serving (Starbucks excluded) with milk, sugar, sugar replacements, syrups, cinnamon, cocoa, etc (the less the better) 2. How nice you are (post-ordering: showing appreciation of the taste of your drink or the latte art on it counts) 3. How much you tip. We love regulars who tip regularly and (see 2). So you have an iPhone. Good for you.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:52:12 -0800

So, here is the Google search result for John Gruber: John Gruber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Gruber (born 1973) is a technical writer, technology pundit, insufferable douchebag, and author of Apple- and Web-related blog Daring Fireball, ... I was soooo disappointed that the Wikipedia entry has excised the "insufferable douchebag" part.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:54:37 -0800

mr.marx, I wasn't saying anything bad about you at all. I just think it's funny to single out Gruber for his fanboi qualities, since he's already among the best known of the Apple fanbois.

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:58:49 -0800

I know he is. and therefore a good example of the absurdity at display here.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:08:22 -0800

Dammit. There was absurdity on display and I missed it!!!!

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:33:06 -0800

here's another one! You can pinch and expand with two thumbs instead of your thumb and index finger. The Meir Yedid of cell phone navigation discovers some more magic from APPLE INC.

By: graventy

graventy — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:30:51 -0800

Yeah, I thought kottke was laying it on a bit thick, there. Dude, it turns out you can use the iPhone with a penis (and a finger) or TWO penises! Think about how fucking handy that is!

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:03:20 -0800

That's crying out for an animated gif.

By: toxic

toxic — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:18:52 -0800

I don't understand the logic of making the battery non-user-changable, I don't think it's a big issue. I'm sure you will be able to take it in to your local Apple or AT&T store and have them swap it Like any of the people who just had to buy one of these on day 1 is going to keep using it long enough for the battery to quit. These people are early adopters to a fault, and they'll be given an upgrade path before they get the chance to notice about the non-replaceable cheap imported batteries. Version 2 will hit the shelves around Christmas time -- it'll be thinner, start up faster, sync without that iTunes cable, have a quartz-protected screen, a set of buttons on the side, and cost $300 with a two-year contract (and there will be a promotion for people with iPhone 0.9. They'll be able to buy it too, by extending their contract through Christmastime 2009).

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:47:40 -0800

Plenty of these will be destroyed this weekend as soon as they get dropped on that glass screen. Don't worry tho, Apple will replace it with a refurbished unit as soon as enough people are mad enough to start talking class-action. Why do you think people would be able to bring a class-action lawsuit against apple for making something expensive that may break when you drop it?

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:27:49 -0800

Version 2 will hit the shelves around Christmas time -- it'll be thinner, start up faster, sync without that iTunes cable, have a quartz-protected screen, a set of buttons on the side, and cost $300 with a two-year contract I'd buy that --but only if it wasn't locked into ATT. It'd have to be usable with my home internet -- and all wireless connections on Earth -- and it'd have to have voip for free phone. It looks more like a great portable internet item more than it is a cellphone, i think.

By: me & my monkey

me & my monkey — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:40:36 -0800

Dude, it turns out you can use the iPhone with a penis (and a finger) or TWO penises! Can I steal this as a pickup line? I wasn't going to get an iPhone, but it might be worthwhile after all!

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:49:16 -0800

Finally, a use for my twin penii! Went in to the Apple store yesterday. Huge crowd of people gathered around the iPhone display. Made it much easier to get the one MacBook accessory I needed and get out - basically everyone in the store was playing with the phones, but nobody I saw was purchasing one. (Granted, I was in there for all of two minutes, but still...)