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By EDDIE WRENN
Sept., 21, 2012

Fans have been standing in queues for days, anxious to get their hands on Apple's latest iPhone.

So what do one group of fans do the moment they get the iPhone in their hands? Why, tear it down into little pieces, of course!

However, this is standard practice for the iFixit team, who always deconstruct products to figure out the value and provenance of the components inside.

The insides of a phone can be quite revealing to tech fans.

You can see if corners have been shaved, or no expense spared on the components inside.

You can even divulge information about Apple's relationships with suppliers - for instance, arch-rival Samsung seems more absent than first expected.


Inside the iPhone: Despite the luxury exterior of Apple's new device, the insides are much more like a computer


The iPhone was completely disassembled by the iFixit team - before they put it back together again


Inside the iPhone: iFixit.com opened their phone as soon as they purchased it, to let the tech world know about the internals of APple's new device

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