iFixit: OnePlus One equals five for repairability
Like the proverbial internet pony of lore, the OnePlus One smartphone is highly desirable with its juicy specs and cheap $300 price, but you can’t have it — yet. Somehow the iFixit screwdriver brigade got one though, and recently disemboweled it for your pleasure (see the video below). Sure enough, all the bits are there: 3GB of Samsung-based RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p screen, Snapdragon 801 CPU and a goodly 3,100mAH battery, all inside an 8.9mm thick body. That’s pretty slim for a phablet, and therein lies the problem: squeezing all those bits in required a hard-to-budge fused screen, hidden connectors and adhesives. All that adds up to a repairability score of five out of ten — far from the worst we’ve seen, but if you ever manage to nab one, you may want to insure it.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Via: Slashgear
Source: iFixit
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