iFixit Press Releases
iPod Nano 4th Gen. and iPod Touch 2nd Gen. Internal Photos from iFixit
ATASCADERO, California-- September 10, 2008.
iFixit has posted the first internal photos of Apple's new iPod Nano and iPod Touch. The disassembly reveals the previously unknown presence of Bluetooth in the iPod Touch. The photos and accompanying commentary for the iPod Nano 4th Gen. and new iPod Touch 2nd Gen. are available online immediately.
The disassembly includes high-res photos of the internals of both devices.
iPod Touch:
- Apple did some clever things with the iPod Touch speaker. It's 0.2mm thin and mounted directly on the metal backplate.
- The Touch has a Broadcom BCM4325 Bluetooth chip! The Nike+ runs on the same frequency (2.4 GHz) as Bluetooth. It remains to be seen if the Bluetooth chip can emulate the proprietary Nike+ protocol.
- This iPod is somewhat difficult to take apart-- fairly similar to the previous iPod touch. Evidently Apple's claims of being environmentally friendly only extend to their manufacturing.
iPod Nano:
- The 4G Nano screen is the same resolution and physical size as the previous 'fat' Nano 3G.
- The display cover is a piece of curved glass that physically separates from the case. The glass is .7 mm thick on the edges and 1.7 mm thick in the middle.
- The Nano has an updated Samsung-manufactured ARM processor capable of running all the fancy new games and software features.
iFixit plans to provide replacement parts and complete repair instructions for both iPods.
Fixit Guides for every iPod and Mac laptops are available free online at iFixit.com/Guide/
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