As nifty (and expensive) as the iPhone 14 Pro Max may be, it apparently retained most of the interior design and isn’t quite as easily repaired as other models of the iPhone 14.
The cool cats at iFix, who posted a full teardown of the iPhone 14 Pro models, said these units remain as difficult to repair as previous iPhones, especially the rear glass panel. Replacing this costs $549 from Apple, reflecting the labor-intensive process.
Both the company’s blog post and teardown video revealed a curious plastic spacer inside the former SIM space. They imagine what Apple could do to use this space, such as adding a Micro SD card — which seems improbable, given that there has never been a SD card slot in any iPhone.
iFixit has yet to offer an opinion as to where the satellite antenna is within the new iPhone, but has guess that it could be located on a bottom component near the 5G mmWave patch antenna.
On September 15, a teardown of the iPhone 14 Pro Max showed some internal redesigns. The proximity sensor has moved beneath the screen, and the TrueDepth camera has been slightly repositioned for the Dynamic Island. A metal plate with graphite pads is part of a new heat dissipation system on the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
iFixit granted the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max a repairability score of six out of ten, the same as its predecessor, the iPhone 13 Pro Max.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via AppleInsider and iFixit