Ask HN: iPhone X Tear Down

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If I want to destroy my iphone and take the drive. Where is the hard disk?

There is no hard disk, as in spinning magnetic storage.

The step-by-step teardown at https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+X+Teardown/98975 shows that the Toshiba TSB3234X68354TWNA1 64 GB flash memory is on the outside of the logic board sandwich; step 12.

iFixit is the place for tear-downs; here's their video on the iPhone X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oz-Q3tn70k

Though I think you'll be disappointed, that stuff is probably soldered on and can't be removed.