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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 |
| + | [* black] The two halves are soldered together, so we got some help from our hosts Circuitwise and their BGA 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- |
| + | [* black] The iPhone X logic board is the first double-stacked board we've seen in an iPhone since the [guide|599|very first|stepid=3166|new_window=true] (third photo). |