Although the Galaxy S21 was only released last week, the YouTube channel PBKreviews has taken the lead in dismantling it a few days ago and completed the first evaluation of the ease of repair. The back cover of Galaxy S21 is made of polycarbonate plastic material, which is different from the Gorilla Glass Victus glass of S21+ / S21 Ultra. Consumers may think that the material is inferior, but it is more convenient from a maintenance point of view. Just use simple tools You can pry it open.
After opening the back cover of the Galaxy S21, as long as you remove the 22 screws, wireless charging coil and graphite heat sink, you can see the inside of the phone. It can be seen from the video of PBKreviews that the Galaxy S21 has two sets of 5G antennas and uses graphite as the heat dissipation material for the processor. Compared with the previous generation, most of the parts of this generation are easier to remove and easier to repair, but the battery and the screen still use a lot of adhesive, it is difficult to remove, and it is quite easy to fail.
However, as long as the maintenance personnel cooperate with the heat gun, special tools and some patience, the battery and screen components can still be removed and replaced. PBKreviews gave the Galaxy S21 a repair difficulty score of 7.5 after evaluation (the higher the repair, the easier it is), but we still wait for the more authoritative iFixit score, because they gave the previous generation Galaxy S20 a score of only 3 points.
source:androidpolice
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