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Samsung OMNIA SGH-i900 Mobile Phone Teardown

Samsung's newly branded "OMNIA" smartphone denotes an all-encompassing design..

Samsung SGH-E200 Eco Mobile Phone Teardown

The Samsung SGH-E200 Eco is a slim-form (9..

Sharp S01SH (EM One) Ultra Mobile PC Teardown

The Sharp S01SH ("EM ONE") is an Ultra-Mobile PC primarily, but has HSDPA 3..

Sony PlayStation Vita PCH-1100 Handheld Gaming Console Teardown

Portable gaming is bigger than ever, though so much of it nowadays is taking place on smartphones, which eats away at Sony's potential market..

Sony PS3 CECH-2001A Game Console Teardown

This analysis of the PS3 was executed in the Oct-Nov 2009 timeframe and based on hardware that was purchased in early September 2009, shortly after release (Model CECH-2001A)..

Pioneer NVF-0028ZT Head Unit Teardown

This teardown is of a Pioneer aftermarket head unit that is sold as a "Toyota Original Accessory", for installation by Toyota dealerships who sell the unit as a dealer "upgrade'.

Acer Aspire One ZG5 Netbook Teardown

The Acer Aspire One ZG5 is the one of the first of a generation of netbooks featuring Intel's Atom processor.

Amazon Kindle Fire D01400 Tablet Teardown

Kindle Fire is a 7" touchscreen tablet offered at the very low retail price point of $199 USD which is what has made the product so notable.

Apple iMac 17 Inch 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo Teardown

The iMac Intel Core Duo is the first Mac with an Intel chipset.

Apple iPad Mini A1432 (16GB, Wi-Fi only) Tablet Teardown

The Mini is one of 3 model families that Apple currently offers, including the iPad 2, the New iPad (9.7-inch retina) and the Mini.

Apple iPhone 4S (16GB) Mobile Handset Teardown

The iPhone 4S disappointed a lot of fans at first.

Apple iPhone 4S (16GB) Mobile Handset Teardown

The iPhone 4S disappointed a lot of fans at first. Many of them were disappointed that despite being a new phone, the iPhone was called the iPhone 4S, and not iPhone 5, suggesting that the public starts to get caught up in their own fantasies about Apple..

Apple iPhone 5 (Verizon (A1429) + AT&T (A1428)) Mobile Handset Teardown

As always with Apple - it's about fitting as many features as possible into a fixed, sub-$200 BOM budget, which Apple achieves with ease.

Apple iPod nano 2GB Teardown

Flash MP3 player 2GB (and 4GB model available) with 1.5 Inch diagonal 65K color TFT screen with built-in Li-Ion battery and touch sensitive "clickwheel" interface.

Apple iPod Shuffle 3rd Generation 4GB Teardown

Two and a half years now after the release of the last clip-on 2nd generation iPod Shuffle, Apple has managed to take the lowest end of the iPod range and actually further downsize the product while adding features.

Apple iPod Shuffle 512MB Teardown

Very compact flash music (mp3 and other) player, 512M Bytes of storage, USB 2.0 interface with full-size USB connector, no display.

Apple iPod Touch 8GB (2nd Gen) Portable Media Player Teardown

The 2nd generation Apple iPod Touch is currently being offered concurrently with Apple's flagship 3rd Generation iPod products in the 8GB capacity.

Apple Mac Mini (A1347) Computer Teardown

For 2010, the Apple Mac Mini underwent a significant update - in addition to the anticipated core design upgrades - replacing its iconic compact enclosure design with an unibody version.

Barnes & Noble NOOK Simple Touch with Glowlight (BNRV350) e-Reader Teardown

Barnes & Noble have worked with an ODM partner to create a new E Ink (EPD) based book - the "Simple" which competes with the basic Amazon Kindle reader - at the small end of the black and white "reader" end of the spectrum.