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The iPhone 3G, unpacked and disassembled
The folks at iFixIt didn't waste any time.
The Atascadero, Calif.-based Mac and iPod parts shop flew a technician to Auckland, New Zealand, to buy one of the first Apple (AAPL) iPhone 3Gs when they went on sale July 11 at 12:01 a.m. local time.
No sooner had he unpacked it than he immediately set to work taking it apart.
You can follow the somewhat unsettling sequence of events — dirty fingernails and all — here.
Click on the image below to read the identifying marks on the chips.
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