iFixit has deemed the HTC One almost impossible to repair, with the repair expert saying that the smartphone “shatters our dreams of widespread repairability.
In step 5, the site says, “With no clear path to entry, we decide to get a little more creative with our approach…for a good half hour.
“Utilizing the steady hands of a seasoned device surgeon, we free the One’s innards from the dungeon-esque aluminum case with a metal spudger.
“Last time we checked, “gutting” is not a term that shows up very often in the service manual of a repair-friendly device.
In step 6, it says, “We won’t lie, getting to this point was an arduous and daunting task. The amount of work required to separate the rear aluminum case and the front case was immense.
In conclusion, iFixit says, “HTC One Repairability Score: One out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair).
They say it is “Very, very difficult (possibly impossible?) to open the device without damaging the rear case. This makes every component extremely difficult to replace.
Secondly, “The battery is buried beneath the motherboard and adhered to the midframe, hindering its replacement.”
Third, “The display assembly cannot be replaced without removing the rear case—this will make the most common repair, a damaged screen, nearly impossible.”
Lastly, the “Copper shielding on many components is difficult to remove and replace.”
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