What the inside of Google's Pixel 2 XL looks like, including those weird squeeze sensors

In a time when prying a smartphone open (without destroying it) is about as easy as cracking a safe, Google's Pixel 2 XL is a welcome surprise. 

That's the main conclusion I get from iFixit's typically thorough teardown of the phone that's just begun to ship to buyers.

Opening the phone up will require some specialized equipment, but at least there's no need to heat it up. And once you remove the display, most components are fairly easy to remove. 

Not all of them, though: The battery is pretty hard to extract, according to iFixit.  Read more...