Samsung announced the new flagship devices at Galaxy Unpacked event in February. Namely, Samsung debuted the Galaxy S10, S10+ and S10e at the event. Now, its pre-orders are live, and some users have also started receiving the devices. Although, if you’re planning to buy the new Galaxy S10 device then make sure to handle it carefully as the repairs will be costly. In a new teardown video, iFixit claimed that the Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy S10+ is hard to fix and its repair will be expensive. It will be among the most expensive Android devices to repair.
Our folks at iFixit disassembled all the three editions of the Galaxy S10. They have covered the teardown of both the Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S10 in photos while Galaxy S10+ has got a video of a disassembly.
As in the video below, we can see the Galaxy S10+ carrying a strong adhesive holding the different parts of the device. iFixit has found that all the major components for the device are hidden behind the handset’s glass backplate. The fragile backplate can break if the disassembly is not done accurately. It will obviously make you shell out soaring repair costs if damaged. Past the backplate, a strong adhesive is used to fix its different parts. You can see the teardown video of Galaxy S10+ below:
After, crossing the adhesive portion, all the other parts were quite easy to take off. iFixit used Phillips-head screwdriver to open the majority of the elements assembled on the motherboard. Furthermore, the USB-C charging port is soldered on the motherboard, which would increase the repair cost if got damaged. As the whole motherboard would be changed at that time. Similarly, the battery is also glued making it difficult to replace. Even though, a full display repair would be needed if anything happened to the Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor.
Overall, iFixit has given Galaxy S10+ a disappointing score of three out of ten. Last year, Galaxy S9 earned four points along with its siblings such as Galaxy Note 8 and S8 also in the same boat. Pixel 3 and Huawei Mate 20 Pro are also in the same line with four points out of ten. Essential Phone has received the lowest rating of one out of ten until now.
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