I think Samsung and other companies need to learn how Sony to put all the necessary components inside the phone instead of giving excuse to remove features like remove headphone jack and SD card slot. They are capable to do it but just do not want to do it. Thumbs up for the good video 👍
We know the reasons why others have removed the headphone jack and SD card slot (more money by forcing end users to buy extra accessories and new phone)
@@jashsylde8136 exactly, not saying a fast micro sd card isn't expensive but it has so much advantages, for example I have the Xperia 5 II which has a hotswap toolless microsd slot and when I'm shooting with my camera and I want to put the pictures on my phone I just put the micro sd card from my camera into my phone, data transfer is alot faster and more reliable and it's swapped in like 15 seconds
This is the first time i see a motherboard across the whole frame since the day of old Nokia. Can't fathom how Sony managed to layer a screen, a body frame, motherboard, battery and finally the back plate. Looks like a long lost production technology
Yup, some people think its well engineered and some think its old concept. I'n my opinion I think its a good device but they could have engineered it a bit better, more organized and easier to repair and added wireless charging. However the price itself is definitely not worth it to most people, so adding anything extra would only increase the price further. :)
@@PBKreviews IMO, that feat can be attributed to Apple which vehemently stand for their total control of devices even tough the buyer has spent $1000 more for the iPhone. I remember as complicated as Nokia N95 was or early Android devices around 2010 - 2015, everybody could take the phone apart and do the repair.
I was wondering why sony didn't put any thermal pads / paste on this device. I remembered the 1st xperia pro, it has a the largest vapor chamber on any phone on the market. Yet the Pro - I with the Snapdragon 888 chipset doesn't have any cooling capabilities and we all know the heating issues with the 888 chipset.
Первая мысль, которая пришла, при виде такой платы - это метод теплоотвода. Видимо так они решили распределить тепло по корпусу. Не знаю, эффективно ли это, но при записи видео - точно, ведь камера и процессор разнесены на расстоянии, не в одной верхней части телефона. Возможно в этом есть смысл.
I like to come back to this video to remind me of how complex the internals are now that I own this phone. The phone itself is amazing and solid construction. After seeing this video I made sure to get good insurance for it since the screen is difficult to replace :-). There is something to be said about Japanese engineering, so much power packed inside a small device but still pretty good on battery life with a few tweaks. Also now I don't have to carry a separate camera to take great photos!
Purely amazing disassembly YT video! A huge THANK to you, sir, for sharing this fantastic teardown and repair video review! Best in class! Wishing you all the very best always! Stay blessed! Best regards from Sweden!
The rear glass looks less complicated than most phones to remove. That gives me hope that I'll be able to replace the battery myself when that day comes =) The rest of the internals look beautifully complex, in a totally crazy way.
I think 3/10 is not fair 😳 the process of disassembly of this phone is to easy and also excited , a laptop size motherboard of this phone is too exciting to see and the longest teardown is because of a lot of components in this phone , I just imagine if Apple maked this phone , thanks for the teardown and I will watch it again and again , for me it's one of the best disassemby in this channel ♥️
Thank you! The score is not just based off taking it apart, I score it based of design, ease of replacing the screen, battery replacement, charger port and misc part replacement, as well as parts availability for the phone. I will be using this scale and will implement a score chart on videos in the near future to show how I came to the score I chose. :)
Not sure what virs is but yea there is heat transfer, however I would personally like to see at least some thermal paste or thermal pads to more efficiently transfer heat between the chips and the shields that cover them out to the frame to be exhausted out.
May I ask, if you would be so kind to answer, how does this phone shares against overheating since this teardown and the guys at GSMArena tells us there's no copper plate, graphite layer or thermal paste for the CPU and the chipset? And in terms of normal/heavy use and performance... I won't ask for the device not to be boiling if I shoot a 4K video at 120hz/60fps... I've read it auto shut-down Thanks in avance. I'm currently in-between this one or the 1iii to upgrade my XZ Premium
Complimenti per il video. Per quanto riguarda Sony, internamente il telefono mi sa di strano per come è assemblato,molta fantasia di costruzione. Avrà poco mercato come tutti i modelli Sony.
