Friday, August 19, 2016

Galaxy Note 7: a new Samsung very difficult to repair – 01net.com

Announced in early August – and already passed in our hands the time to deliver our first impressions video – the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will be available in France on 2 September, but has already undergone open heart operation the US side. And this is the famous site iFixit which it is stuck.

The latter, which usually refers to office when looking for a step-by-step to replace a smartphone screen (for example) regularly presents scores of “repairability” devices. In other words, it asks whether the manufacturer has designed an eco-friendly product that will not be obliged to cast the slightest failure. And on the subject, the Galaxy Note 7 is not a model of its kind. Notice to hackers, you’ll struggle to repair your mobile in case of breakage.



The damage to a superb finish

In the video made by iFixit, the site first reported on the club’s arguments Galaxy Note 7. Screen 5.7 inch Super Amoled, wireless charging, a large battery of 3500 mAh, a fingerprint reader and even recognition iris to unlock the device. A nice appetizer that is missing elsewhere not to remember that the Note 7 enjoys a beautiful design and a curved glass finish that quickly … play tricks on him.

According to iFixit facade and Note 7 of the glass back is very difficult to disassemble without the glass from cracking due to the extensive use of glue. iFixit says even that is “probably impossible” to replace the front glass screen without breaking the touchscreen Super AMOLED panel which is just behind.

And if some good issues remain, such as the design in modules that it would be possible to replace (the camera, the retinal scanner, etc.), the ax falls when iFixit announced his note 4/10. This is an observation that is not without reminding us of the criticisms of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge who received a score of 3/10 in the same removal.



Additional details interesting

This video also tells us that the image sensor Note 7 is the same as the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, namely the Sony IMX 260 12 Mpix, whose performance we were used to classify the 3 th position of our “Top 10 best smartphones for the photo.”

the iFixit website also reviews the storage capacity (64GB ) and RAM (4 GB) from Samsung manufacturing … surprising.

iFixit – YouTube Capture

the dismantling also shows how Samsung has made to its smartphone meets IP68. This especially goes through a waterproof jack connector. Finally, if you want to get a better idea of ​​the design of Note 7, iFixit publishes the complete procedure of dismounting on its website.

Source:
iFixit

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