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The 5 MP camera, battery connector, vibrator motor, and speaker are densely packed on the logic board near the top of the phone.

After disconnecting the touchscreen connector, the logic board can be carefully pried out of its enclosure.

Rotate the logic board upward out of its cradle and use an iPod opening tool to disconnect the display data ribbon cable.

The shields covering the majority of the chips housed on the logic board protect their sensitive circuitry from electromagnetic interference.

Big players on the board include:

• A Qualcomm MSM7227 with 600 MHz application processing, 400 MHz modem processing, hardware accelerated 3D graphics, integrated Bluetooth 2.1 & GPS capabilities, and image/video encoding & decoding.
• STMicroelectronics NANDCBR4N9
• Skyworks SKY77336 GSM power amplifier module
• Qualcomm PM7540 power management IC
• Qualcomm RTR6285 UMTS RF transceiver with receive diversity and GPS
• TriQuint TQM679002A WLAN Power Amplifier

Sensors near the top of the board face outward from the front of the phone near the earphone opening.

A proximity sensor turns off the touch screen when the phone is against your face.

A light sensor automatically adjusts the LCD brightness for optimal viewing in any lighting condition.

Further prying around the perimeter of the front panel assembly allows the LCD assembly to be separated from the front panel.

The digitizer is manufactured by Synaptics, with the main touch screen controller labeled as T1021A 1 0942 AC0P876.

Interestingly enough, this is similar to the digitizer found in Microsoft's Kin Two.

A Samsung LMS255GF02 takes care of the Mini E10i's display needs.

And just like that, the dark deed has been done.

Thanks, Sony, for keeping it simple.

For more information on this little guy, check out EDN's Xperia X10 Mini Preview.

Keep an eye on our Teardown page for the arrival of the highly anticipated iPhone 4.