Motorola Droid Bionic (XT865) Teardown

Summary

The Droid Bionic was manufactured by Motorola. It marks Motorola’s first entry into the LTE handset market. But that is not the only news: the Bionic sports one of the latest TI application processors and an LTE baseband chip designed by Motorola. This report details the OMAP processor, the LTE modem chip, and all of the other chips in the phone. The complete teardown includes high resolution photos of each of the chips, dismantling photos, unique board shots, performance measurements, a block diagram, cost information, and board area data.

  • Motorola Droid Bionic (XT865) Teardown
  • Specifications
  • Dismantle Photos
    • 8 High-Resolution Photos
  • Board Photos
    • 5 High-Resolution Photos
  • Power Measurements
  • Block Diagram
  • Parts List / EBOM
  • Application Processor
    • 1 teardown containing 7 High-Resolution Photos
  • Baseband
    • 1 teardown containing 9 High-Resolution Photos
  • Baseband,RF
    • 1 teardown containing 9 High-Resolution Photos
  • Connectivity
    • 1 teardown containing 6 High-Resolution Photos
  • Memory
    • 3 teardowns containing 15 High-Resolution Photos
  • PM Discrete
    • 4 teardowns containing 29 High-Resolution Photos
  • Phone
    • 2 teardowns containing 0 High-Resolution Photos
  • Power Management
    • 3 teardowns containing 19 High-Resolution Photos
  • RF
    • 1 teardown containing 6 High-Resolution Photos
  • RF Front End
    • 21 teardowns containing 136 High-Resolution Photos
  • Sensor
    • 5 teardowns containing 32 High-Resolution Photos