Specialists from the iFixit site took the HTC One smartphone into a workshop. They tested and evaluated the ease of maintenance. Unfortunately, the verdict isn’t positive. The phone received only 1 in 10-point grading scale.
iFixit has been publishing on the network for many years richly illustrated guides for servicing electronic devices, including smartphones. It gives advice on how to dismantle a phone and replace a display or a tape. The service also sells the tools. One of the key issues raised by iFixit is to evaluate the ease of disassembly and re-assembly of individual appliances. HTC One has just failed such a test. Experts conclude that the phone in case of emergency is likely to be immediately replaced with a new one, which poorly foretells for the commercial result...
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To dismantle HTC One you need as many as seven different tools, including a heater or a number of different openers. Starting from the beginning: with a small suction cup the display must be peeled off from casing. And here begins problems. The display can't be removed as it is still connected via the display ribbon cables, which are routed underneath the case assembly. To get to the screws mounting plate in the aluminum casing, you have to peel off the foam. It's hard to do it without destroying it. What's worse, the board is glued in aluminum sheet, therefore, the tedious separation is waiting for us. Again the indicated care. Then there is a moment of breath - again a few screws. But to replace any part of the motherboard, you need to peel it from the back tight screen made of thin copper lobe. There is a significant probability that we damage it on this occasion. Only after removing the motherboard, you can replace the battery and the display.
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iFixit welcomes rigidity and reliable construction. But points out the fact that while dismantling there is a high risk of damage to the motherboard and the aluminum rear case. A bad evaluation is caused also by the location of the battery that hinders replacement, as well as the fact that you need practically dismantle the phone to replace the display. It is worth noting that both of these activities are repairs usually performed in smartphones... Service also criticized the widespread use of copper shielding bonding and hindering the repair. For comparison: BlackBerry Z10 gained 8 points, the iPhone 5 - 7, and to dismantle Galaxy S3 it is sufficient to have two tools. It only remains to ask whether the difficult service makes HTC One a failed structure? I'm not sure...
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Source iFixit
