The Curiosity of the Nothing Phone's Switch: A Disassembly Adventure

As I sit here with my hands on the Nothing Phone One, I have to admit that I've been wondering about one feature for weeks now. At the bottom of the back on both the white and black versions of this device, there's a small switch-like component that has always intrigued me. What is it? Is it an actual switch? The only way to find out is to take it apart.

I started by heating up the phone with a hair dryer to loosen the adhesive tape that holds the back plate in place. It wasn't easy - the metal was scorching hot! But I managed to cut away the white paint around the edges, which was necessary to expose the underlying screws. As I heated it up again and carefully cut through the adhesive, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and trepidation. What secrets would this device reveal?

Finally, after several attempts, I managed to disassemble the phone without risking any damage. The first thing that struck me was how little different it looked once the outer layers were removed. Gone was the sleek, white design that had captivated my attention when I first purchased the phone. Instead, I was faced with a relatively standard smartphone interior.

But then I noticed something peculiar - the main ribbon cable coming off, and another plastic tab holding the position of the back panel in place. It seemed like a clever design trick to keep everything in place without resorting to traditional screws or switches. And what's this? A Pogo pin connection for the speaker module! This was a new one for me.

As I delved deeper into the phone's interior, I found the charging coil to be an interesting touch. Normally, these coils are perfect circles, but in this case, they've been cut off at the edges to fit the design aesthetic of the phone. And then there were the aesthetic pieces - plastic and metal bits that add a touch of elegance to what could have been a standard smartphone.

But the pièce de résistance was the battery, motherboard, and SOC (System-on-Chip) all sitting proudly at the top. It was almost like they'd been waiting for me to come along and discover their secrets. And as I gazed upon this interior, I realized that just a few tweaks to the design had made such a big difference in terms of the look and feel of this particular device.

In conclusion, disassembling my Nothing Phone One has revealed some fascinating insights into its inner workings. Who knew that something as simple as a switch-like component could hold so much significance? It's been a wild ride, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to explore the inner secrets of this innovative smartphone.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enokay here's the deal i have published three videos this week and i'm now shooting my fourth and even though i've had the nothing phone one for over three weeks at this point i don't feel like i've used this device enough to do a proper review in time for the embargo so uh we're gonna have a little fun instead i have always wondered something about this phone ever since i got it in so at the bottom of the back on both the white one and the black one there's this thing that seems to look like a switch and i've always wondered what does it do is it an actual switch there's only one way to find out you gotta get in so today we are gonna open this thing up uh and see what all the secrets are inside the nothing fun one how about that intro though huh we had the time to do that just not the actual review okay uh i'm gonna pop this thing open but i did notice something or at least thought of something normally on phones you don't have to consider like what it looks like under like underneath the back plate but on the white nothing phone one they had to put some white paint around the edges to hide the adhesive tape and now i gotta cut all that away so uh i'm gonna heat it up i think that's the process heat it up with a hair dryer cut it and we'll see how that goes another try oh dude the metal is so hot how i'm in yes oh dude look at that okay i gotta be really really really slow here yes it's like a little book i'm opening the nothing book okay we're in boys first things first what does this switch do it's not a switch it's it's nothing but i have the back panel off okay it's time to disassemble this thing oh oh we're on to something something's lifting yes it's just like a plastic tab to hold the position how do i get this thing oh there it is i see how it works the main ribbon cable comes off then this comes off it feels like something is stuck here something's like screwed in over here but i can't see it it's like maybe underneath the plastic there's gotta be another screw underneath there what is this speaker would they make the speaker module like separate like this it it connects with pogo pins dude that's pretty cool so this is what the nothing phone is made of we have the back glass which has got this white trim around it uh we have the lighting components one thing i noticed about the led lighting is that they have this white film that goes on top of each led strip uh maybe it's to diffuse a little bit more maybe to kind of color the leds white so it looks a little bit cleaner on the back and then we have the charging coil this is kind of neat because normally with charging coils they have perfect circles but they've cut off the edges here to fit that design aesthetic and then over here are some aesthetic pieces like they just have these nice looking uh plastic pieces and metal bits okay and this last segment here is obviously the phone uh i could not disassemble any further than this without risking breaking it but you see the battery the motherboard and also the soc at the top there so there you have it that's a disassembled nothing phone i found it interesting how once you kind of peeled off that top layer of like the nice white design stuff it's just like a regular phone but if you think about it just a few tweaks to that aesthetic made such a big difference in terms of the look and feel of this particular device okay hope you enjoyed itokay here's the deal i have published three videos this week and i'm now shooting my fourth and even though i've had the nothing phone one for over three weeks at this point i don't feel like i've used this device enough to do a proper review in time for the embargo so uh we're gonna have a little fun instead i have always wondered something about this phone ever since i got it in so at the bottom of the back on both the white one and the black one there's this thing that seems to look like a switch and i've always wondered what does it do is it an actual switch there's only one way to find out you gotta get in so today we are gonna open this thing up uh and see what all the secrets are inside the nothing fun one how about that intro though huh we had the time to do that just not the actual review okay uh i'm gonna pop this thing open but i did notice something or at least thought of something normally on phones you don't have to consider like what it looks like under like underneath the back plate but on the white nothing phone one they had to put some white paint around the edges to hide the adhesive tape and now i gotta cut all that away so uh i'm gonna heat it up i think that's the process heat it up with a hair dryer cut it and we'll see how that goes another try oh dude the metal is so hot how i'm in yes oh dude look at that okay i gotta be really really really slow here yes it's like a little book i'm opening the nothing book okay we're in boys first things first what does this switch do it's not a switch it's it's nothing but i have the back panel off okay it's time to disassemble this thing oh oh we're on to something something's lifting yes it's just like a plastic tab to hold the position how do i get this thing oh there it is i see how it works the main ribbon cable comes off then this comes off it feels like something is stuck here something's like screwed in over here but i can't see it it's like maybe underneath the plastic there's gotta be another screw underneath there what is this speaker would they make the speaker module like separate like this it it connects with pogo pins dude that's pretty cool so this is what the nothing phone is made of we have the back glass which has got this white trim around it uh we have the lighting components one thing i noticed about the led lighting is that they have this white film that goes on top of each led strip uh maybe it's to diffuse a little bit more maybe to kind of color the leds white so it looks a little bit cleaner on the back and then we have the charging coil this is kind of neat because normally with charging coils they have perfect circles but they've cut off the edges here to fit that design aesthetic and then over here are some aesthetic pieces like they just have these nice looking uh plastic pieces and metal bits okay and this last segment here is obviously the phone uh i could not disassemble any further than this without risking breaking it but you see the battery the motherboard and also the soc at the top there so there you have it that's a disassembled nothing phone i found it interesting how once you kind of peeled off that top layer of like the nice white design stuff it's just like a regular phone but if you think about it just a few tweaks to that aesthetic made such a big difference in terms of the look and feel of this particular device okay hope you enjoyed it\n"