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iPhone 8 Teardown

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As our quest continues, we find some quirky cables and brackets!

First out: a new Lightning port bracket that seems to reinforce the new peach-colored port and trap the Taptic engine.

Up to now, we've gleefully plugged along with our Phillips screwdriver—but alas, all good things must come to an end. In removing this bracket, we encountered our first tri-point screw. Still, it's no match for our 64 Bit Driver Kit!

We suspect that the newly colored Lightning port could be made of a heat-transferring plastic to allow for safer fast-charging. (Or, it could just be color-matched to the chassis.)

Next: a strange interconnect/antenna cable over the speaker.

Finally: the Taptic Engine nestled in a series of tiny fiddly connectors.

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