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 before they grew attached.
The G1 is made up of several components making it hard to reassemble. One thing that we really did not expect was the different color of the casing. It is actually white on the inside, suggesting that the G1 is coated with a paint or plastic of some kind. What does not make sense to us is the rumors that the white G1 was not sold because of the paint chipping. If the device casing is white, why paint it to begin with?
They have a picture that shows the G1’s antenna and GPS antenna which is made up of two separate pieces. The pictures also show a little glimpse of how the slider is constructed. One thing that TechOn stated was that the roll ball is the same as RIM’s BlackBerry roll ball. One other thing that they discovered is a second rumble pack on the inside. With all these shots of the G1 dissected, has anyone gained the confidence to go home and crack theirs open?
[Via TechOn]
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Nice.
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Nope, I'll never take mine apart. At least not until something breaks and I think I can fix it myself. :-)
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wooooooow.... basically the whole phone is in the curve .....gangsta son
by TroyhcmG1
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ummm... no 
by All~G1
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Pretty neat
by Beauty1529
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Originally Posted by ryaninc
I expected it to be bigger than just a chip soldered onto the board.
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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.
by rjscott2005
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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...
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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...
by Absolute
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Nice article, thanks for finding it.
by Bill B.
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I totally agree with the previous poster -- I love the OS and the software, but the phone just isn't that firm or stable. The slider needs a serious rethinking.
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无限羡慕中。。。我还没有呢。。
by Miao.Y
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hopefully the asians would get busy and start making some different color front and back faceplates so we BLACK G1 users can change the faceplate and get the two tone keyboard color that the BRONZE users have.
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This just means less time until we get to see some hard mods
by EclipsedExistence
(14) comments | Add your commentsfiller, filler, filler tonight someones gonna be a cereal killer. by juice
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. by ryaninc
LOL!
Well then looks like you have a few things to learn about electronics, dont you? by juice
fhaines by fhaines
From the looks of it in that photo, there is silver metal piece that extends up the side of the screen's backside. Maybe one of those screws can be tightened to eliminate the screen wobble and finally line the screen up with the device?? by g1gabyt3
hummm... gun metal front and back faceplate cover with a black keyboard??? niceeeeeeeeeeeeee... by iPostNak3d