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Now that we've worked our way around the exterior, it's time to head inside.
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Experience tells us that a little suction and cutting is all that's required to coax the display open, but when that doesn't work we bring out the big (heat) guns.
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It looks like the Pixel 3 XL still uses foam adhesive, but it's far more tenacious than the repair-friendly stuff we saw last year.
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We pull out the trusty iSclack, expecting to separate the display assembly, but the rear cover yields first!
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