iPod Touch 6th Generation Teardown

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After the battery comes the lower assembly, home to the Lightning connector, speaker, microphone, headphone jack, and home button switch. Say that five times fast.
In lieu of that wiggly yellow flex cable, a new, straight ribbon cable connects the lower assembly to the underside of the logic board.
Despite the new cable, Apple has yet to come to their senses and stop soldering this assembly directly to the logic board. Nuts!

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