Gizmodo couldn't visibly see the components because they were encased in black plastic or something. They didn't want to open the casing, since they planned on returning the device and were worried about breaking something.
I know that since what we've all seen metal shielding throughout the PCB covering vital components like the processor, power amplifiers. All they need is tweezers to pry the metal shielding off since I've done that before. The plastic molding is labeled with date codes, part number etc.