Wow I see why the phone is $1800USD. Everything is replaceable and it definitely looks like computer insides more than a phone. I don't think I have ever seen radio cables in a phone before! But I don't get it, why no wireless charging? Perhaps Sony was concerned about the camera bump or the fact that it doesn't have any heat management? There was definitely a place for a wireless coil. Awesome tear down and rebuild! I used to repair Thinkpads for a living. This brings back memories :-)
@@Dankzzz The battery is 4500mah. I heard that the RX700 gets very warm when the camera is in use. Since the pro-I has the same sensor and chipset, I think to prevent the battery from overheating and catching fire, they omitted the wireless charging since it heats up the phone. This is why Samsung wireless charging pads have built in fans.
@@deep_space_dave I guess It depends on where you live, here in south Sweden I never get a heath warning. When it was brand new it was abit warm and after a update... It's the same inside mostly, but my 1iii has some sort of cooler tech I think the same is in Pro-i Sony call it Heath cooling or something, even said it in an ad... I think this is the box that spreds the heat to the case. Related to that the 888 runs hot this is not the case here, but the weather vary in the world. Cellphones can't endure extreme temperatures, I keep mine inside my jacket in the chest, because it's freezy cold, to save my battery etc.
Excellent video! Thank you! I fear I need to replace my kamera as it is rattling too much. Can you tell me how you glued/fastened the battery as well as the camera cable when you finally reassembled the phone? Thanks for your help!
Hello. Please help me fix my phone. I took my phone to a service to replace the fingerprint sensor. The sensor was changed along with the cable. The next day after the repair, the front camera froze during a video call. After this, all cameras do not work - an unknown error appears. The flashlight also cannot be turned on - it says the camera is in use. The service refuses to take responsibility. I took the phone apart. Several screws are missing, the flashlight diffuser is broken, the additional microphone cable was installed under the frame - incorrectly. Could the front camera or its cable cause a breakdown? I tried disconnecting front camera - no change. Does it make sense to try to turn off other cameras one by one? Or if at least one camera is turned off or the cable to it is damaged, then the remaining cameras will not work? Is there any point in trying to reset your phone to factory settings? I tried to stop all applications that can use the camera, deleted the cache - nothing helps. Also, before disconnection front camera battery drained very fast. Reset phone without front camera - did not help. Connected front camera, reset phone - nothing.
Good job ❤️❤️ Can i ask you, what does it seem so complicated and the motherboard is more like a computer not a phone? Is this complexity has something to do with performance in any chance?
Hi, no it's not related to the performance. Just the way sony engineered the layout. They could have designed it differently and still had the same performance. Thanks! :)
Wow, very detailed teardown thanks. Do you think it would be possible to transfer some heat to the backplate by removing some parts of the plastic cover and adding thermal pads?
Thank you. The problem would be, the plastic cover on the back side has antenna lines drawn on it, so damaging that or removing that would probably cause signal issues. Also the processor side and the components which heat up the most on the main board are touching the inside frame portion which is between the screen and the motherboard, so most of the heat from those components is exhausted through the front where the screen is. It might be possible just to add some thermal paste (a very little amount since you don't want it spreading around the chip) on top of the processor, ram and so forth to help transfer heat better. However the way they have designed it, the metal shields which cover the processor and chips are seated firmly against the chips (so the chip makes contact with the shields to transfer heat to it) so there really isn't any room to add much of anything.
Some may be possible like the plastic covers which have the grey lines running through, but the board contacts which touch the frame would not be since you will end up damaging the board itself removing those.
