The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, with its beautifully curved but not very useful screen, is perhaps the company’s most intriguing smartphone yet \u2014 on the outside.<\/p>\n
The inside is a different story. The iFixit team did what they do best and tore down the Edge to teeny, tiny pieces.<\/p>\n
The highlights of the teardown include many modular \u2014 and thus, replaceable \u2014 parts on one side, and a battery that is very hard to remove on the other side. At 2,600mAh, it’s also something of a step back from the Galaxy S5’s 2,800mAh battery.<\/p>\n
While the curved display is aesthetically beautiful, it makes life difficult for anyone who tries to pry open and repair the device.<\/p>\n
iFixit also notes that the curved glass on the Galaxy S6 Edge, created by a process called 3D thermoforming, is much more costly than the flat glass found on most smartphones.<\/p>\n
iFixit estimates that the glass itself might cost Samsung as much as $26 per phone to produce \u2014 about eight times more than the $3 glass in the Galaxy S5.<\/p>\n
Overall, the Galaxy S6 Edge scores 3 out of 10 on iFixit’s repairability scale, meaning it’s very hard to repair \u2014 but not as hard as the HTC One M8, for example.<\/p>\n
Can you find the full teardown here.<\/p>\n
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Source:\u00a0mashable.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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