Apple iPhone 7 Teardown

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Remove two screws next to the lightning port.
Then, heat up the edges of the display with a heat gun. Open up the display with a suction cup because the touch cable still connects to the motherboard, so we need to open the screen from the side.

The Touch ID module, front camera, handset, and speaker are fixed on the display assembly.

Disconnect the Touch ID cable and remove the Touch ID module.

Remove three screws securing the metal plate and remove the Taptic engine module.
The Taptic engine module is quite large, and eliminating the 3.5mm headphone jack frees up space that can accommodate the Taptic engine module.

The volume buttons are fixed on the left of the fuselage with screws.
The right is the power button, use the same method to fix on the fuselage.
You can see the mute button has a waterproof seal.

The front camera module has a 7MP sensor and an f2.2 aperture. It also integrates a light sensor and some metal contacts.

Earpiece speaker unit

Apple iPhone 7 features a 3.8V, 1960mAh/7.45Whr Li-ion battery, Apple P/N: 616-00259

The battery is assembled by Huapu Technology (Changshu) Inc.

Here’s the Lightning connector assembly.

The lightning connector assembly is fixed on the back cover by adhesives.
The lightning connector assembly includes a lightning port, a speaker port, a Taptic Engine port, a microphone, and an RF cable.

We also see the rubber ring in the appropriate location, making the iPhone 7 have the IP67 rate waterproof function.

Of course, once you take apart the iPhone 7, you will lose the waterproof function.

Speaker unit and RF cable

The iPhone 7 features a larger f/1.8 aperture, a new 6-element lens, and a 12 MP rear camera sensor.

Here’s SIM card tray, it is also has a rubber ring.