iFixit

The 8GB NAND flash chip (Toshiba TH58NVG6D1DTG80), revealed after removing a soldered-down cover. This chip was covered by a plastic shield as well, which we've partially removed to see the markings beneath.

The three chips along the bottom are TriQuint Tritium PA-duplexers: TQM616035 TQM676031 TQM666032. Presumably each one works on a different frequency band: "Each highly-integrated module contains a Tx input filter, a linear Power Amplifier, Duplexer, and Coupler."

This is a big win for TriQuint! Their stock has been doing a bit better since we discovered this.

The rear panel remains. Looks like that leaked shot was reasonably accurate.

Unlike the metal rear panel on the original iPhone, the rear panel appears to be made from ABS plastic. The coat on the back feels nice and is very reflective, hopefully it's durable as well.

There doesn't appear to be a serial number on the back panel of our phone. We don't know if that's unique to our phone, or true with all 3G iPhones.

The battery. Put your soldering irons away, they won't be needed! Apple part #616-0372.

The recycle marker on the battery is blacked out with a sharpie. Suspicious...

We were all expecting a bigger battery, and I can't verify this, but this page references the part number on the battery and lists a capacity of 1150 mAh, not the 1400 mAh in the original. Can anyone dig up more information?

From top left to bottom right: Display glass, LCD, Main board and EMI shield, Antenna and battery, Back panel.

That's it! We'll keep updating the chips above, so keep checking back. We'll post more photos as requested, but we're going to snag some sleep after waiting in line for two nights.

We'd like to thank some gracious Auckland residents for making this happen:

• Grant Virtue of brochuresunlimited for the facility in downtown Auckland.
• Oleg Boukhvalov of Weblab for his electronics expertise and help with the disassembly.
• Andrei Smirnov of MacSolutions for coordinating everything.

We'll be adding a selection of iPhone 3G parts soon, as well as a detailed take-apart guide.