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Case Wallet Teardown

September 26, 2015 gbg
Thin cardboard box.

Thin cardboard box.

Qi wireless charger

Qi wireless charger

 

 

How would you expect to turn this on? 

How would you expect to turn this on? 

Wobbles when setting on its face due to face button design. Covering hologram sticker with serial number.  Generic hologram sticker could be purchased by anyone inexpensively.  Why do companies add these useless things?

Wobbles when setting on its face due to face button design. Covering hologram sticker with serial number.  Generic hologram sticker could be purchased by anyone inexpensively.  Why do companies add these useless things?

Camera not especially well protected.  

Camera not especially well protected.  

Buttons feel cheap and mushy. Cutout around fingerprint scanner is off center.  

Buttons feel cheap and mushy. Cutout around fingerprint scanner is off center.  

Front face is super easy to peel off.  

Front face is super easy to peel off.  

Buttons are embedded into the thin front face and connected with a thin ribbon connector in the middle of the left edge, which I'm surely about to break. Also, the device is about a quarter inch thick -- far too thick to 'fit in my wallet' 

Buttons are embedded into the thin front face and connected with a thin ribbon connector in the middle of the left edge, which I'm surely about to break. Also, the device is about a quarter inch thick -- far too thick to 'fit in my wallet' 

Man, the insides are full of this black sticky tar adhesive. Ugh.  The ring there is the wireless charger loop

Man, the insides are full of this black sticky tar adhesive. Ugh.  

The ring there is the wireless charger loop

The other side of the unused 3M adhesive strip

The other side of the unused 3M adhesive strip

The screen is tar glued to the battery.  I damaged the screen while opening up the unit. 

The screen is tar glued to the battery.  I damaged the screen while opening up the unit. 

Cell module and STM32F437.   Networking right next to private keys (I'm assuming - case hasn't posted any source code)

Cell module and STM32F437.   Networking right next to private keys (I'm assuming - case hasn't posted any source code)

3.7V, 270mAh

3.7V, 270mAh

What a mess of non-repairable goo! 

What a mess of non-repairable goo! 

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