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  • The Nexus features a 3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen.

  • This is the second device we've taken apart with an OLED display. The Zune HD we took apart last September also featured a Samsung-branded OLED display.

  • The Nexus display features a resolution of 480 x 800. That's a few less pixels than Motorola's Droid (480 x 854), but far more than the iPhone 3GS (320 x 480).

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  • Here's what looks to be the Synaptics (SYNA) touchscreen controller.

  • The chip is labeled T1007A, 2 0927, AMP08P. It controls the ClearPad 2000 series capacitive dualtouch sensor used in this phone.

  • We haven't been able to find any specifics on this chip. If you can help out with details, let us know!

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  • A list of the chips we've identified so far:

    • Samsung 943 KA100O015M-AJTT

    • Skyworks (SWKS) SKY77336 GSM power amplifier (labeled SKY77336-21 3888833 1P 0940 MX)

    • Qualcomm (QCOM) PM7540 power management chip (labeled PM7540 AH43510 C4944001)

    • The TI (TXN) TPS65023 integrated Power Management IC (labeled TPS65023 TI 9AJ P675 G4)

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  • Qualcomm (QCOM) appears to be the big winner on the Nexus. We've found at least three of their chips in here already.

  • On the left is a RTR6285 RF transceiver.

  • The large chip on the right is the nexus of the Nexus. It's a Qualcom (QCOM) QSD8250 "Snapdragon" 1 GHz ARM processor.

  • The small chip between the two Qualcomm (QCOM) chips is an Audience A1026 voice processor, including ambient noise cancellation.

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  • What have we here?

  • It's a plane, it's a bird, no... it's smaller than a dime? What are you?

  • It's the LED flash.

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  • The Bluetooth and 802.11n wireless is provided by a Broadcom (BRCM) BCM4329 chip.

  • The 802.11n capability gives the Nexus an advantage over the iPhone 3GS, which only has 802.11g connectivity. The Broadcom (BRCM) chip in the Nexus is the same chip we found in Apple's newest (3rd generation) iPod touch.

  • The package is labeled BCM4329EKUBG CD0942 P21 937322 SEA

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  • Three more chips.

  • Unfortunately these were located underneath soldered EMI covers. For the sake of science and gadget lovers everywhere, we had to be a little forceful to get these covers off.

  • Using the Nexus One post-teardown just became very iffy. Previous to this step, we felt good about its functionality, but no longer...

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  • There you go, folks...

  • Hopefully our kryptonite wasn't too much for the Nexus "Superphone" One.

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