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iPhone XS Teardown Shows Few Changes Aside From the Battery (engadget.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the it's-what's-on-the-inside-that-counts dept.

iFixit tore apart Apple's iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, revealing very similar insides to last year's iPhone X. Engadget reports the findings: One of the most interesting features is the battery on the XS. The iPhone XS sports a slightly downgraded battery from the iPhone X, a 10.13 Wh battery (2,659 mAh at 3.81 V) versus 10.35 Wh (2716 mAh at 3.81 V). But a new configuration might more than make up for it: Apple is using a brand-new L-shaped single-cell battery instead of two separate batteries. However, the XS Max still sports two batteries. Some other tweaks include a new, Apple-branded power management chip and a new antenna line on the bottom of the phone. The camera bump is also slightly taller, meaning your iPhone X case might not fit on your XS, if you plan on upgrading. The Verge also notes that "there's no evidence that the teardown team could find of any improved water or dust resistance, despite the improved IP68 ratings on the iPhone XS and XS Max."

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  1. So it still doesn't fix the repair problems by greenwow · · Score: 2

    "got the same iPhone 8/iPhone X back glass construction, meaning on tiny crack call for a whole chassis replacement."

    My company makes several iOS apps, so we have about 75 iOS devices. It's been disappointing how easily the back glass cracks but in Apple's defense, that doesn't affect functionality.

    What does affect functionality is that while all of our really old iDevices that use the old 30-pin connector still work even though some of them are over a decade old, nearly all of the devices with a lightning connector have problems. The vibration when you get a message is enough to disconnect them from charging.

    1. Re:So it still doesn't fix the repair problems by tsa · · Score: 2

      Pulling the accumulated lint out of the opening with a tooth pick or something similar helps a lot with that.

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  2. Battery shape? by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 2

    I had no idea that an L shaped 10.31 Wh battery has more capacity than a pair of rectangular 5.175 Wh (10.35 Wh combined) batteries in a single pack! I wonder if Tesla is aware of this magical power of the L!

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  3. Well it is the S model - No huge change expected by commodore64_love · · Score: 3

    4 to 4s
    5 to 5s
    6 to 6s
    X to XS

    There's never a huge dramatic change when Apple adds an "s" or "S" to the model name. They save the really big changes for when the Number is incremented.

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