Motorola Droid gets ripped apart

Innards exposed, all in the name of curiosity

Image credit: Phone Wreck

12 November 2009 16:54 GMT / By Duncan Geere

A user at gadget teardown site iFixit by the name of Dr. Wreck, has decided that what he really wants to do with his shiny new Motorola Droid smartphone is to rip it apart, exposing its silicon underbelly for the benefit of gawping tech geeks on the Web.

According to the site, the handset was "quite a handful to take apart, having a multitude of hidden screws and latches". Unfortunately there weren't any secret messages or infrared QR codes, though. Most notable was that the QWERTY is slid out by two simple rails embedded in the screen chunk of the device.

Dr Wreck's been handed $300 for his time and dedicated effort - which we suspect he'll spend on a new Droid. For more images, head over to the full teardown on iFixit.

Via: ifixit.com

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Phones, Mobile phones, Motorola, Motorola Droid, Android, iFixit

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