Name: How many screens can Smartphones have? - Teardown Axon M
Uploaded: 2020-03-06T20:01:45.000Z
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If you remember from my durability test video, the Axon M only has 1 camera.

Someone asked me in the comments of that video what would happen if I tried opening Snapchat

and the normal camera app at the same time.

I decided to try it on an app people actually use though, like Instagram, and then also

opened up the regular camera app at the same time.

And interestingly enough, both apps stayed open, but only actively displayed the camera

on whatever side of the screen I touched last.

Simultaneous live streams between different apps aren't possible right now, but maybe

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A question I have is can you add more than 2 screens to the smartphone.

Let's jump inside this dual screen Axon M and see how it's put together.

There are 7 little plastic squares covering up little screws.

The exterior screws are all t5 and do a good job of securing that back panel.

With the screws gone, the back panel pops up and away from the back of the phone, giving

It's got it's 2 Phillips head screws holding on that silver bracket.

I'll remove that and unplug the battery connector just like a little Lego.

Now, ZTE added a sweet little pull tab to their battery, but don't let this fool you.

It's purely decoration and doesn't actually work.

Sometimes brute force is the only option.

This 3180 milliamp hour battery might be a little small to be powering dual screens,

There are 5 more Phillips head screws down at the bottom of the phone holding down the

You can see the golden contact pads on the bottom which receive communication off of

The charging port itself unplugs and pulls away from the phone easy enough.

This little black board is USB-C and includes two more contact points for the vibration

Same as the loud speaker, this circular vibration motor receives power and communication through

I'll pull out the SIM and SD card tray next...cuz that's still in there.

And while the motherboard doesn't have any extra screws holding it in place, it does

The front screen extension ribbon cable, the charging port extension, a few circular wire

cables, side button ribbons, and finally the interesting plug here on the left is the secondary

rear display ribbon, which looks quite a bit different than a regular screen ribbon connection.

I assumed the small gold ribbon under the headphone jack was for the headphone jack.

It's actually for the front sensors...so now those just won't work anymore.

The singular camera on the Axon M is a 20 megapixel beast, but does not have any optical

The Axon M's camera doubles as the front and rear camera since there are screens on both

Inside the frame we have the normal thermal foam stuff between the processor and the metal

And down here at the bottom we can see how the front screen is connected.

Like most Androids these days, the screen is glued into the frame of the phone from

the front, which means removing it is catastrophic to the screen.

But if it does need to be replaced, the new little ribbon would feed through this hole

Now for the secondary screen, it's got two large screws holding itself to the main body

of the phone, and then the whole thing lifts up and away from the phone body.

Interesting to see a lot of the wire cables running through that hinge.

One screen connection, and two screws is all this secondary screen has.

Just like plugging in a second monitor into your desk top computer.

If ZTE were to add one more screen plug into the motherboard and another hinge on the opposite

side of the phone, I don't see why we couldn't have a triple screen phone in the future.

It's pretty similar to Razer's Project Valerie, or my own triple screen laptop that I built

Looking closely at the screen connector, it has the same contacts we see inside the standard

ribbons, but this one's designed to be flexed over and over again inside that hinge constantly.

A normal Lego style thin ribbon wouldn't be able to stand up to that kind of abuse, but

I'll get the round wire cables tucked back inside the hinge, and the secondary screen

Let me know in the comments: would you ever buy a triple screen phone?

I think if they were able to shrink the bezels down a bit between the hinges it would be

It's kind of like having a tablet in your pocket.

The motherboard is back into place with it's beautifully torn front sensors.

It's kind of one less thing to worry about...right?

I'll get the side buttons plugged in along with the normal front screen extension cable,

There are 3 wire cables going back into place.

These guys are fragile and their heads can pop off if you pull too hard, so I'm being

Since the secondary screen connector is a bit different than the rest, mostly just more

thin, I'll clip that in with my tweezers and plastic pry tool.

The charging port board can snuggle back into place.

There is no water resistance on this phone whatsoever.

I'll plop the loudspeaker back over the charging port with it's 5 black Phillips head screws.

And finally the battery with it's now deceivingly weak pull tab ripped off, can slip back into

I always like to plug the battery in last.

Before we can test the phone and see if it still works, I'll get the silver bracket back

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