physically deinstall/access phone/tablet internal memory
Here's an iPad 3 Teardown. 

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-3G-Teardown/2374/2

as you can see, all of the parts are surface mount, and many of them are probably BGA, making it impossible to get to the pins. 

What do you think would be easier with direct access to storage?