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iFixit has started one of its traditional full device teardowns on the new iPhone 13 Pro, giving us a complete look at all of the components that are inside.
Prior to taking a look inside the new iPhone, iFixit did X-rays to show off the L-shaped battery, the MagSafe magnet ring, and stabilizing magnets for image sensors and logic boards.
This year’s iPhone 13 Pro has an upper sensor cable near the top that’s easy to rip during repairs, with iFixit calling it “scary thin.” Visually, the Taptic Engine inside the device that controls Haptic Touch appears to be smaller, but it’s actually bulkier than the similar component in the iPhone 13 Pro, weighing in at 6.3 grams, up from 4.8.
Compared to the iPhone 12 Pro, the iPhone 13 Pro does away with the display-mounted speaker earpiece, a move that will make display replacements easier. iFixit suspects that Apple is using touch-integrated OLED panels that combine the touch and OLED layers of the display, cutting down on cost, thickness, and the number of cables to deal with.
The iPhone 13‘s flood illuminator and dot projector have merged into one module, which is part of the reason why Apple was able to cut down the size of the notch on this year’s iPhones, and the Face ID hardware is now independent of the display. The earpiece speaker that was removed from the display has been relocated between the front-facing camera and the Face ID module.
According to iFixit, despite the decoupling of the Face ID module and the display, any display replacement disables Face ID. This means that screen replacements not author
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