I have two things to say: “ this Japan engineering it is high quality design and made in taiwan”. This design of the inside is so unique no way wireless charging will fit inside Lol. Why Sony don’t have wireless charging. I’m really thinking to buy this phone when the price goes down. Pbk you are awesome iphone are the baddest phones
thats it, I'm buying this thing, never gona try and fix it but it's so over-engineered that I can't not show appreciation for it great video! Also, any thoughts on why Sony omitted wireless charging on this phone? seems like they could have added it and all other recent Sony phones have at least basic 15w Qi pads
@@PBKreviews and to change one of the most repairable things on a smartphone (the screen), you have to basically do the same. Geez.. talk about Sony making things difficult
I have no knowledge of phone motherboards and stuff so I have to ask what makes this motherboard so complex? Because to me it doenst look so bad, especially if I compare it to something like the board of a razer blade 14 (laptop)
Well comparing a laptop to a phone board is a big difference. It's complex in that it has a lot going on, so many cables to disconnect to gain access to replacing commonly replaced parts like charger ports, screens etc. Usually in most phones, you wont need to remove a motherboard say to replace just a charger port, or a screen etc. But this phone the way things are organized you have to take apart the phone almost entirely to gain access to those parts to replace.
@@PBKreviews ahh thanks for the explanation, that makes alot of sense. Guess it's best to get a good case and screenprotector with this phone or good insurance because I doubt repairs will come in cheap
Is it considered a good board design? Technical wise or design wise. It may be very complex and hard for someone to come out with this complex design, but at the same time it can be outdated or inefficient design. Which one is it
I'm not an expert in electrical engineering or one of the designers but I feel they could do the layout and organize everything more closer together and fit it on the top half of the board without the need to have such a long full phone length board layout that the battery sits over. They could have a top main board and a bottom sub board where the charger port and other components are attached to, with the separating of the battery in the center like most phones are.
@@PBKreviews No, it is not possible with such a huge sensor and since the main sensor already take up vertical space equivalent to double stacked boards due to which they have to shift the SOC and UFS to some where in middle.
the motherboard seems to act as a heatsink on this phone while being connected to the dissipation elements, a bit like a pcb, and transfers the heat evenly to the frame. just a guess nothing definite
@@tris5506 You don't need to take the whole thing apart. The screws that are covered by the felt fabric are the last ones that need to be taken out and then you can access the fingerprint scanner.
I don't see any good reason why the way this phone was made this way. I think the its very inefficient, I think Sony can make this more simple while having tha same specs and features and also I think the motherboard can be made smaller to make more room for the battery. Its like sony was left behind when it comes to design and manufacturing while other manufacturers are doing their best to manufacture a phones as easy as possible. This phone looks like it came from 2000's when it comes to how complicated it was build.
Soo, you gonna teach the best tech company, who don't give a stupid excuse like no space to keep the headphone jack, SSD and moreover, this beast has 1 inch Sensor. It's easier said than done.
@@PBKreviews good point. Drivers would likely interfere, but the 'Pro' tools on the latest Xperias are fairly similar to Alpha cameras and possibly Sony compact cameras.
I would think if they didn't put that adhesive on top of the battery, they would possibly be able to fit a wireless charging coil over the battery. Or they could make the phone just slightly thicker barely even notice the difference. But probably just a cost cutting measure, the phone already is priced expensive so they probably didn't want to add any additional amount on top. Not sure.
Water got in mine, it's totally dead. Looking at this...I guess it's done for, because if I could even find the parts, I would probably lose something else
Here are two links (both websites I have bought parts from before so I know they are legit) rounded.com/xperia-pro-i-xq-be42-xq-be52-xq-be62/?sl=en and shop.headlane.co.uk/shop/101202621-sony-xq-be52-xperia-pro-i-snysbq3-internal-battery-25062
Thanks! It already has subtitles turned on, you need to click the settings icon on the video and go to subtitles and click on auto translate and select the language you want. Hope this helps.
lol yup, but some are actually good. Some phone's focus primarily on the front facing camera so have a bit better hardware there but again nothing like the rear camera.
At 7:40 Soldering parts on the motherboard is very bad In addition, the drawback of this design is that any failure of the board requires maintenance, and the thing cannot be replaced as a single piece. Like the charging pad on the S-22 Ultra
