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with the next iPhone launch right around the corner I think it's a good time to look back and see where it all started tearing down the original iPhone that was released in 2007 over ten years ago do you feel old yet in this video I'll show how to replace the screen and the battery and see how much different it is on the inset from the more recent iPhones it did survive my durability test so let's see if it survives a teardown there are no visible screws on the exterior of the original iPhone but there is a black plastic segment that with some persuasion can be removed exposing three Phillips head screws holding the back metal panel in place and then you know the SIM card gets removed as well at some point during this process preferably before the teardown starts but better late than never taking apart your phone does void the warranty but as we know warranties don't last forever and sometimes you just got to fix your own stuff and that's what I'm here for the back metal panel is actually really difficult to remove there's no adhesive it's just very firmly held in place my plastic tool did some initial separating from the metal frame of the screen but my metal tool had to make an appearance and do the actual heavy lifting successfully unclasping the back metal panel and exposing the high-tech insides of the iPhone 2g there is one ribbon holding the back panel to the phone this controls the vibrator headphone jack and side buttons it unsnaps just like a little Lego from the motherboard one super interesting thing is at the bottom of the headphone jack is a water damage indicator smart of Apple to stick it next to one of the largest holes in the phone if you peer into the headphone jack you can see that it's still white on the inside this means that my phone has never been wet if it had gotten wet the red coloring would bleed through the sticker making the headphone jack pink inside kind of tricky there are three white signal wires with their circular round head connectors just like what we see in all modern phones all unsnap each of these with my tweezers and then pull them off to the side three Phillips head screws hold the motherboard in place it was nice of Apple not to use any proprietary screws to hold this original iPhone together I wish that continued that trend their recent phones contain proprietary screws which make it a little bit harder to take apart on the back of the motherboard there are several connectors three them are the Lego style ribbon cables that we see in modern phones today and one is the longer latch style connector which HTC lifts use in all of their phones the most unfortunate part of repairing an original iPhone though is the battery it is soldered onto the motherboard and cannot be replaced without soldering skills which puts a battery replacement beyond the reach of the average person I'm pretty sure Apple changed this with the next version of their iPhone the iPhone 3G but I'll have to take that one apart to be sure this motherboard holds a whopping 8 gigabytes of total internal storage the oneplus 5 Android phone released earlier this year has eight gigs of RAM phones have come a long way in the last 10 years well Android phones anyway the iPhone 7 putters along with just 2 gigabytes of RAM speaking of to the camera on the original iPhone has two whole megapixels of photo quality no flash and no optical image stabilization the first phone that implemented optical image stabilization was actually a Windows Phone the Lumia 920 in 2012 Android phones like the LG g2 followed the year after in 2013 and then Apple caught up in 2014 implementing OIS and just one of their phones the iPhone 6 plus now the screen of this phone isn't too bad to remove it's pretty similar to the iPhone 4 with 10 screws all around that outside edge all of these screws are the same size except for the bottom too but it's still good practice to lay the screws out in such a way that you remember where they go when it's time to put the iPhone back together once all 10 of these screws are out the front silver metal frame lifts away from the screen the actual screen removal is pretty tricky during this part there is an adhesive layer under the black top and bottom sections of the glass so I'm using a razor blade to slice through that while trying not to crack the glass at the same time if your glass is already cracked you won't have to be as careful as I am I'll link replacement screens and other parts in the video description like always once that adhesive is cut there are a series of clasps on both side of the screen I need to be lifted up allowing the display to separate from the rest of the phone I find a razor blade to be super effective with this part and then the whole display pulls through the frame since I'm going to attempt to put my phone back together again I'm being very careful with these little ribbons they can tear like paper rendering the display useless the loudspeaker is at the bottom of the phone and now that we have all the major components removed it's time to see if it works when I put it back together I'll tuck the screen ribbons through the frame first remembering that these kink and tear easily once the screen is mostly in place I'll position that home button back where I found it a razor blade has not cosmetically the best choice for this procedure the metal frame then sits in place held together by the 10 screws that were laid out in an organized fashion earlier and now the origami nightmare that is the ribbon cables plugging into the backside of the motherboard I found it easiest to fold the battery over the top of the motherboard since it's permanently connected and then plug the three Lego Style ribbons in first and then on taping the large charging port ribbon from the back of the phone allows it to extend up enough that I can plug it into the latch connector first lifting up the latch plugging in the ribbon and then lock the latch in place after it's in it's actually not too bad the three screws for the motherboard gets screwed in these are different sizes and in the three white signal rivets all get connected to their circular slots the side buttons vibrator and always convenient headphone jack get plugged into the motherboard with this Lego style connector and then the back metal plate clamps securely onto the body with the three screws holding it down along that bottom edge and finally the last bit of black plastic slides up and into place hiding the screws and the rest of the internal components surprisingly enough the phone actually turns on thumbs up for that I've taken apart every single other iPhone on this channel besides the 3G so if you're into seeing technology from the inside you should grab some popcorn and settle in the iPhone eight will get the same durability and teardown treatment as soon as it's released so make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss it paints done for watching and I'll see you around