BlackBerry Tour 9630 Teardown and Analysis

Ah yes the BlackBerry Tour 9630 – RIM’s answer via Sprint and Verizon to the very successful Bold (available on GSM networks). Design wise, the Tour shares similarity with all 3 of the current and very successful BlackBerry devices available on the market. It’s got the shape of the storm, the screen of the 8900 [...]

Palm Pre Teardown and Analysis – Review coming Soon!

If you haven’t had a chance yet, make sure to check out our Sprint Palm Pre design analysis! Check out the UI Review! Note: Most images are courtesy of www.ifixit.com Here it is, the phone we’ve been ramping up for since it was first unveiled earlier this year. This puppy has been touted by many [...]

Samsung Omnia i910 – Review and Teardown

For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and high-resolution pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Omnia_i910 The Samsung Omnia is not a “new” device – we had one lying around and all the hype surrounding the fresh Omnia HD had us thinking we might as well break it open to see what makes it hum. The [...]

HTC Touch Pro – Review and Teardown

For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and high-resolution pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Touch_Pro Many praises have been given to HTC ever since its recent diversion into the self-branded handset space.  Being the newer, more functional, but bulkier sibling of the million-selling Touch Diamond, the Touch Pro now zooms its way into CDMA networks [...]

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 – Review and Teardown

For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and high-resolution pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sony_Ericsson_XPERIA_X1 The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is one device that’s not afraid to brag.  It’s got the looks stylings of a sophisticated modernist, an interface to temporarily boast, and the price tag that’ll blow up your mind and your surrounding minds. So [...]

T-Mobile G1 – Review and Teardown

For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and high-resolution pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=T-Mobile_G1 What does HTC, flavoured with Google, and served with a plate of T-Mobile give you?  Apparently, its a a flavourful dream, as HTC liked to call it.  Of course, we’re talking about the T-Mobile G1 here, and it’s an important device [...]

Nokia N95 – Teardown

For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nokia_N95 As a first teardown (for phoneWreck), we figured cracking open Nokia’s previous flagship device would be a good start.  So we went at it full force.  It should be noted that this model is the N95-1 with the expandable MicroSD card [...]