05 · Real teardown model · 2020

iPhone 12

A real disassembly model, every part in place. Scroll to walk around it, then open it up to see what is inside.

I

Everything on
one surface.

A 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR display under Ceramic Shield, with the TrueDepth camera and receiver in the notch.

II

Turn it over.

Two 12 MP cameras with Night mode on both, a True Tone flash, and a glass back hiding a ring of MagSafe magnets.

III

Controls you
can feel.

A flat aluminium band with the ring switch, volume and SIM tray on the left and the side button on the right.

IV

The underside.

The Lightning connector between the speaker and the microphone, held shut by two pentalobe screws.

V

What made it
fast.

The A14 Bionic on a stacked logic board, a 2815 mAh battery, and the Taptic Engine. Every part here is from the teardown model, not a stand-in.

Taken apart.

A14

Bionic, the first 5-nanometre phone chip

5G

with Smart Data Mode

2815 mAh

battery behind a MagSafe coil

Model: “iPhone 12 Teardown” by Peter_D, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Decimated and compressed for the web.

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