Blood, sweat, and lots of glue later, we give you:

A pile of 'pod parts...

and a collection of case components.

Every single one of the amazing X-ray images in this teardown comes to you by way of our ingenious friends at Creative Electron. Hi guys!

Update: One of our overseas contributors found a clever way to open the charging case far less destructively, by first deforming it with a vise. If you've got a dead battery and nothing to lose, give it a try!