NgoJanuwari 9, kwase kuyiminyaka eyi-10 selokhu kwethulwa ngokusemthethweni emphakathini ngalokho obekuzoba i-smartphone yokuqala emakethe ukudweba imigqa okufanele ilandelwe ngabakhiqizi abaningi. NgoMsombuluko ngishicilele udaba nge wonke amamodeli we-iPhone asefikile emakethe kanye nezici zawo. Ukubungaza iminyaka eyi-10, abafana be-iFixit nabo bebefuna ukujoyina iqembu futhi bahlanganise zonke izinqubo zokuhlaziya abazenze kuzo zonke izinhlobo ze-iPhone, lapho imodeli yokuqala ivelele khona, eyathola amaphuzu amabi kakhulu, ama-2 kwangu-10.
Eminyakeni edlule, hhayi amadivayisi we-Apple kuphela, kepha noma iyiphi idivayisi ibilokhu inciphisa usayizi ophoqe abenzi ukuthi benze sebenzisa i-glue cishe yonke into, noma ukuvala umkhiqizo, ukulungisa ibhethri kudivayisi ... Uma ngabe uthole ithuba lokuba ne-iPhone yoqobo, into egqame kakhulu ubugqinsi bayo nokuthi ibisinda kangakanani, kepha eminyakeni edlule, kokubili ukushuba futhi isisindo sincishisiwe kanye nendlela yokuhlanganisa zonke izingxenye. I-iPhone yokuqala ibithengiselwe ibhodi, okwenze kwaba nzima ukufaka enye yezingxenye eziyisisekelo zedivayisi.
Kepha isikhashana manje, konke lokho sekuguqukile, futhi isilinganiso esimaphakathi se-iFixit, ngaphandle kwemodeli yokuqala, singu-6,5. I-iPhone 3G bekuyithuluzi lokuqala elizuze elinye lamaphuzu aphakeme kakhulu i-iPhone elizuze ezandleni zalaba bantu, lathola okungu-7 kwayishumi, njengamamodeli wakamuva we-iPhone asefikile emakethe. Abafana be-iFixit balungiselele isigaba kuwebhusayithi yabo lapho kukhonjiswa zonke izikolo ezitholwe ngamamodeli ahlukene inkampani eyethule emakethe.