phoneWreck

Here at phonewreck, we’ve found our audience is interested in both phones and other related consumer electronic devices. We’ve been humming and hawing about new devices that we’d really like to play with when the BlackBerry Presenter pretty much landed on our laps. In the realm of Bluetooth accessories,  this thing is by far one of the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and high-resolution pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=BlackBerry_Curve_8900 So here’s the big kahuna, the mountain giant, the piercing javelin, if you will.  The Curve 8900 (Javelin) has done well to garner a lot of press, because it’s a well functioning BlackBerry, in a tight package, fitted with some crazy [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=BlackBerry_Storm Being another first for BlackBerry, RIM has delved into the widely competed touchscreen market.  Not wanting to be sucked in as “another iPhone wannabe” however, RIM has developed several unique technologies in an attempt to diverge from the traditional touchscreen stigma.  So [...]

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 [...]

For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=BlackBerry_Bold BlackBerry’s latest flagship, the Bold, is definitely a bold piece of hardware.  We’ve gotten hold of a Rogers unit, and have given it a good rundown including mashing our screwdrivers and pliers inside to give you the enjoyment and excitement of a freshly torn [...]