Teardown video shows Nio Phone 2’s premium and not so premium components

Nio unveiled its second smartphone during the 2024 Innovation Day, which also brought a new car OS and the industry’s first 5nm smart driving chip. How does a car maker build smartphones? The same way that smartphone makers do, more or less. WekiHome has a detailed disassembly video that offers a peek inside the phone.

The Nio Phone 2 upgrades the original design with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (up from Gen 2). The disassembly process starts as usual, by removing the SIM card tray. There’s a rubber ring to keep water out (the phone is rated IP68 and claims it can dive up to 2m underwater for 30…