The Nokia 7 Plus has just made its appearance on MWC 2018. The phone features a 6-inch FHD+ LCD screen with the screen ratio of 18:9 and it is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor. Today, we will tear down the Nokia 7 Plus to see its workmanship.
First of all, remove the SIM card tray.
We find no screws on the phone. Besides, it uses the all-metal design on the back. Therefore, we need to remove the front screen.
It is quite difficult to separate the screen from the phone body. We utilize the hot air gun, a card, and a sucker to remove the screen.
Don’t directly remove the screen since the screen is connected to phone body via ribbon wire and the BTB port is covered by the shield. Therefore, disconnect the ribbon wire before removing the screen.
After removing the screen, the metal plate in the middle can be seen. The metal plate is used to strengthen the structure and fix the components below it. Nowadays, the smartphone like the Nokia 7 Plus with such design is rare to see. Lots of screws are found on the metal plate.
Remove the roll cage in the middle and all the screws which can be seen. Some screws are covered by the glue.
Take out the metal plate, and then we can see the smartphone’s internal structure. The phone adopts classic three-stage design.
The Nokia 7 Plus has excellent workmanship. The phone remains the 3.5mm earphone port with independent design, and such design is rare to see. Most of the back of the motherboard is covered by the shield. For the part which fails to be fixed by the shield on the back of the motherboard, Nokia has used the screw to fix them. For example, the vice board is connected to the motherboard via FPC which is fixed by the screw.
The phone does use adopts all-metal body design.
It is the screen plate. Compared with other smartphone’s screen integration, the phone comes with a screen with thin and fragility.
Summary
In general, we find that the Nokia 7 Plus has excellent workmanship after the teardown. Besides, the phone’s internal components have been well fixed. The phone is a good choice for those who love the Nokia brand.
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What’s that “Matt” you are using?
The matt no brand, I bought it from Taobao, about $8.
Hey man,
I have been having heating problems in my newly bought Nokia 7 plus. I have checked almost all the teardown and disassembly videos and one thing common is that I don’t see nor any mention of the heat synch. Does it have heat synch? If it does how big is it and if possible its location. Also if you can analyze the cooling system of this phone, please
Thanks
The SIM card tray is stuck on my Nokia 7 Plus which I can’t remove how can I get this fixed, where and how much would it cost for repairs please? Many thanks in advance.
John.
When you buy a mobile phone, there will be a tool to remove the SIM card tray. Use it to insert a small hole next to the SIM card tray, and it will automatically pop up.
Hi, thank you for this, what is the size screwdriver needed for this Phone?
What kind of “card” is that?