iPhone 14 Pro disassembly tutorial and comparison of the internal structure of the iPhone 13 Pro

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5 min readSep 20, 2022

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The iPhone 14 Pro is now in the hands of early adopters, and there are always people who are more than happy to take it apart on day one to find out specs that Apple has chosen not to reveal.

The Chinese repair team saves you the hassle of voiding your warranty, writing the steps out for you and showing you how to take apart your iPhone 14 Pro phone.

1. Take out the card slot without turning it on, it is made of stainless steel, and there will be a layer of waterproof and dustproof rubber ring on it.

2. Use an opening pick to disassemble the screen, and use a suitable type of screwdriver, such as an electric screwdriver, to remove the two screws at the bottom and cut through the glue. You need to use a ATTEN ST-862D hot Air Gun, or a similar model, which can only be heated after heating. Open the screen, remove 8 screws, take out the cover, open a whole cover, the corresponding heat dissipation film area has increased compared with the previous generation 13 Pro, open the battery interface section, and then open the screen and the sensor component interface, you can Detach the screen. Compared with the previous generation 13 Pro, the heat dissipation area on the inside of the screen has increased. Remove the cover and you can see that the proximity sensor is moved down. Further expanding the width of the structure, the morphological structure of the distance sensor changes a bit.

3. Disassemble the motherboard, open the interface, and remove the two screws that fix the earpiece. There is a sound guide design under the earpiece. The earpiece is integrated with a speaker. Compared with the previous generation 13, the size is different from that of the previous generation, and the cross-section is picked up. It is necessary to be careful when using a tweezers here.otherwise it will easily damage the battery, the screen and the sensor component port, you can separate the screen. Take out the earpiece, there is a sound guide design under the earpiece, and the size of the integrated speaker of the earpiece is smaller than that of the previous generation 13 Pro.

4. Take out the module. Compared with the previous generation 13 Pro, the order of the originals on the top has changed. From left to right, the order is dot matrix head shift, infrared, and proactive.

5. Take out the motherboard, the upper left corner is the antenna and SIM card slot area, and a plastic filler key is added. The film on the screen is similar to the previous generation 13 Pro.

6. Layer the motherboard, and the core cards are covered with imported materials. The layout and quantity of the core cards are significantly different from the previous generation.

7. Remove the 6 rear camera screws, take out the cover plate and the rear camera module, you will find that the rear camera module is larger than the previous generation 13 Pro, and the anti-shake function is enhanced, but the sensor module anti-shake a little space. Take out the lidar module, compared with the previous generation 13 Pro, the 14 Pro has adjusted the cable shape, the module itself is the same, and the side of the lidar is a microphone.

8. Disassemble the main camera, remove the fixed flash and 4 screws, and remove the rubber ring around the inner side for dust and water. The size is one circle larger than that of the previous generation 13 Pro, 1.67/1.31/inch. The difference in flash is also obvious, from the two lamp beads of the previous generation 13 Pro to one large lamp bead, but the 14 Pro is divided into 9 parts, which can adaptively control the intensity of the flash and improve the brightness uniformity.

9. Remove the sub-board part, remove 10 screws, and take out the dust collector.

10. Remove a fixed motor screw, open the interface, and take out the motor. There are microphones, Kias and charging ports. Although the size of the motor is smaller than the previous generation 13 Pro, the exterior is also close.

11. Disassemble the battery and remove it with tweezers. You will find that the battery capacity of the 14 Pro is 3200 mah, which is 105 mah more than the previous generation.

12. Finally, some adjustments were made to the rear shell. The WiFi antenna and the fix antenna are integrated into one cable, and the wireless charging is integrated. It is the same as the previous generation 13 Pro, and the overall layout is almost the same as the previous generation 13 Pro.

13. The above are the detailed steps for dismantling the 14Pro this time, as well as the comparison with the 13 Pro.

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