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| - | [* black] The last piece to come out this teardown is the hot mess of a component we like to call the "everything cable." More formally, its known as the Lightning cable assembly. |
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| - | [* black] This iteration of the iPhone crammed even more onto the lightning cable assembly with the addition of a second microphone on top of the normal cast: |
| - | [* black] The lightning charging and data port. |
| - | [* black] Headphone jack. |
| - | [* black] While this assembly sure can save some space, its not exactly ideal from a repair point of view. Just one failed or damaged component means a replacement for the entire assembly. |
| + | [* black] The last piece to come out of this teardown is the hot mess of a component we like to call the "everything cable." More formally, its known as the lightning cable assembly. |
| + | [* black] This time around the lightning cable assembly is bringing us everything and ''then some'' with the addition of a second microphone. |
| + | [* black] The lightning cable assembly is convenient as a space saving measure, however, it has a nasty side effect — forcing entire assembly replacements to repair a single damaged lightning port or headphone jack. |