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iPhone XS and XS Max Teardown

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Apple may be changing up their naming scheme, but we're glad they left the opening procedure alone.

Our iOpener pulls double duty to soften the hidden adhesive, and then a suction handle and a halberd spudger come in to free the display.

Though we feared Apple might pile on more adhesive to achieve that new IP68 rating, we fared no worse opening these phones than we did with ye olde IP67-rated predecessors.

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