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  • [Cambry's female voice:] Hello there. Today we're going to take apart the Black Shark

  • 3 Pro. We're going to see what's inside. I've personally never filleted a shark before,

  • but there's a first time for everything. There's a lot more glass shards on this desk than

  • you might think. But this is a gaming phone and it has two pop-up buttons on the side.

  • Looks like this phone has already been through a lot...let's hope it survives whatever we're

  • about to do next. Let's get started.

  • [Intro]

  • First thing we want to do is take this over-sized hairdryer and heat up the edges and hope the

  • phone doesn't melt. Personally I think it's a bad idea and a rather strange hobby to have,

  • but here we are. Apparently a suction cup and razor blade are like real tools.

  • Personally, I'm going to wear a glove because a) I like my fingers, and b) it seems like

  • a smart thing to do at this point. And you'd kind of have to be crazy not to wear one.

  • You might have noticed something's a bit different today and you are correct. I'm doing everything

  • left handed. The whole goal today is to take the Shark apart, put it back together, and

  • hopefully have it still be alive when I'm done.

  • The glass panel on the back of this phone is a way different shape than we normally

  • see. But the heat and gentle prying with my metal tools seems to do the trick. I feel

  • like the Shark and I just got thrown into the deep end together.

  • I'm adding a lot of heat because I've been told that glass is glass, and glass can break.

  • Apparently the heat gun can also burn the table if you're not careful. But after a whole

  • lot of razor interaction, the back glass finally comes away from the phone revealing a whole

  • lot of inside stuff. There is one metal plate keeping the back from coming off completely,

  • and at times like these, you might suggest another pair of hands to be helpful. But I'm

  • sure with all of my experience, this will turn out just fine.

  • With the plate gone, the ribbon can unsnap just like a little Lego...a very expensive

  • and fragile Lego. Now that the bow-tie shaped piece of glass is off, we can delve into the

  • Shark's epidermis...stressful. I'll just set this piece down...somewhere. Where am I gonna

  • put you?

  • Right off the bat I can tell this is not a normal phone. The Shark's chances of survival

  • have diminished significantly, but the show must go on. There are 4 screws holding down

  • the metal plate over the oddly shaped and oddly placed motherboard. The whole thing

  • is sitting in the spine of the phone. I'll remove the plate while trying not to break

  • it because that would be rather unfortunate.

  • So this is the battery, right? [Zack laughing] What?!

  • -[Zack] Those long copper things?

  • -[Cambry] Isn't it like the cooling system for the battery? That's what you cut open

  • and there's liquid in it right? And there's a big cooling copper system because it's a

  • gaming phone. Is that real?

  • -[Zack] It's real, yeah it's real.

  • -[Cambry] Thank you. I've watched a few videos.

  • With the back off we can see a copper cooling system. Okay.... since this is a gaming phone,

  • it's got a big one. Thumbs up for that.

  • Now we can take out the camera, the three more Lego ribbon cords, and 5 more screws.

  • Plus, we get to pull the razor blade out for an extra dose of impending catastrophe. I'm

  • not nervous...you're nervous. Now the tri-cameras are free and we can see that none of them

  • have OIS. This is stabilization happening right here...or not! Which is disappointing.

  • I was looking forward to that jiggly part. Okay....let's see what else is interesting

  • about this phone.

  • The top loud speaker comes out next. Okay. You might be thinking to yourself, 'Hey Jerry,

  • why don't we see any batteries yet?' And that's a good question. I have no idea. I do know

  • that there is a piece of black plastic down here that needs to come out. Watch this. One

  • cool trick is if you hold the screwdriver still and just rotate the entire phone the

  • correct direction, the screws come out eventually. Science.

  • There's a little bit of black tape and a small snake connector clamping onto the black bits.

  • And then the bottom loudspeaker can come away from the phone. What is that thing? It also

  • has little balls inside like we saw in the Galaxy S20 Ultra. They look like spider eggs,

  • which is kind of gross.

  • Thirteen more connectors on the motherboard makes this feel like an old school operation

  • game I played as a kid. Which means I'm basically an expert. Finally the motherboard only has

  • 3 screws left holding it in place. These are essentially screws with a screw hole inside

  • of the screw so that a screw can screw into the screw. Okay. Unfortunately, even with

  • those mega screws removed, the motherboard is still stuck, which means we have to go

  • in from the other side...under the screen.

  • This is way more than I signed up for at this point. Gloves are back on and the blow dryer

  • is back. And I might have had help with the initial incision. The tricky part is that

  • if the razor pokes too far into the screen, it can crack the display under the glass,

  • which kills the Shark, and if you remember, we are trying to avoid that. The fragile glass

  • on the outside of the screen is stronger than the display underneath, which is saying something.

  • So I'm keeping my razor blade only on the very thin sliver of glass along the edge.

  • And just like the back glass panel, there's yet another ribbon cable for the screen guarded

  • by a metal plate. Smaller this time with just one screw. Like a little Lego. And the screen

  • is off, with it's pretty copper backing and built-in fingerprint scanner. I'll set that

  • off to the side since we're still on the hunt for batteries.

  • I will never ask to do one of these again, just FYI!

  • There is a massive black sticker still covering the phone at this point. I'll peel off the

  • sticker bits that are connected to the copper. One perk though of removing the screen is

  • that last screw was the final part that was holding the motherboard in place. And now

  • she can finally be free. I'll be very careful since this seems like an important piece of

  • technology. Gotta admit though, it looks pretty cool with it's copper arms on each side. Sandwiching

  • the brain together. I can literally see through the phone at this point, but I still don't

  • see any batteries, which means it's time to remove...wait for it...29 more screws! Right?!

  • Who does this?! With the metal plate finally gone though... it has 2 batteries...which

  • makes sense. In order to hit that 65 watts of fast charging. It's just like charging

  • 2 batteries up at the same time. Interesting. Double the batteries, double the charging

  • speed.

  • We can also get a closeup look at the mechanical pop-up buttons at this point. If I push on

  • this thing here, I can get the other thing to pop out there. Which is fun. And finally,

  • the vibrator motor is over here next to the charging port. Finally now that we've seen

  • the insides, you should just play this video in reverse to see how it goes back together.

  • Just kidding, I'm not a quitter. I want our Shark friend to live.

  • Twenty-nine screws later, I can put the motherboard back into it's cubby and gently place it back

  • into the spine of the phone and start reattaching the Sharknado of connectors all over the place.

  • Then the bottom plastics go in. And the top plastics get set down. Along with the triple

  • camera. And the metal plate over the top of the board to screw everything in tight. Then

  • we can take the back glass panel and plug the rear LED into the motherboard again.

  • And we get the final moment of truth, after we put the screen back on. I'll clip the last

  • ribbon into the phone and remove the suction cup that I forgot to take off. What?! And

  • trust me, I'm just as surprised as you are! It's alive. I did not see that coming. And

  • everything still works. The screen is on and functioning like normal. And I didn't have

  • that many screws leftover either. Definitely a good one time experience.

  • Enjoy the rest of your April 1st. Did you enjoy seeing the insides of this phone? Let

  • me know in the comments. Come hang out with us on Instagram and Twitter. Hit that subscribe

  • button if you haven't already. And thanks a ton for watching. I'll see you around.

[Cambry's female voice:] Hello there. Today we're going to take apart the Black Shark

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