Galaxy Note7 is ever so slightly easier to repair than the S7, teardown reveals

18 August, 2016
Tomorrow is the official release date for the Samsung Galaxy Note7 in the US, so it's fitting that we get the phone's teardown delivered to us today. The experts at iFixit have done it again and took apart a Note7 unit for science. And public interest.

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  • AnonD-126854
  • n7R
  • 20 Aug 2016

I don't understand why they gave only one point over the S7 Edge? Should at least two points more, for what read:
1.Components can be replaced independent of one another, while charging port board can be removed without taking the display out.
2.The battery can be removed without disassembling the motherboard
3.Note7 employs the new Gorilla Glass 5, which should be harder to shatter when repare the phone.
WARNING:(don't believe the fake scratch-test video)

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    • I love Qnovo
    • vV5
    • 19 Aug 2016

    I love Qnovo, 19 Aug 2016This phone must be ultra-strong, no need for any repair, th... moreDon't wait till that day for repair lol!

      This phone must be ultra-strong, no need for any repair, that's why the repair score is not good.

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        • Anonymous
        • 3uW
        • 19 Aug 2016

        This phone is gonna be full of scratches in the first week. What's the point of having a great design if it's so fragile.

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          • Anonymous
          • 3I{
          • 19 Aug 2016

          Just like the sdcard is outside the glued water sealing then the battery could be too thereby making it easy to replace without a heat gun. A device like the note 7 costing an arm and a leg you do not just replace in 2 years when and because the battery is worn out.

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            • mir
            • t7X
            • 19 Aug 2016

            A Note 4 user, 18 Aug 2016which only confirms: Note 7 has been designed to be a 1-yea... moreSomething tells me that you're just salty. Get another phone man. If you hate this so much. No ones forcing you to "waste" your money.

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              • Mitch
              • RIE
              • 19 Aug 2016

              AnonD-190634, 19 Aug 2016Damn it :( And I assume it wont be waterproof anymore :(Obviously mate obviously

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                • AnonD-190634
                • st8
                • 19 Aug 2016

                Damn it :(

                And I assume it wont be waterproof anymore :(

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                  • AnonD-398362
                  • k2p
                  • 19 Aug 2016

                  A Note 4 user, 18 Aug 2016which only confirms: Note 7 has been designed to be a 1-yea... moreDid you expect to use the phone for m I really than 3 years? Because if your phone is older than 3 years you have a problem mate. Don't hate on a phone you can't afford anyways and then go buy an iPhone for its "convenience"

                    Hahaha, oh Samsung. Super expensive phone and super hard to repair on your own. No thanks.

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                      • rich
                      • Pxs
                      • 18 Aug 2016

                      A Note 4 user, 18 Aug 2016which only confirms: Note 7 has been designed to be a 1-yea... morethe battery is removable man

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                        • AnonD-551566
                        • PH0
                        • 18 Aug 2016

                        and yet the carriers (at least in my country) have no clue how to repair a phone (is ever needed) and they spend weeks (if not months) to repair anything, so after sales are really messy T.T

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                          • A Note 4 user
                          • MKP
                          • 18 Aug 2016

                          which only confirms: Note 7 has been designed to be a 1-year disposable phone, but is not priced like one (850 EUR).

                          To pay 850 EUR for Note 7, when it has non-removable battery (programmed obsolense) that is very hard to replace, fragile irreplaceable screen due to curved edges, and no warranty if you are rooted, i think is to throw money away.

                          this disposable phone should have cost 500 EUR maximum.

                            I think this can also be considered as innovation right?