iFixIt’s Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge teardown shows it’s nearly impossible to repair

We’ve already seen how hard it is to take apart a Samsung Galaxy S6 thanks to its dual-sided glass design, so surely the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is in the same ballpark, no? iFixIt confirms that much in their latest teardown.

In fact, it’s predictably even more difficult to disassemble and repair than the Samsung Galaxy S6 thanks to the unique construction and engineering that had to happen for the device’s Edge display. The device’s battery is actually glued to the flexible display, and iFixIt says that it’s incredibly difficult to remove the front pane of glass without shattering both the glass slab and the display unit itself.

This forced them to give the Galaxy S6 Edge a 3/10 on the repairability scale, with 10 being the easiest. This tells us it likely isn’t going to be the best idea to try your hand at a home repair should you ever need it, so be sure to keep Samsung’s customer service number handy. Be sure to check out the full teardown at the jump!

[via iFixIt]

iFixit’s HTC One M9 teardown shows a phone just as infuriating to repair as last year’s model

iFixit has long been a fabulous resource for definitive smartphone teardowns. You guys may remember that not too long ago, they even launched Android dedicated section on their site where regular users, such as yourself, can snap pics of any repairs you do on your device to share with others.

Now we already got a look at a sort of rough HTC One M9 teardown last week. The video was a tad overexposed and out of focus, but it got the job done. Definitely not as comprehensive as iFixit’s usual step-by-step process. The one thing last week’s video and iFixit agree on: the HTC One M9’s display is hard as balls to fix.

According to iFixit, the One M9 gets a few points for ditching a lot of the sticky tape found on the One M8, but loses even more points for continuing to use “intense” adhesives that make removing components tough and even dangerous in some cases. When it comes to replacing the display — the most common smartphone component in need of repairs — you’ll have to tunnel through the entire phone just to replace it. Not cool.

In the end, iFixit was not at all amused with HTC’s infuriating internal design and even joked that HTC should be an acronym for “Has To Change,” The HTC One M9 received a repairability score of 2 out 10. Suddenly, it makes sense why the HTC offers that amazing Uh Oh protection because, let’s be honest, ain’t no way in hell any normal person is going to be repairing their One M9 should the screen break.

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View the LG G4 under X-Ray in iFixIt’s latest teardown

The guys at iFixIt got their hands on the LG G4 to do nothing other than tear it down to its bare bits. So what’s inside? Everything is as you’d expect: LG has crafted a neat smartphone with solid internals. It’s not an amazing, revolutionary engineering job, but it doesn’t need to be.

The phone scored an 8/10 on repairability, where 10 is easiest. The only points take off were due to the device’s glass + display fushion, which means you have to replace both the display and the cover glass if either part breaks. Beside that, there are a minimum amount of tools needed to break into this thing, and you’re sure to find an easy fix for any future mishaps.

One bonus thing you might want to jump through the source link for is a look at all of these components in X-Ray. The X-Ray doesn’t reveal any alien technology, of course, but it does look pretty cool.

[via iFixIt]