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Microsoft Band II Teardown
Posted: February 29, 2016 Microsoft Band II Teardown We tore down the Microsoft Band II back in November, but we think it deserves a second look. It has a lot of great silicon inside. The Band II website gave us a beautifully animated exploded view
Apple Pencil Teardown
Apple Pencil Teardown Posted: December 23, 2015 A lot of semiconductor content in something so small! Last month we purchased an iPad Pro and an Apple pencil to understand what devices were being used by Apple in this new tablet and stylus solution
Apple iPhone 6s Teardown
Apple iPhone 6s Teardown Posted: September 25, 2015 Contributing Authors: Dick James, Daniel Yang, Stacy Wegner, Chad Davis & Albert Cowsky It’s now a yearly ritual - go line up and get the new iPhone! This year Apple did multi-country launches, and
OnePlus 2 Teardown
Posted: August 21, 2015 Well, that happened. We found ourself doing not ONE, but two, quick turn teardowns on the same day - the OnePlus 2 and the Samsung Galaxy Note 5. We couldn’t have done it without the full support of our teams, both here in the
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Teardown
Posted: August 21, 2015 A Galaxy More Like the S6 than the Note 4 In this galaxy not that long ago, Samsung released what could arguably be the first device to put ‘phablet’ in all of our vocabularies, the Galaxy Note. Fast forward to their recent
Apple Watch Teardown
Apple Watch Teardown Posted: April 24, 2015 Contributing Authors: Jim Morrison. Daniel Yang and Chad Davis Apple Delivers a Wearable in Total Apple Fashion A few days ago, Apple sent us our tracking number indicating that our shipment would arrive
Samsung Galaxy S6 Teardown
Posted: April 2, 2015 Contributing Authors: Dick James and Daniel Yang Samsung Galaxy S6 Teardown The much anticipated Samsung Galaxy S6 has made an early appearance in our teardown labs this morning – thanks to the diligent skills of our trusted
Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Teardown
Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Teardown Posted: September 9, 2014 Contributing Authors: C. Young, D. Yang, R. Fontaine, J. Morrison, D. James, Chad Davis and Albert Cowsky Inside the Apple iPhone 6 The iPhone 6 may be the most anticipated Apple
Amazon Fire Phone Teardown
Amazon Fire Phone Teardown Posted: July 25, 2014 Amazon Fire Phone Teardown Preliminary Teardown analysis suggests that Amazon’s $649.00 USD (Amazon.com) phone costs $209.00 USD to build. Qualcomm is the primary providers of many of the key
Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Teardown
Posted: July 1, 2014 Galaxy S5 Mini Processor Package-on-Package Samsung Brings Shannon into the Galaxy S5 Mini Samsung brings their Shannon solution into the Galaxy S5 Mini, and by our observations this model already has FCC approval. The SM-G800F
Apple TV vs Amazon Fire TV Teardown
Apple TV vs Amazon Fire TV Teardown Posted: April 20, 2014 Apple TV vs Amazon Fire TV Teardown The Apple TV (3rd generation) model A1427, was released in March 2012 and torn down and a Bill of Materials was generated in June 2012. At the time, the
Samsung Galaxy S5 Teardown
Posted: April 11, 2014 Contributing Authors: M. Alarcon, R. Fontaine, D. James, R. Krishnamurthy, J. Morrison, D. Yang and C. Young Samsung Galaxy S5 Samsung unveiled their Galaxy S5 in Barcelona during this year’s Mobile World Congress. Although
Xbox One Kinect Teardown
Posted: November 28, 2013 Contributing Authors: Dick James Xbox One Kinect As we said in our Xbox One article, the new Kinect is quite a complex piece of equipment, so we thought that we'd dedicate a whole article to it. The first major difference we
PlayStation 4 vs. Xbox One Teardown Comparison
Posted: November 25, 2013 Contributing Authors: Al Cowsky and Dr. John Scott-Thomas Microsoft comes out punching with a significant upgrade to Xbox franchise console and true competitor to Sony’s PS4 while still delivers per unit profits
Xbox One Teardown
Posted: November 22, 2013 Xbox One It's clear we're in the run-up to the gift-giving season, with multiple launches of tablets and gaming systems. Last week was the turn of the Microsoft Xbox One, and it's hard to believe it's been twelve years since
Sony PlayStation 4 Teardown
Posted: November 15, 2013 Sony PlayStation 4 Sony’s PlayStation 4 makes its debut today and TechInsights’ Teardown team has hands on analysis of the components that promise to set a new benchmark in the gaming industry. While we’ll be tearing down
Huawei Mate 60 Pro Mobile RF Architecture Proves They Can Compete with Top-Tier Smartphone OEMs
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