and I've got it apart:
It was pretty tough going and iFixit comments like "This repair will destroy your soul. I would not recommend even attempting it without even more specialized tools (eye loupe, headlamp, preternatural patience) as it is extraordinarily easy to ruin your phone with one quick misstep. I've thrown in the towel after weeks of attempting the job." are much more understandable now.
The reassembly starts out challenging but got easy once the power button, earpiece and logic board were back in. Firing it up revealed that half of the digitizer no longer worked. The left hand of the display sensed my finger but the right half was dead. I'm guessing the the cable was damaged as it was in the way of one of the power button screws.
I have a lot more respect for how the iPhone is assembled but don't think it's weekend repair material.
