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| [* black] After a harrowing journey through the outside of the phone, we lift the midframe shield to ''finally'' reveal some internal components. | |
| - | [* black] First off we find a heat sink, a bunch of grounding clips, and a battery with some lovely pull tabs and stretch-release adhesive. |
| - | [* icon_note] An easy to remove battery? ''[https://giphy.com/gifs/movie-brother-kip-UbD6c9YyD0SPu/fullscreen|Score!|new_window=true]'' |
| + | [* black] We spy: a heat sink, a bunch of grounding clips, and a battery with stretch-release adhesive...that's trapped under another bracket. |
| [* black] Credit where credit is due: stretch-release adhesive is the most repair-friendly adhesive, and we wish more manufacturers would adopt it. Unfortunately it's kind of wasted on a phone that's this hard to get into. | |
| [* black] The battery claims an 11.70 Wh capacity—not too shabby when compared with the [guide|87136|Galaxy S8|stepid=164519|new_window=true] at 11.55 Wh, the [guide|67382|iPhone 7|stepid=136518|new_window=true] at 7.45 Wh, or the [https://youtu.be/ccHgpsCMi48?t=83|OnePlus5|new_window=true] at 12.35 Wh. |