In fact, PBKreviews posted the video on Thursday and it has already garnered over 100,000 views. This is despite the fact that the teardown revealed relatively few surprises inside the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The biggest disappointment for some customers may be the lack of change in a certain area. The teardown includes the US version of the iPhone 14 Pro Max, meaning there is no SIM tray, but the space freed up by this absence contains what appears to be plastic filler rather than any additional component. The original version of the video claimed that space contained a satellite module. However, this claim was removed in a later edit following viewer feedback. You can see more discussion of the “filler” in a Reddit thread about the video. For those in the know, of course, this comes as no surprise. Apple may do away with physical SIM trays altogether at some point in the near future, but since it’s making two versions – eSIM only in the US and physical SIM everywhere else – it makes a lot more logistical sense to keep them as similar as possible. There are some changes worth checking out in the teardown, such as repositioning the TrueDepth camera to match the pill on the Dynamic Island and the appearance of a metal plate for heat dissipation. And the details of the new camera setup are interesting and informative. But it’s likely that most viewers will remember what hasn’t changed more than what has.
