Nexus 6P teardown yields very low repairability score

29 October, 2015
There are many differences between the two Nexus smartphones Google announced this year, the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. One is cheaper, the other more premium, for example. But now there's a new big difference between the two - how easy each of them is to repair.

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  • AnonD-235846
  • n74
  • 04 Nov 2015

Well, he posted a new video, this time with a brand new nexus out of the box without torturing it first. Again, not pretty.

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    • Anonymous
    • gID
    • 31 Oct 2015

    AnonD-235846, 30 Oct 2015Jerry rig everything has posted a YouTube about the durabil... moreCheck out Max Lee's (zedomax) P6 video. Because that shows a real Nexus 6P, not a fake.

      I shall not be recommending the 6P!

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        • AnonD-235846
        • 38e
        • 30 Oct 2015

        Jerry rig everything has posted a YouTube about the durability of the Nexus 6P.
        Gsmarena doesn't allow the link but I suggest you look for it
        It's not pretty.

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          • Anonymous
          • 0Tt
          • 29 Oct 2015

          AnonD-442781, 29 Oct 2015Unless its easy enough for a significant number of people t... moreLi-ion batteries are considered a "consumable" so all products including them have a relatively easy way to replace them. Phones used to have that too.

          Basically what's going with current phones is a scam as it is a *guarantee* that after 4 years of use the phone will hold less than half the charge.

          Adding an easy way to replace the battery would probably add 1 mm to the profile of a phone, so it can't be looks (phones are already way too thin). To say that "it's not needed" is disingenuous. I *hate* to have to replace my phone every two years. My 4+years old S2 is perfectly usable, if it had sealed battery, it would have been a paperweight.

          So -no- certain parts of a phone's repairability absolutely have to be high.

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            • Anonymous
            • Tcf
            • 29 Oct 2015

            I read reparability scores and it influences my buying decisions. I am mostly interested in ease of battery replacement. I keep my phones in my family long enough that the original battery will fail. I don't mind proprietary fasteners, but there is just no way I am going to take a heat gun or iOpener to a phone.

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              • AnonD-442781
              • JiR
              • 29 Oct 2015

              Unless its easy enough for a significant number of people to fix themselves its not a big deal, unless it affects price. If I ever damaged my screen I would probably not even consider self-repair.

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                • Bomj
                • QeE
                • 29 Oct 2015

                As tech becomes more sophisticated, thinner, smaller and denser, I wonder if there's even a point in repairability score anymore?
                Once a kid with a kitchen knife could open and put back together a phone, now you need pro-kit and instructions.
                It's like complaining that latest sedan has poorer repairability score than cart pulled by a horse.

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