Nio unveiled its second smartphone in the course of the 2024 Innovation Day, which additionally introduced a new automobile OS and the business’s first 5nm good driving chip. How does a automobile maker construct smartphones? The identical approach that smartphone makers do, roughly. WekiHome has an in depth disassembly video that provides a peek contained in the cellphone.
The Nio Telephone 2 upgrades the unique design with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (up from Gen 2). The disassembly course of begins as normal, by eradicating the SIM card tray. There’s a rubber ring to maintain water out (the cellphone is rated IP68 and claims it may possibly dive as much as 2m underwater for half-hour). The again panel is manufactured from glass, however there are metallic inserts for the rings across the cameras. These are additionally sealed in opposition to water.
Under that may be a flap that homes the NFC antenna and the wi-fi charging coil. The Telephone 2 additionally provides UWB – each UWB and NFC can be utilized for normal smartphone issues, however additionally they permit the cellphone to function keys for appropriate vehicles. Nio vehicles are appropriate, after all, as the corporate was among the many first to undertake UWB late final yr.
Anyway, different attention-grabbing discoveries embody SK hynix RAM (LPDDR5X) and Samsung storage (UFS 4.0), plus a brand new vapor chamber to maintain the Snapdragon going quick. Nevertheless, WekiHome discovered some lower than premium particulars – for instance, the Nio Telephone 2 solely has two microphones, whereas most flagships usually have three (and even 4). Additionally, the fingerprint reader is an optical unit that peeks by the OLED show. The proximity and entrance ambient gentle sensors are additionally beneath the show, each are on a small daughter board.