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the 1 plus 5t has survived my durability test and it's time for the teardown I review technology from the inside it'll be interesting to see if oneplus has added any unadvertised water resistance to their newest flagship let's get started at the bottom of the phone there are two tiny screws my pentalobe screwdriver did work for this but I think the actual bit is a t - just make sure not to strip the screws the SIM card tray does come out at this point as well this time it is mandatory now lifting off the screen is pretty difficult I feel like the 5 t is much tighter than the previous one +5 I am using a thin metal pry tool to get between the plastic edge of the screen and the metal edge of the phone there is no adhesive holding the screen down but the clasps are extremely tight so as you get one up and out the rest of them get pinched and harder making the screen difficult to remove but the good news is is that the screen is attached to the pretty solid mid frame which gives it stability and also includes the motherboard and battery so the whole thing lifts up and out as one unit leaving the back panel and charging port behind this also exposes the totally not red battery kind of disappointing but maybe next year one plus will go back to the cool-looking insides they used to have we can always hope the back of the phone is still attached with two ribbons the first is for the ceramic fingerprint scanner hello and plug that ribbon like a little Lego and then fold over the back panel so I can unplug the battery and charging port ribbons both of these ribbons are hidden under a metal latch I did remove the screw next the latch but it's actually a new screwless design it just unclips with a little leverage interesting I'll unplug the battery connection first and then the charging port ribbon this allows the back panel to be completely removed from the phone this metal panel has the fingerprint scanner and a bunch of gold contact pads for the antennas and button connections we'll talk more about the charging port and headphone jack components in a second but first let's remove the battery I remove one little screw at the bottom right of the motherboard and then unclip the metal bracket over the extension ribbon and fold it back away from the battery then I grab the green pull tab at the right side of the battery and it was refreshingly easy to remove not much force is holding it in place making this a pretty simple repair the battery is a 3300 milliamp hour and it also says it's not removable oops the loudspeaker inside the 1 + 5 T is held in place by six normal Phillips head screws the loudspeaker then pulls away revealing a circular vibration motor and the other side of the extension ribbon cable the dual cameras are up here at the top of the phone the connectors are held down by yet another metal bracket and one silver screw then both cameras can unplug and come away from the phone now neither of these lenses have optical image stabilization both have the same focal point as well meaning there is no wide angle or telephoto lenses just the normal portrait mode I do kind of wish the camera had a few extra perks to it like that oh is or telephoto they are pretty important but it is what it is there are six silver screws holding down what's left of the motherboard I'll remove those and set them off the side in an organized fashion and unclip the black signal wire from the edge of the board this allows the whole thing to pull away from the foam body even though the 1 + 5 t as a flagship grade Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor inside it does not have any kind of copper heat pipe or thermal cooling system like other flagships have the difference in performance and lifespan will probably be negligible but sometimes those little details do matter in the long run the front-facing camera does not have oh is either but most smartphones don't the screen is still attached the mid frame at this point and if the screen does need to be replaced I would use heat to soften the adhesive between the two layers and pull them apart a lot of heat but that also destroys the screen and I want my phone to still work when I put it back together only do that if your screen is unsalvageable I'll link all the replacement parts and tools in the video description the buttons like the volume and power are also attached the mid frame so just make sure that the new screen has all the parts you need from your old screen before you put it back together I'll set the motherboard back down into the frame and get those six screws screwed back in to hold it down and then set the dual camera unit into its slot and plug both of them in with the silver metal bracket holding it all down the signal wire gets plugged in and then we'll mosey on down to the loudspeaker I'll plug in the extension ribbon cable first and then secure the whole thing in place with the six silver screws now as far as waterproofing this phone goes oneplus did talk about any IP ratings for the 5t but it looks like they were playing with the idea of including an IP water resistance rating in the future the phone does have a mesh screen protecting the insides of the loudspeaker from water plus the USBC charging port has its own red rubber ring around the tip this could be for water resistance or shock absorption from plugging and unplugging the charging cable every day either way rubber is a good thing at least something inside the phone is red thumbs up for that the inside of the frame does have foam running around the entire edge and this is probably to keep things tight with no squeaks or sounds there is no tackiness or adhesive element to it so it's not for water resistance so even though it looks like oneplus is thinking about water resistance in the future definitely don't trust anything yet I'll tuck the boring yellow battery back into the frame and then plug in the extension ribbon cable over the top and protect it with that metal bracket and bottom right screw on the motherboard the charging port is next I'll clip that right by the battery which plugs in last and the whole thing is held down by the last metal latch and the final screw the fingerprint scanner gets plugged in and then the whole contraption can fold over back on top of the phone the screen is mostly held in place by friction and the metal tabs around the side but I'm being careful not to apply too much pressure because glass is still glass thank you much pressure can break it which would be pretty unfortunate at this stage of the game lucky for me though the whole thing still turns on I'll add those final two bottom t2 screws and call it a success the 1 + 5 t might be hard to get inside of initially but it's pretty repairable once you get in there if you haven't seen the durability test of the 1 + 5 t you go check that out and make sure to follow me over on twitter we have a good time over there thanks ton for watching and I'll see you around