Gadgetory

what's up guys Lew here back with another video and today I've got something special for you in front of me is something you've probably seen it is this controversial Apple battery case for the iPhone 6s with this strange design I decided to take it upon myself to crack this baby open and to look inside to see what it's made of - maybe gather some insight as to why it was designed in the way that it was what do you need I've got a screwdriver Torx t3 I've got a little spudger some tweezers a couple of different knives probably overkill to be completely honest with you like many Apple products this thing is not very easy to get into we're gonna need a little bit of carnage here I'm gonna start over on the edge and prying up this cover here it's just a little a little bit of adhesive I guess that's holding it down appears to just peel off some of you guys might not know but my background before I ever got into making YouTube videos was actually working on laptops specifically Mac books and whatnot so I've been inside a lot of laptops and various gadgets so I'm pretty comfy in here and if you guys want to see tear downs of other gadgets that you're interested in let me know down in the comments what you want to see next so this just comes right off here wow that's actually a on there okay so we've got the back cover off now so the next part you're going to notice is this metal plate which looks like it's been scratched up probably intentionally so that that material could adhere to it with whatever adhesive they're using now a bunch of screws totally overkill on the screws here let's go ahead and twist those babies out in this particular case you'd want to be super cognizant of where you're putting these tiny little screws it does look like they've made it somewhat accessible here if you've got the right equipment we can actually get in here now let's see if this just comes right there you go so you've just got a plate there as well as a little bit of padding probably also has some kind of anti-static type of treatment potentially on it there now this is what you guys are going to be interested in we've got confirmation on the specifications here three point eight volt lithium-ion polymer battery 7.1 3 watt hours 1877 milliamp hours you can also see where it came from dynapac electronic technology SuJu co limited bunch of chinese writing of course and a potential for fire or burning authorized service provider only you're looking at him now what's interesting here is you have some different certifications from different places you see Thailand listed here Apple South Asia you also have Apple Japan in this location here now there is a tiny little logic board down on the bottom that's kind of interesting there's some feedback between the battery and your phone the phone gets to know what the the battery status is how much charge remains and whether or not it's discharging to the phone's battery at any given time so you've got some electronics there to support that the next step I believe is to remove the battery itself looks like a little yep there we go okay so it's a little stick on connector not soldered on which is kind of interesting so maybe Apple does intend on replacing these that baby is glued in there my goodness wooh there we go there is your battery right there funny that's all the magic right there there's your there's your hundred dollars we can actually just lift that right there is the logic board tiny little thing and that's essentially all the electronics in this device that little tiny thing right there simple electronics really made this thing what it is a pretty standard lithium polymer battery so not necessarily any kind of insight into why this would have been the design a very utilitarian style design they were just like get the battery in there get a metal plate around it and then put a standard case on it this is your average everyday rubber ish case with a backpack or as I called it in the last video mount kilimanjaro hope you guys found this insightful potentially the start of a very cool new series where I continue to show you the insides of your favorite gadgets let me know in the comments what do you want to see next on inside out