There are many reasons to dismantle a device, including changing
the battery, repairing some internal parts, or if you are just
curious about what's inside. Granted, the last point is
primarily for tech geeks, with most people not really caring
about what is inside, as long as the device itself works as
promised. Teardowns are especially useful for unibody devices
with “non-removable” batteries. Along those lines, the world's
first quad-core phone and HTC's flagship device, the One X,
received the tear-down treatment, courtesy of Chinese website,
PConline. The process revealed the highly acclaimed Nvidia Tegra
3 quad-core processor, HTC's image chip, and the large 1800mAH
battery that occupies most of the space. As is the case when
dismantling unibody devices, the casing is removed from around
the screen. In the case of the One X, all the internals are
attached to the display half of the device, and as seen from the
image below, the device functions almost normally without the
casing. The NFC chip is a part o