Dec 17, 2010 14:42 GMT  ·  By

One day after its official launch on the market and Google's new flagship Android smartphone, the Nexus S, has already been dissected by the experts at iFixit. Specialized in tearing gadgets apart and posting repair manuals for the tech-savvy consumers, iFixit did the unthinkable and got the Nexus S dismembered to its last piece. Touted as the first Android smartphone to feature a curved display, the Nexus S is an advanced version of the Samsung Galaxy S, as it embeds similar hardware parts.

Unfortunately, besides the Super AMOLED panel which apparently is not “curved” at all, there isn't anything really impressive with the device.

Even though Samsung made so much of a fuss from the fact that the phone has a unique display, iFixit found out that only the glass screen on top of the Super AMOLED display is curved.

Another interesting thing worth mentioning is the oddly shaped motherboard, which is designed to enclose the battery within its inner perimeter.

The guys over iFixit stated that this is indeed something peculiar and, even though there are lots of weird shaped motherboards out there, those with a big hole in the middle are rarely seen.

Furthemore, it seems that the main and secondary cameras share the same connector on the motherboard, so they can be removed as a single unit.

Other interesting parts found on the smartphone's motherboard include:

- SanDisk SDIN4C2 16GB MLC NAND flash; - Samsung KB100D00WM-A453 memory package; - S5PC110A01 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Processor; - Infineon 8824 XG616 X-Gold baseband processor; - Wolfson Microelectronics WM8994 ultra-low power audio codec.

The Broadcom Wi-Fi low-power chip in the Nexus S features 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1, FM capability and it seems to be over a year old. The same chip was used for the first time in the 3rd generation iPod Touch.

For the full Google Nexus S teardown guide, visit iFixit's website.