Samsung Galaxy Note20 teardown reveals densely packed body and hard to remove battery

21 August 2020
Take a look at what it takes to gut out the new Galaxy Note20.

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  • 3TC
  • 24 Aug 2020

How is that battery difficult to remove? I used to have a repair shop (which was closed by choice, not forced by apple) and have done more difficult removals than that.

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    • tVu
    • 24 Aug 2020

    MrDong, 22 Aug 2020Wrong. Many Chinese OEMs, Huawei or Xiaomi, has consiste... morethe fact that you took scores from a pro apple channel/source shows your shallow knowledge on the subject.
    As least have the decency to get from an independent non-bias source.

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      • xZI
      • 22 Aug 2020

      Anonymous, 22 Aug 2020Slowly slowly catching up to the Chinese companies. Very an... moreWrong.

      Many Chinese OEMs, Huawei or Xiaomi, has consistently included pull-tabs. Its repairability is not up to iPhone standard but still acceptable.

      Samsung, with an iFixIt score of only 3 in very many models especially flagship S and Note, can be said. Samsung has been anti-repair and pretends that their phones are easier and cheaper to fix than an iPhone when that's not the case.

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        • 39x
        • 22 Aug 2020

        alex, 21 Aug 2020The boom is coming... History repeats itself... you really should not have access to a keyboard, and 2016 called, they want their lame jokes back

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          • Anonymous
          • 39b
          • 22 Aug 2020

          Slowly slowly catching up to the Chinese companies. Very anti consumer of them to not include pull tabs, don't buy their stuff.

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            • Anonymous
            • n5a
            • 22 Aug 2020

            Anonymous, 21 Aug 20202 famous youtubers just telling that even the snapdragon ve... moregot no colling what so ever all cramped together and exynos already baf with heat and throttling alot need to change with amd gpu if its as powerful as thry saying or after 1 min it be throttling to 10% performance s10 throttle to 40% performance after few minutes 👏 and ecyno is already 50% slower than snapdragon so its effectively 30 40 % of snapdragon performance

              Anonymous, 21 Aug 20202 famous youtubers just telling that even the snapdragon ve... moreWhich Youtubers?

                Anonymous, 21 Aug 2020Years later and thats all you can say Be happy that they... moreWhat? Tech packed inside unlike others? What are babbling on about? They ain't putting jelly beans inside instead. They are "packed" with tech too. Just at a lower price. Sounds like you're packed with something that rhymes with tit.

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 21 Aug 2020

                  Anonymous, 21 Aug 2020At least when it's time for a battery replacement. Bee... moreBut... How are people gonna buy the Note 21 Ultra then? /s

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                    • Anonymous
                    • U{7
                    • 21 Aug 2020

                    MrDong, 21 Aug 2020Worse in repairability. Expensive iPhone has got a 6 rat... moreThey want to scam you for what you're worth in the name of servicing. Apple is a different story. Huawei manages to be innovative and repairable whereas Samsung is all about hype and explosive advertising😉.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • U{7
                      • 21 Aug 2020

                      alex, 21 Aug 2020The boom is coming... History repeats itself... I see note 7 written all over the 20 series.

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                        • 21 Aug 2020

                        [deleted post]Ok, what phone do you use then? 🙉

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                          • 21 Aug 2020

                          Worse in repairability.

                          Expensive iPhone has got a 6 rating from iFixIt for several years consecutively.

                          Huawei phones get 5.

                          All Samsung flagships get 3. Samsung has always been a joke in terms of repairability.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 3Jd
                            • 21 Aug 2020

                            alex, 21 Aug 2020The boom is coming... History repeats itself... Years later and thats all you can say

                            Be happy that they packed their phones full with tech unlike others

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                              • Anonymous
                              • tED
                              • 21 Aug 2020

                              2 famous youtubers just telling that even the snapdragon version heats up pretty fast compared to S20 ultra and you may check it out by yourself there's almost 2.5 hours on screen time difference between S20 ultra.
                              it throttles back besides while gaming there's a significant battery drain and now looking this tear down that actually explains it all.no more explosive notes please !

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                                • Anonymous
                                • pN4
                                • 21 Aug 2020

                                alex, 21 Aug 2020The boom is coming... History repeats itself... At least when it's time for a battery replacement. Been there as well. I guess 10 cents worth of pull tabs are too much to ask for €900 and over €1000 phones...

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                                  • GLN
                                  • 21 Aug 2020

                                  The boom is coming... History repeats itself...

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