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[* black] How did Apple put even more tech in 70% of the footprint? By folding the board in half, of course.
[* black] The two halves are soldered together, so we got some help from our hosts Circuitwise and their super-legit hot air rework station to separate the layers.
+ [* black] With the pieces separated, we checked the area of all of the separate layers, and added it up to 135% of the iPhone 8 Plus logic board's area: Way to go putting more into less, Apple.
[* black] The iPhone X logic board is the first double-layered board we've seen in an iPhone since the [guide|599|very first|stepid=3166|new_window=true] (third photo).