iPhone 6 Plus is easy to repair

At the beginning, the disassembly is a challenge – you need to have a special screwdriver for screws with an unusual head. After removing them, taking off the display is easy enough – you just need to be careful with the tape connecting the display with the mainboard. Components’ location is similar to those from 5S model.

You can see that the battery takes most of the space inside of the housing. Experts commended the mounting of the front camera and the Home button with the fingerprint sensor. They have longer tapes, which makes it easier to disassemble. Taking of the battery is easy as well – it has a metal connector, and the tape which holds it is easy to be removed.

After removing the battery experts noticed the changed position of the vibration module, and easiness of removing the main camera. The disassembly of camera’s housing revealed a complex construction. The lens of the camera is placed in a separate frame, and the image stabilization is provided by micro-drives.

Removing the mainboard requires removing a few screws. On the board we can see Apple A8 APL1011 SoC module, with Elpida 1 GB LPDDR3. Near, behind the nanoSIM socket, we can find Qualcomm MDM9625M LTE module, and behind it – LTE Skyworks 77802-23 and Avago A8020 and A8010 connectivity modules. Near them (the pink frame) we have TriQuint TQF6410 3G power amplifier. Above the LTE module we have the gyroscope-accelerometer InvenSense MP67B module (the black frame). After turning the motherboard over, we can see a large NAND Flash SK Hynix memory module, which is only slightly smaller than the Wi-Fi module, and components responsible for controlling the touch panel and the NFC module (green and pink frames). The co-CPU, responsible for movement - NXP LPC18B1UK – is rather small and marked on blue.

The last elements that can be disconnected from the metal unibody are: the speaker and the element connecting headphones socket and Lightning port in one. On the other side of the housing there are placed antennas, in a form of delicate tapes glued to the housing. Removing them requires a lot of precision and carefulness. Another observation: around buttons, mounted to the housing, we can find gaskets which prevent any contamination to reach inside of the housing.

iPhone 6 Plus received 7 out of 10 points. The phone has been marked as an easy to repair, unfortunately it requires special tools: a screwdriver and a sucker to remove the display. Points were given for an easy removal of the battery and a seldom use of glue.