Toniebox Teardown

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The Toniebox is designed as an audiobook player for kids (age three and up), and packs the following features:

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Because we're doing this teardown in Germany, we'll forgo the usual metric and imperial measuring shenanigans and simply give you a banana for scale.

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The cover on the bottom is as stubborn as a pickle jar. But hey, we have seen far worse opening procedures! Besides, the rest looks pretty easy.

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Now for the "unboxing".

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The battery pack and motherboard are secured with just two standard Phillips screws.

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We'll have a look at that motherboard just as soon as these stubborn little cables are unplugged. Let's see what all the noise is about! Onboard we find:

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And now for the Toniebox's vocal cords!

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Just four more Phillips screws, and we can remove the cap.

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Next we inspect the volume control buttons, located (rather appropriately) in the ears of the Toniebox.

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Bonus teardown: We perform minor surgery on the lion figurine and find, as expected, an NFC chip in his stomach.

crwdns2936071:011crwdne2936071:0 — Final Thoughts

That's all, folks! We completely tore down our Toniebox, cut open the lion, and spread everything over the table. Here is our result: