From the outside, tablets are roughly all the same, primarily when seen from the front. But similar to a flattering actress in a reality TV show, once you obtain beneath their skin you find out what unequivocally creates them tick. So it is with the Motorola Xoom, that has been non-stop up and photographed by - you guessed it - iFixit.
First off, it's surprisingly easy to obtain in, requiring nothing but a Torx screwdriver to obtain the bulk of the casing off. This creates sense, as Motorola is going to be receiving a lot of these detached to barter in 4G chipsets in the summer.
In fact, a lot of the pattern seems shabby by this funny plan. To perform the swap, all a technician needs to do is eliminate the Torx screws, slip the back casing open, eliminate a manikin chip-board and barter in the new one, reconnecting the antennas. It sounds a lot similar to swapping out Wi-Fi cards in a netbook, usually with reduction screws. Here's what iFixit has to say:
A seasoned technician can perform this barter in reduction than 10 minutes. Heck, a donkey could probably lift it off in reduction than two hours. We have no thought because a patron couldn't just go to a Verizon store and have on-site member capacitate 4G on the spot, just similar to they're able to give mobile contacts and perform other activation procedures.
Once inside, the initial thing that you see is the outrageous battery, that is just as it should be: A inscription that doesn't final all day is a inscription that isn't value buying. Then it's onto the cameras (connected by well-defined cables for easy replacement), the speakers and then the principal route board. As you already know, this contains the Nvidia Tegra T2 dual-core ARM A9 CPU and GeForce GPU. There's not a lot of illusion inside of any of these tablets - the pretence is just to keep sufficient space free to fit in a large battery.
IFixit rates the Xoom flattering high for fixability, and all may be gotten out with "a spudger and a couple of Torx screwdrivers." You'll need a few calm to rip all down to the unclothed metal, though, because "there's just a lot of work entangled with stealing that many screws."
Motorola Xoom Teardown [iFixit. Thanks, Miroslav!]
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