T-Mobile G1 gets dissected

[refused9150]

Many people have had their T-Mobile G1 for a week now and the honeymoon state has yet to wear off. We have been dying to see what is inside of this HTC but far too in love with it to tear it open. Luckily the fearless guys over at TechOn tore it open... Read more

[juice]

Nice.


filler, filler, filler tonight someones gonna be a cereal killer.

[ryaninc]

Nope, I'll never take mine apart. At least not until something breaks and I think I can fix it myself. :-)

What I found interesting is how tiny the compass control chip is. I expected it to be bigger than just a chip soldered onto the board.

[TroyhcmG1]

wooooooow.... basically the whole phone is in the curve .....gangsta son

[All~G1]

ummm... no

[Beauty1529]

Pretty neat

[juice]

Originally Posted by ryaninc

I expected it to be bigger than just a chip soldered onto the board.

LOL!

Well then looks like you have a few things to learn about electronics, dont you?

[rjscott2005]

It would be awesome if they find a way to "tighten up" the very wobbly slider. I like the OS, not so much the phone. It is terribly frail and I don't expect it to hold up to even normal use for more than 6 months or so.

[fhaines]

I would have to say the second vibrate motor in the LCD is for the vib during touch and hold. I would expect the phone to hold up. I have yet to own an HTC, new or old that wasnt built to last. Still waiting for the screen to fly off across the room one day while opening...

fhaines

[Absolute]

yea I still feel the screen is flimsy even though I know its not...I just never really liked phones with moving parts aside from flip phones...