Now that we've worked our way around the exterior, it's time to head inside.

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.

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.

We pull out the trusty iSclack, expecting to separate the display assembly, but the rear cover yields first!