Users will have to wait until tomorrow to receive the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, but now the teardown video of the iPhone 12 have already appeared on the Internet, allowing us to explore its internal structure.
The teardown video compared the iPhone 12 with the iPhone 11. The iPhone 12 uses an L-shaped motherboard, which is longer than the one in the iPhone 11. The iPhone 12’s OLED screen is thinner than the iPhone 11’s LCD screen, and Apple has also reduced the size of the iPhone 12’s Taptic Engine vibration motor.
The video confirms that the iPhone 12 comes with a 2815mAh battery and features a built-in MagSafe magnetic system. Compared to the iPhone 11, its body thickness has been reduced by 11%, volume decreased by 15%, and weight lightened by 16%.
The teardown also revealed the magnetic ring that matches MagSafe accessories.
The teardown also confirmed that the Apple iPhone 12 features the Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 modem, which aligns with rumors before the launch of the phone. The X55 supports 5G mmWave and 5G Sub-6GHz networks, as well as 5G/4G spectrum sharing. It is Qualcomm’s second-generation 5G modem following the X50.
Reports from 2019 indicated that Apple would use the X55 modem in the iPhone 12 series. At that time, the X55 was Qualcomm’s fastest and newest 5G modem. Qualcomm launched the X60 modem based on a 5nm process in February 2020, which had lower power consumption than the X55 built on a 7 nm process.