Inside the stem we find a sandwich build consisting of the flex cable for gesture control, a protective cover for the board, and the board itself.

Another glob of glue holds the press-fit connector for the battery cable assembly to the board. Here we go again!

Some gentle tweezing disconnects the flex cable as before. We wonder if we're just lucky with our specimen of the Ear (1), or if Nothing managed to use just the right mix of adhesive to keep the connectors in place without hindering disassembly too much.

Finally, we hold the completely modular Ear (1) main unit in our hands ...