The consensus between two teardowns of the Pixel 9 Professional XL is that the battery is tougher to take away this 12 months.
In line with JerryRigEverything in the present day (and iFixit yesterday), the “battery is glued extraordinarily nicely to the physique of the Pixel 9 Professional XL.” The supplied pull tab mechanism can not slice by the glue, which has been the case in earlier years and a typical grievance. It required the appliance of loads of isopropyl alcohol and powerful prying to take away the adhesive.
Taking a look at the remainder of the teardown, Google’s swap to a brand new design language is clear given some modifications. For instance, there’s using “much less widespread T4 screws across the cameras and charging port,” in addition to “hidden screws hid beneath random items of black tape.”
Lastly, “not one of the screws are the identical dimension, which makes reassembly tremendous tough in the event that they aren’t stored organized through the tear down one.” This teardown additionally notes a “appreciable quantity of small annoying little brackets,” with iFixit breaking/bending an unknown one.
In the meantime, given their shut proximity, some would possibly push their SIM ejection software into the microphone. Happily, there ought to be no harm:
You’ll discover that the gold field for the microphone is mounted to the highest aspect of the circuit board with the receiving opening on the underside of the board.
If we have a look at the place the outside microphone gap meets up with the inside waterproofing mesh, we are able to see that the membrane is positioned to the aspect of the shaft, and regardless of how arduous or deep the SIM software inserts no harm might ever probably occur to that membrane, even with a very small software.
Transferring ahead with this new design language, Google clearly has room for enchancment and optimization.
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