A teardown of the Pixel 9 Professional XL from iFixit in the present day goes into the design adjustments that Google carried out this 12 months to enhance sturdiness and repairability.
As an alternative of getting to take away the display screen earlier than gaining access to anything, which was the case on Pixel 6-8 Professional, the Pixel 9 Professional XL adopts a dual-entry design the place each the back and front may be eliminated independently. As such, if you wish to exchange the battery, take away the rear glass panel and go from there.
This received’t be a difficulty in case your display screen is already cracked, however iFixit had bother eradicating that part with out damaging. It’s described as “fragile,” however in any other case the highest glass is simple to take away.
Equally, eradicating the battery with the “sliding saw-style pull tab” continues to be troublesome, which is a standard criticism yearly.
In the meantime, the dual-entry design introduces a mid-plate that the display screen is hooked up to, whereas the opposite elements relaxation on the opposite aspect. That plate — which has a giant gap within the center coated by a heatsink for the display screen (and presumably the battery) — gives further structural rigidity, with Google touting the telephones as being “twice as sturdy as Pixel 8.”
Notably, the USB-C port is now on a separate daughterboard (together with the SIM card) that permits for simpler alternative if that part ever goes unhealthy. (The vibration motor is positioned above the port.)
L-R: USB-C, vibration motor
As such, the mainboard shouldn’t be elongated (or vaguely E-shaped with out the center) and now only a rectangle on the high with the three cameras. This video doesn’t dive into the vapor chamber.
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