Mobility

Cracking Open the HTC Titan II

By // April 19, 2012, 12:06 PM PST // billdetwiler

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  • HTC Titan II teardown

    Released in April 2012, the HTC Titan II is a solid Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) handset. But, how does its hardware compare to the previous Titan (just a few months old) and Nokia's flagship Windows Phone handset--the Lumia 900? Following along as I crack open the HTC Titan II for a look at the hardware inside.

    For a detailed analysis of the teardown, check out my article and video, Titan II teardown shows replaceable battery, similarities with Lumia 900.

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  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Pricing

    The HTC Titan II retails for $199 (with a two-year contract) through AT&T. We purchased our test unit (sans contract) for $549 plus tax.

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  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Box contents

    Inside the Titan II's box are the handset, USB cable, power adapter, and product documentation.

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  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Hardware specifications and dimensions

    The Titan II has a single-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 processor (QSD8055), 512 MB of RAM, 16GB of flash storage, a 7.7" WVGA super LCD (800 x 480 resolution), 802.11 b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth, a 16-megapixel rear-facing camera, and a 1.3MP front-facing camera. It measures measures 5.2" (H) x 2.70" (W) x 0.4" (D) and weighs 6.1 ounces.

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  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Back

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Headphone jack, speaker, camera, LED flash, power button, volume and camera button

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Microphone, bottom cover, USB connector

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the bottom cover

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the visible lower case screws

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Uncovering two of the hidden case screws

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Uncovering the last hidden case screw

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the upper cover

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Upper cover removed

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the upper case screws

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Separating the display assembly from the body

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the body

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Display assembly and body

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the battery

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: 3.7V, 1,730 mAh Li-Ion battery (BG86100)

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the battery compartment and upper PCB cover screws

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the battery compartment and upper PCB cover

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Battery compartment and upper PCB cover - Front

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Battery compartment and upper PCB cover - Back

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Internal hardware

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Disconnecting the PCB connectors

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Disconnecting the vibration motor

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Upper and lower motherboard connector

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Lifting up the upper and lower PCB connector wire

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the PCBs

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Disconnecting the last PCB connector \

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Display/front panel assembly

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Upper and lower PCBs

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Disconnecting the upper and lower PCB connecting wires

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Disconnecting the upper and lower PCB ribbon cables

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Upper and lower PCBs - Front

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Upper and lower PCBs - Back

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the front-facing camera

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: 1.3MP front-facing camera

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the rear-facing camera

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: 16MP rear-facing camera

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the SIM card slot

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: SIM card slot and attached metal shield

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the LED flash PCB

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Unknown CXD5501GG-01 150E1162 (perhaps a Sony Semiconductor IC)

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Removing the proximity sensor

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Proximity sensor

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Broadcom BCM4330 802.11a/b/g/n MAC/Baseband/Radio with Integrated Bluetooth 4.0+HS & FM Transceiver (BCM4330FKUB6)

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Atmel mXT224 touchscreen controller and 3.5mm headphone jack

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Upper PCB - Front

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Upper PCB - Back

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Lower PCB - Front

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Lower PCB - Back

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Qualcomm MDM9200 3G/4G wireless modem

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: 16GB Samsung KLMAG4FEJA-A002 moviNAND chip

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Qualcomm PM8058 power management IC

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Micron 11D12 NQ279

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Avago ACPM-7868 Power Amplifier Module Linear Quad-Band GSM/EDGE

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Unknown A5017 K1132 EC015

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Miscellaneous unknown ICs

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Texas Instruments TLV320AIC3254 Very Low-Power Stereo Audio CODEC with miniDSP and Power TuneTM Technology

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Qualcomm PM8028 power management IC

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Qualcomm QTR8600 RF Transceiver (QTR8615L ACV147.0 H41470A7)

  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Samsung K3PE4E400K-XG(1) 4Gb LP DDR2 DRAM (512MB) and 1.5GHz single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 processor (QSD8055)

    The HTC Titan II's 1.5GHz single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 processor (QSD8055) is located under the Samsung K3PE4E400K-XG(1) 4Gb LP DDR2 DRAM (512MB).

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  • Cracking Open HTC Titan II: Completely disassembled

HTC Titan II teardown

Released in April 2012, the HTC Titan II is a solid Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) handset. But, how does its hardware compare to the previous Titan (just a few months old) and Nokia's flagship Windows Phone handset--the Lumia 900? Following along as I crack open the HTC Titan II for a look at the hardware inside.

For a detailed analysis of the teardown, check out my article and video, Titan II teardown shows replaceable battery, similarities with Lumia 900.

Photo by: Bill Detwiler / TechRepublic
Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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Bill Detwiler is Managing Editor of TechRepublic and Tech Pro Research and the host of Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Prior to joining TechRepublic in 2000, Bill was an IT manager, database administrator, and desktop supp...