With the iPhone 6 Plus teardown complete, iFixit has commenced work on disassembling the iPhone 6. Unsurprisingly, the internals are similar to that of the 6 Plus, but adjusted to fit in a smaller space. Whereas the 6 Plus can contain a humongous 2915 mAH battery, the iPhone 6 has a 1810 mAH rated battery. This is still an improvement over the ~1500 mAh component in the iPhone 5s, but is roughly inline with relative increases in screen size. Apple’s official battery life tests indicate that the iPhone 6 performs roughly as well (in some instances, better) than the iPhone 5s in terms of battery longevity.
Elsewhere, images of the components is sort of de ja vu from all the component leaks leading up to the phone’s unveiling. The larger speaker assembly makes an appearance, first leaked in August. Like its larger brother, the NFC tag in the phone is a modified version of a standard component.
It has also been confirmed that the NFC chip is indeed made by NXP, as reported. The company is also responsible for the new motion coprocessor, dubbed by Apple as the ‘M8’.
Interestingly, the headphone jack and the Lightning cable are now one piece in the new iPhone series internals. For repairability, although it is easier to swap out, it will cost more — as you are effectively replacing two components rather than one.
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I am pleasantly surprised with the high repairability marks that ifixit gives both of the new iPhone 6’s. I was fairly confident that they were going to be glued together.
It’s no big deal that the Lightning connector and audio jack are one component. Instead of the jacks being a $4 part aftermarket unit, the combo unit will likely cost $7 or so.
Those leaks seemed pretty spot on.
That is a really small battery. My old S3 had practically the same screen size and it was a 2100 mAh battery. If they just made the phones a TINY bit thicker they would get so much more battery volume.
Obviously its a space optimization issue, but in my opinion it would have been worth a little pocket reinstate for another 20% more battery.
I agree, most would say that a slightly thicker phone along with a larger battery would be preferred by most. I also think that enhancements in iOS 8 make it so that the slight increase in battery size will still work well.
It looks like Samsung’s Wall Huggers ad is still relevant.
With my Samsung S5, I get 24 hours using less than 75%.
If I enable the automatic switch to Power Saving mode after that I can get two days of battery life in that mode.
Nearly 3 days between charges.
Very helpful.
I wonder why the iphone doesn’t do that?
bullshit for sure
pretty sure youre just shittin on apple by bullshit samsung stats. not much android phones apart from motorola can do that