Apple engineers went to great lengths to conceal the innards of the iPhone 4 with an elegant glass case that looks like a cool black monolith, but now teardown wizards over at iFixit have tweaked that design in order to expose the guts of the handset to the world. Think circuit boards, the large battery and everything else one normally doesn't see. iFixIt's solution rocks camera lens, the flash diffuser and bezel to ensure proper operation of the back camera and pristine appearance of your phone. Read on…
The sweet transparent rear panel for your iPhone 4 will set you back $29.95. It's also a cheaper option for those who broke the original back on their device, if you ask me.
You will need to unscrew the original back panel using a Phillips #00 screwdriver and replace it with the transparent one.
It only works with the GSM iPhone 4 because Apple changed the rear panel layout on the Verizon iPhone so iFixit's solution won't work.
There are other places to go for even cheaper solutions –Check SK-Box.com.
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