LOOK INSIDE (PART 4): Samsung Galaxy S III Teardown

[mmadhankumar]

After we saw what's inside the HP AIO in Part 1, Apple New iPad 3 4G in Part 2 and GALAXY Tab 7.7 LTE in Part 3 today lets see the inside look of the recently launched and the most hyped Samsung Galaxy S III.

Here we go....


Step 1
Arguably the most hyped-up Android phone to ever hit the market, the Samsung Galaxy S III has an impressive list of accolades. Here are some of the heavy-hitting tech specs:

• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• 4.8" Super AMOLED 720 x 1280 resolution display
• 1.4 GHz quad-core application processor
• 2100 mAh battery
• 8 MP rear-facing and 1.9 MP front-facing cameras
• 16, 32, or 64 GB of internal storage

Step 2
Let's talk tools for a minute.

Step 3

• The simple, sleek design of the newest Galaxy S implements a standard power/sleep button on the side of the device.
• As we ready ourselves to dig into this Galaxy S, it watches us with its rear 8 MP camera. To the left and right of the camera are the flash and speaker assemblies.

• The Galaxy S is not only watching us, but listening, as well.

Step 4

• Much like in the Galaxy Nexus, we find a user serviceable battery in the Samsung Galaxy S III.
• The 3.8 V, 2100 mAh battery incorporates the Near Field Communications (NFC) module used in "S Beam".

• For those who are curious, 2100 mAh is equivalent to 7560 Coulombs of charge. Unsurprisingly, this is the same amount of charge that a 3.8V, 7.98 Wh battery holds.
• Well this is interesting. It would seem Samsung wants us to "refer to [the] manual before using [the] battery?" Yeah, like that's gonna happen...

Step 5

• Internals time. The spudger takes care of the first two plastic assemblies.
• The first piece out is the rear plastic frame that protects the motherboard and houses a single liquid indicator sticker.
• Removal of the frame grants us access to an easily replaceable speaker assembly.

Step 6

• The big question now is what we should remove first. So many components in such a small volume!
• Rear-facing camera you say? Sure, lets pry that 8 MP behemoth of a camera out from the inner framework.

Step 7

• We continue by removing the motherboard from the inner framework.
• With the motherboard out of the way, we can get a good look at the inner support frame. While we suspect that the frame is probably magnesium, we do not yet have any concrete proof.
• We find a chip that isn't attached to the motherboard: a Melfas 8PL533 Touch Sensor that translates your touch inputs into zeroes and ones.

Step 8
Chipworks eagerly provided us with pictures of the motherboard less than an hour into the teardown! Here is the front of the motherboard:
RED: Murata M2322007 WiFi Module
ORANGE: Samsung Exynos 4412 quad-core A9 processor with 1 GB LP DDR2 Green Memory (K3PE7E700M-XGC2)
YELLOW: Samsung KMVTU000LM eMMC(16GB)+MDDR(64MB) NAND Flash
CYAN: Intel Wireless PMB9811X Gold Baseband processor
BLUE: MAX77693 and MAX77686
PINK: Broadcom BCM47511 Integrated Monolithic GNSS Receiver
BLACK: 33ODC 2214 4TP AC

Step 9: Bottom of motherboard
RED: Wolfson Microelectronics WM1811 stereo codec
ORANGE: Skyworks SKY77604 Multi-Band Power amplifier
BLUE: Silicon Image 9244 low-power MHL Transmitter
CYAN: NXP PN544 NFC Chip.
YELLOW: Infineon PMB5712 RF transceiver

Step 10
The glass is fused to the display, and the display to the Galaxy S III's frame.
This will greatly increase the amount of money one has to spend when replacing the glass, should one be unfortunate enough to break it.

Step 12
Some more shots of that saucy camera, including a Chipworks x-ray!
Chipworks has confirmed that the camera has a Sony BSI sensor, and that's it's basically the same unit found in the iPhone 4S.

Step 13: Samsung Galaxy S III deconstructed.
We're not going to give it a Repairability Score because we don't feel it's right to judge a device through the intertubes. We're getting a unit of our own, so we'll update the teardown with a score once we have it in hand.

Via iFixit

 

[Bapun]

Again excellent post with pics... I like all your LOOK INSIDE threads... This one is damn cool, truely a tech expert you are... :luv

 

[ssparikshya]

ya, truly good post and member

 

[Vinay]

I am just speechless. Excellent work and cool gadget :k +3 reps added