The first iPhone 14 unitsShip today
In fact PBKreviewsThe video was published on Thursday and already has over 150,000 views. Despite the fact that the iPhone 14 Pro Max’s teardown revealed very few surprises, this is still a great video.
One area that has not seen any changes is perhaps the most intriguing. The teardown features the U.S. version of the iPhone 14 Pro Max, which means there’s no SIM tray, but the space freed up by this absence contains what appears to be plastic filler rather than any additional componentry.
In the original video, it claimed that space had a satellite module. After viewer comments, this claim was removed from the video. You can see more discussion of the “filler” in a Reddit threadAbout the video. Apple will likely phase out physical SIM trays completely at some point in the near future, but as long as it is making two versions–eSIM-only in the U.S., and physical SIM everywhere else–it makes far more sense logistically to keep them as similar as possible.
There are some important changes that you should check out during the teardown. These include the positioning of the TrueDepth camera in order to match the Dynamic Islands pill cutout, as well as the appearance of a plate made of metal for heat dissipation. Interesting and informative details are provided by the new camera setup. But it’s likely that most viewers will remember what hasn’t changed more than what has.
