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 Review Part 3: WebOS Benchmarking (Pre vs. Bold) and UI review!!!

So here it is, the much awaited Palm Pre.   Dr. Phone and Dr. Wreck have been following the handset industry from the days of the so cool Zack Morris brick phone (which we were happy to see once again appear on a recent episode of Jimmy Fallon) to the astronomically popular Motorola Razr, all the [...]

iPhone 3Gs – Teardown and Analysis

Apple “surprised” us early this month with the announcement of it iPhone 3G “s”. Whenever Apple releases a new device – everyone and their brother/sister has to get involved. Dr. Wreck is no exception and has been working hard with the gentlemen/women over at ifixit to get the skinny on the new device. Without further [...]

Palm Pre – Part 2: Design Analysis (Software/UI Analysis coming soon!)

As promised, we’re coming at you with the second part of our analysis of the Palm Pre from Sprint. This time, we’ll be talking about the specifics of the form-factor design. What we like, what we don’t like and what is merely – satisfactory. This review will be a good compliment to what ifixit has [...]

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 [...]

phoneWreck Launch

These past couple of days, we’ve been busy filling this site up with content.  We’ve gotten the review and teardowns of the: BlackBerry Bold, Motorola Krave ZN4, and the Nokia N95.  We’ve also put up the wiki, so you can access any of the content whenever you want at: www.phonewreck.com/wiki. We’re launching this website the [...]

phoneWreck Wiki – Launched!

You can access the phoneWreck Wiki at: www.phonewreck.com/wiki Hope you folks are ready for a teardown show.  We’ve put a wiki up with content across all handset manufacturers, carriers, and most importantly: handset teardowns!  Keep in mind, this wiki is still in the making and so content is relatively limited at the moment.  However, the [...]

Welcome to phoneWreck

We are thrilled and excited to showcase: phoneWreck.com! Over the next few months, we will cover some of the latest and greatest cellphones, smartphones, and mediaphones out in the market today. As our service to you, the reader, we’re going delve deep into the device, provide full breakdowns, benchmarks and anything else you want or [...]