Friday, July 11, 2008

iPhone 3G Launched and Dismantled

I received a twit from Joe Seah that someone dismantled an iPhone 3G.

"What??!!" was what came to mind. Why would anyone wanna do that to a brand new iPhone 3G? Apparantly, that's not the only thing that they did. They actually bought the phone from US and flew back to New Zealand before dismantling it. LOL...

iPhone 3G Gutted

Here are some photos of iPhone 3G after being dismantled (Source: iFixIt).







This bunch of guys actually waited in line to buy the phone in the United States and then brought the phone back to Auckland, New Zealand, in less than 24 hours just so they could disassemble it. Go here to get a step-by-step account of the disassembly procedures... LOL

If you feel like gutting your iPhone 3G, go here for step-by-step instructions.

Back in 2007, the first iPhone was also gutted



This is a photo of the old iPhone that was dismantled by Thinksecret.com back in 2007. Unfortunately, Thinksecret has since been sued and shutdown by Apple. Not for dismantling the iPhone mind you... but for violating Apple trade secrets.