With all the craziness surrounding the Nexus One and how its hardware is absolutely stunning, the folks over at iFixit.com have decided to take apart the Nexus One and see what makes it tick.

As usual, iFixit provides very crisp photos and extremely detailed step by step guides on how to repair or take apart many different types of electronics.

It makes me cringe to see the Nexus One, a $600 smartphone, being taken apart, but it is pretty neat to see the interior. Check out the highlights and photos below from iFixit’s teardown:

* The 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor is quite speedy. We had a Motorola Droid on-hand for comparison, and it seemed to us that everything went a bit more smoothly on the Nexus One — at least before we took it apart.

* The unbelievably easy task of removing the plastic rear cover gives access to the replaceable battery. Hey Apple, take notes!

* This phone is very nicely put together and has no visible screws. Yet, we were able to remove the battery cover, unscrew three screws, and take off the battery holder frame. Depending on the part, the phone can certainly be user-serviceable.

* It’s quite a colorful phone on the inside. HTC/Google was nice enough to include greens, yellows, oranges, dark grays, and all sorts of other colors inside the Nexus One.

* Nexus One chip winners include Qualcomm, Broadcom, Skyworks, TI, Samsung, Synaptics, Atmel, and Audience.

* The 3.7-inch (diagonal) WVGA AMOLED touchscreen is made by Samsung, the same screen supplier as for Microsoft’s Zune HD.

* Qualcomm is certainly the chip winner for the Nexus One, having three of the largest-profile chips in the device: processor, power management chip, and RF transceiver.

* The 802.11n capability gives the Nexus an advantage over the iPhone 3GS, which only has 802.11g. The Broadcom BCM4329 chip in the Nexus is the same chip found in Apple’s newest (3rd generation) iPod touch, and also has Bluetooth and FM transceiver functionality.

[iFixit]