The Nexus 6 is Google’s new (and wonderful) behemoth flagship, so of course the folks at iFixit took the first opportunity to vivisect it for your pleasure. Inside that big, beautiful body is plenty of room for the requisite guts: A big battery, badass brains, and even a secret LED.
The Nexus 6 is hiding no especially nasty secrets. Its non-removable 3220mAh is glued in, but not insanely hard to remove or replace and its rear-facing, optically stabilised 13MP shooter has the same sensor you’ll find the OnePlus One. The digitiser for its AMOLED screen is fused to the display, so be careful not to crack that sucker or it’s gonna cost a pretty penny to fix.
Probably the most interesting thing about the Nexus 6’s innards — aside from the standard circuity beauty of a gadget dissection — is the notification LED hidden behind the speaker grille. But what isn’t back there is any explanation for why Google decided not to use it.
On the off-chance you’re planning to repair your phone down the line, you’ll be happy to know the Nexus 6 gets a respectable 7 out of 10 on the repairability score. You can hop over to iFixit to read more about, or just to look at more pretty photos of phone innards. [iFixit]
