14 DAY TRIAL // Two of the latest Android smartphones on the market today, touted to include support of the latest wireless technologies, namely the Motorola ATRIX 4G, which landed at AT&T, and the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, now available at T-Mobile, have just got the tear down treatment.
Both mobile phones were torn to pieces by the guys over at iFixit, who are already quite popular around the Internet for a wide range of similar actions.
Tearing down a device offers enthusiasts the possibility to have a look at the internal circuitry that powers it, though we should note that this is not something that anyone would appreciate.
When it comes to the Motorola ATRIX 4G, touted as the most powerful smartphone in the world, the tear down showed the 16GB of NAND flash it packs inside, as well as the 4" qHD LCD (of 960 x 540 pixels resolution) with Gorilla Glass that Motorola packed it with.
Of course, the 1GB DDR2 of RAM, as well as the NVIDIA Tegra 2 application processor were there too, along with the Qualcomm MDM6200 HSPA+ chip that enables ATRIX 4G to offer support for AT&T's enhanced network.
A similar chip is available inside the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, this time around one that comes from ST-Ericsson, namely the Thor M5730, which can deliver 21 Mbps HSPA+ connectivity (in real world, it offers download speeds of 7.1 Mbps).
Inside this device, iFixit found a NEC MC10170 Image Processor, Samsung's 4Gb (512 MB) mobile DRAM with a 1 GHz Intrinsity Processor in a package-on-package, or the Skyworks SKY77460 WDCMA/HSPA+ Power Amplifier.
Additional info on what can be seen inside these devices can be found here for Motorola ATRIX 4G, and here for the Samsung Galaxy S 4G.
Users should not try to disassembly their devices at home, as this would void warranty, and might result in various injuries brought to the device itself.
