iPhone 4 Teardown Step #22 History

Changes to Step #22

Edit by Miroslav Djuric — Jun 23, 2010

	[* black] The front glass panel of the iPhone is constructed of Corning [link\|http://www.corning.com/gorillaglass/index.aspx\|Gorilla Glass], a chemically strengthened alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass that is reported to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic.
	[* black] Gorilla Glass holds many [http://www.corning.com/uploadedFiles/Corporate/Gorilla_Glass/Assets/Video/Gorilla%20Glass_300k.wmv\|advantages] as the iPhone 4's front panel, including its high resistance to wear and increased strength from an ion-exchange chemical strengthening process.
	[* black] LED Backlight for the LCD.
-	[* black] Unfortunately, the LCD panel is very securely glued to the glass and digitizer. It appears that if you break the glass, you'll have to replace the glass, digitizer, and LCD as a single assembly.
+	[* black] Unfortunately, the LCD panel is very securely glued to the glass and digitizer. It appears that if you break the glass, you'll have to [[Topic:iPhone 4\|replace]] the iPhone 4's glass, digitizer, and LCD as a single assembly.

	[* black] The front glass panel of the iPhone is constructed of Corning [link\|http://www.corning.com/gorillaglass/index.aspx\|Gorilla Glass], a chemically strengthened alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass that is reported to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic.
	[* black] Gorilla Glass holds many [http://www.corning.com/uploadedFiles/Corporate/Gorilla_Glass/Assets/Video/Gorilla%20Glass_300k.wmv\|advantages] as the iPhone 4's front panel, including its high resistance to wear and increased strength from an ion-exchange chemical strengthening process.
	[* black] LED Backlight for the LCD.
-	[* black] Unfortunately, the LCD panel is very securely glued to the glass and digitizer. It appears that if you break the glass, you'll have to replace the glass, digitizer, and LCD as a single assembly.
+	[* black] Unfortunately, the LCD panel is very securely glued to the glass and digitizer. It appears that if you break the glass, you'll have to [[Topic:iPhone 4\|replace]] the iPhone 4's glass, digitizer, and LCD as a single assembly.