ZTE Axon M Teardown

After removing the shield covers, we found that some chips that produce a lot of heat are covered by heat conduction material to improve the heat dissipation rate. The biggest chip is sealed with memory and processor to save space on the motherboard and give the memory quicker responsive speed.
The biggest chip on the front of the motherboard is the 128GB flash memory from SanDisk.

The light distance sensor on the top adopts an independent design so that the sensor can be easily changed. Use a clip to remove the sensor.

The flash on the top right of the phone body also adopts an independent design.

Next, remove the screws at the bottom.

Then, remove the loudspeaker module.

Half of the loudspeaker is used to fix the connector and connect the cable.

Utilize the insulated pry to disconnect connectors at the bottom one by one.

Remove the PCB at the bottom.
Use a clip to take out the vibrator module, which is connected to the PCB at the bottom via the contact point.

The vibrator is supposed to be a linear vibrator with regard to its thickness.

We have finished the separation of the internal components on the top and bottom. The battery can be removed.

We use a pry to remove the battery.

The ZTE AXON M sports a 3,180mAh battery with a capacity of 12,33Wh. The battery supports QC3.0 technology. Its standard voltage is 3.85V.

The battery with high hardness is made from ATL.

The battery’s thickness is 4.63mm. It can be inferred that ZTE enlarges the battery’s capacity by thickening it.

Remove two screws from the secondary display.

It is not difficult to remove the secondary display. After removing two screws, we successfully take out the secondary display.

A metal base can be removed. Remove button components, and we can separate the fingerprint reader module on the side from the phone body.

Now, we have finished the teardown task on the ZTE AXON M.

Summary
In general, the ZTE AXON M not only has made a great breakthrough in its appearance design but also has good durability. The phone is designed with strict connector and chip protection. But if the smartphone’s motherboard becomes smaller to leave more space for the battery, the phone will significantly improve its practicability.