iFixit

With the battery no longer firmly attached to the phone, all we have to do is pull the handy "remove battery" tab—ironic, since allegedly the battery's not supposed to be user-replaceable. Oh well.

Measuring in at 3.79" long, 2.25" wide, and .110" thick with a capacity of 1750 mAh, this battery provides over 300 mAh more capacity than that of the iPhone 4S.

• For those faithful repair enthusiasts who are still rocking the original 2004 Motorola RAZR V3, the Droid RAZR has a 1070 mAh greater capacity than its great-grandfather.

The battery is ultra-thin, taking up less than half of the phone's total thickness.

What we had once called a forest of EMI shields has now met its match. The Droid RAZR boasts an Amazon Basin's worth of EMI shields impeding our progress.

With the help of our T5 screwdriver, we twist out a few screws from the aluminum and plastic frames still covering the motherboard.

We were prepared to remove the rear inner framework when suddenly our super iFixit senses detected a hidden screw!

We peeled off the plastic cover from around the rear-facing camera to reveal a hidden screw near the flash LED. Sneaky, sneaky Motorola.

Dispatching that mischievous screw, and disconnecting several small clips around the perimeter of the rear inner framework enabled us to remove it from the motherboard and display assembly.

A few more Torx screws, and we're able to remove the diamond-cut aluminum chassis.

• Why diamond-cut? Motorola needed ultimate precision when manufacturing this thin and light weight component.

How extreme are the space constraints inside a device this thin?

From the bottom to top, you can see the glass, display, motherboard, motherboard chips, and then quarter. (Quarter sold separately)

Check out how the motherboard compares to a quarter. The motherboard with ICs is thinner than 3 quarters stacked together.

Disconnecting the touchscreen controller ribbon cables from their respective sockets allows the motherboard to be separated from the front display assembly.

Notice the cool new Atmel ATMXT224E-MAH maXTouch touchscreen controller.

Pulling back the 1.3 MP front-facing camera, apparently capable of 720p HD video, we are now able to undo all the connectors.

Zif-a-dee-doo-dah! Zif-a-dee-day! Yes, those are all ZIF type connectors, and yes, they all must bite the dust.

Ah, so that's the reason the RAZR is a bit fatheaded top-heavy. The larger rear-facing camera boasts 8 MP still picture capability and 1080p video at 30 fps.

Trying to take video in a fast moving or high vibration environment? Sacrifice a little resolution, down to 720 x 480, and pick up your frame rate to a blistering 120 fps to keep the blur down.

The rear-facing camera is marked as V927ABB.

Is it ironic to take a picture of a camera? We don't think so... This dinky metal box is the 1.3 MP front-facing camera, which houses the lens and circuitry.

We theorize the leopard print on the fron-facing camera's ribbon cable maximizes speed and aggressiveness. But that is merely a theory...