2007 – 2025

Inside every* iPhone.

Nineteen years, opened up. A phone built from everyone’s chips, slowly becoming a phone built by Apple alone.

*Not every variant Apple has shipped, but one iPhone a year, plus the ones that changed what’s inside: the 5c, SE, 12 mini, 15 Pro Max and Air. The Plus and Pro twins we skipped are, inside, near-copies of the one beside them.

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Built by Akash Wadhwani · The Data Drop · 2026. Not affiliated with Apple.
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